@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] I’ve let it be known many times before how Colombia can be bad for one’s health and well-being — or my own, at least. For one, there are the ubiquitous panaderías with their constant supply of...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] A boy, about 12 years old, regularly comes into one of my panadería offices asking for food. Unfortunately, such a scene is not unusual in these parts. Pan out However, what makes this particular pauper stand...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] In Bogotá’s perpetual Corner Bar barrio, I explained how a working-class drinking culture permeates the neighbourhood I frequent the most in the Colombian capital. As somebody who grew up in rural Ireland, this is quite familiar to me. One big difference, though, is that […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] It’s often how it goes. A person overcomes one addiction then another, for better or for worse, comes along to fill the void. (For background, see Coming clean on my Colombian.) China in my hand To be truly accurate — as I always strive […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Before my adult days, I remember being rather puzzled about my father’s strong desire to get back to his local haunt(s) whenever we’d be out and about. In fact, even when I started my own...
@wwaycorrigan OK. I admit it. I’m addicted. For over a year, I thought I had it under control. The discipline and routine that a full-time job gave me saw my dependence on this reduce dramatically. However, then came the double hit. The first was self-inflicted: resigning...
@wwaycorrigan About the only thing we can be certain of these days is that the uncertainty permeating through practically every sector of society is set to continue for the coming months if not years. Much has been written about the «new normals» we’ll have to live with because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some of them, […]
Leopoldo es el creador de Mariette. Un lugar mágico para disfrutar de un buen café con un delicioso postre. Cuéntanos un poco de ti ¿de donde eres y qué estudiaste? Soy 100 por ciento chilango. Estudié Administración de Empresas y soy egresado de la Universidad del...
@radiobrendan Sorry, sorry. I know the, um, legions of Wrong Way readers have been wondering where I’ve got to the last while. The recent presidential election and Colombia’s World Cup exploits, nay the tournament in general, have been distractions for sure. «Yet»,...
@radiobrendan One of the most frustrating things non-natives, especially Westerners, in Colombia (and other similar countries) have to put up with is the arbitrary ‘foreigner tax’. This is basically the additional cost put on to a host of goods and services simply...
