Haiti Auction at the California Cantina

January 27, 2010

Hey everyone, we are down here in Chiloe and LOVING it so far. This place really is magical, now I get what all the fuss is about. Tomorrow we’re off to a tiny island, aka The Land of No Internet, but I wanted to quick post about a good cause we’re participating in so that if you feel the urge, you can too.

The California Cantina is hosting an auction with 100% of the proceeds going to help Haiti. We donated photo session to the auction so go bid! The auction is tomorrow, and even if you don’t have a lot of money to spend they’re raffling off cool items too so you could win something. Plus, the California Cantina has some good gringo food if you’re into that sort of thing. :)

Details below:
TEMA: Beneficio en Ayuda para Haiti
CUANDO: Jueves 28 de enero, 2010, a partir de las
19:00 horas

DONDE: California Cantina Sports Bar, Las Urbinas 56, Providencia

AYUDANOS A ENTREGARLES UN POCO DE ALIVIO A LAS VICTIMAS DEL TERREMOTO EN HAITI

CALIFORNIA CANTINA DONARA A FUNDACION AMERICA SOLIDARIA:

$1.000 por el consumo de cada Copa de: Vino, Pisco Sour, Champagne y Sangria, $500 por el consumo de Cerveza Corona

Tambien tendremos una rifa con espectaculares premios y donaremos el 100% de las ganancias.

VEN A DISFRUTAR UN MOMENTO AGRADABLE APOYANDO ESTA NOBLE CAUSA

Mas informacion (si, se habla espanol):

SHELBY HIGGS, shelby.higgs@gmail.com, 09 811 4018
ADRIEN LOPEZ, adrienlopez@yahoo.com, 07 478 1273
DAN WORTH, californiacantina@gmail.com, 08 223 8298

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Behind the Scenes

January 26, 2010

I always wind up with a couple pictures every wedding and every session of Seba and he of me. I never know what to do with them. Now I’ve found a home for them on the blog.

By the end of most sessions, our clients have laid down, sat ground, climbed on things and generally acted ridiculous. So have we.

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Seba couldn’t believe what I was doing with the dress. I made this face to show him that I’m perfectly sane.

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Haha, Seba isn’t used to being with the girls during the getting ready process. He was scared :)

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One of our lovely brides, Carolina, is a photography addict. So she had a camera during their whole session and she kept trying to take pictures of me! I believe she took this shot at the moment when I said, “Enough is enough! I’m here to photograph YOU, woman!”  :Pworking06

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Slow Paced South American Life

January 24, 2010

MYTH.

People write all the time that they want to move to Chile because they wanted a “slower paced, ” South American lifestyle. That’s a lie. Nobody really wants a slow paced South American lifestyle. They want customer service and basic societal comforts to continue working as they would consider to be normal while they live a slower paced lifestyle.

To find a hostel in Chiloe we were hard-pressed. Lots of places had already booked and nobody was answering their phones. When we finally did find a place that looked quality we called to make a reservation. The person who does reservations was out to lunch. We called back two hours later, well after lunch time. She still wasn’t there and no other staff member was capable of making reservations. The person who answered the phone told us she would call us back later. The evening passed. We called again. The morning and then all of the next day passed. When we called again two days and about 17 calls to Chiloe later we were finally able to make our reservations. When things like this happen, I wonder if the people who want a slower paced life would get annoyed.

Nobody actually wants to sit at a restaurant and wait 45 minutes just for a waiter to greet you, take your drink order and then bring it to you another 45 minutes later. Nobody wants to have to argue 20 minutes just to get the mail woman to get out of her chair and look in a cubby 1 foot behind her. Nobody wants to have to chase their wedding vendors down just to get a few simple details taken care of.

Seba and I are house hunting. At one point we were prepared to buy and couldn’t find anyone to take our tens of thousands of dollars. Nobody could be bothered to be in the office during normal business hours. Since then we’ve been searching on PortalInmobiliario, the biggest real estate website in Chile. I have emailed or called about at least 30 places. Of those, I would say a grand total of 4 have responded back. I realize that this country isn’t known for it’s efficiency, but it actually shocks me that people who presumably want to sell their apartments, won’t take two seconds of their day to respond to an email. I don’t think this is what people mean they want when they refer to this so called relaxing and slower paced life.

So let’s get a few things straight. You want a slower paced life. But you do not want the peons who serve you to have a slower paced life. Because when everybody lives like that, things don’t work. FACT.

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