Ten-year-old Michelito waves a bloody sword to crowd after his drawn-out debacle in the Acho bullring last November; photo c. Jorge Vera 2008 November 29′s corrida marked the penultimate bullfight of the Señor de los Milagros festival, held in Lima’s historic Plaza de Acho bullring. The last day to see bullfighting in Peru’s capital is December 6, next Sunday. [...]
Entries from November 2009
Confessions of a Redhead in the Callejón: What I Learned at the Bullfights
November 29th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Bullfighting
Tags: antitaurinos·Bullfighting·Plaza de Acho
A Puppy Named Arena
November 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Animals in Peru
Puppy by La Bruja; photo by Barbara Drake C. 2009 Last month a Weimaraner named La Bruja gave birth to six puppies including Arena (“sand”), above. La Bruja belongs to one of El Fotógrafo’s cousins who lives in Jesus María. We had heard that La Bruja was embarazada but we weren’t keeping track of the due [...]
Argentinean Doctor on Brink of Death after Eating Pickled Vizcacha
November 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Animals in Peru, Food & Dining
Frank Zappa once warned: Don’t eat the yellow snow. Vizcacha en escabeche (pickled vizcacha), a traditional dish of the Argentinean countryside where cute vizcachas run wild and free, as they should; photo courtesy La Cocina de Ile.com The same might be said about the vizcacha, a reclusive member of the South American bunny family that some food experts have recommended [...]
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Pizza at El Italiano: Two Thumbs Up
November 17th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Food & Dining
It’s been more than a year since I had pizza at El Italiano, a classic pizzeria/trattoria in Lima’s rough-and-tumble La Victoria neighborhood. In that time I had forgotten that El Italiano makes better pizza than almost any other place in Lima, a city that should have lots of excellent pizza joints but for some reason [...]