An American in Lima

I’ve always enjoyed watching the Olympics on TV, and even though I favor the Winter Games, I keep up with the summer competitions in gymnastics, swimming and running. As a kid, I chewed my fingernails off watching Mark Spitz splash his way to seven gold medals, and over the years I’ve cheered on elite-level gymnasts [...]

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Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores

Es hembrita?
That’s the first question Peruvians ask me when I’m out walking Lola. It doesn’t matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian seeing my dog for the first time [...]

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The more I learn about the handmade clothing worn by traditional people in the Andes, the more impressed I become.
The outfit above isn’t a museum piece, although it displays like one in the “Perú Hecho a Mano” boutique at Saga Falabella, in Lima’s Jockey Plaza mall. It is a very elaborate version of the typical [...]

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