New York, New York

One of my favorite things in the world is traveling. I've always dream about visiting many places on the map. Some of them are Europe (specially the eastern side), Africa, Middle East, China and of course, South America. During my life, I’ve been in Brazil and Argentina. Is amazing how there are a lot of different places and how you can meet many interesting people just across borders. 

I think He loves NY too

But, by now, I’d love to visit New York. I think that if you go there, you can know the whole world just in this city. Do you know how much history, how many cultures you can find there? It’s unbelievable. If I ever leave my home and arrive to this wonderful city, I’d totally visit all the typical places that media shows us.

I’d do a journey with stops like Brooklyn, The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. I can’t imagine how happy I’ll be if I could walk in Times Squire, the Statue of Liberty or being on the top of the Empire State. I think I’d feel like some character of Friends or Seinfeld, trying to survive in that concrete jungle. Even I see the fact of taking a cab in New York as a big adventure.

I think the best way to know a new place is visiting it by myself, so if I ever visit New York, I’d like to be completely alone. Anyway, I can’t deny that going there with a couple of friends will be amazing, you know, sharing experience and stuff. The good thing is that maybe I could reach this dream next year, nothing sure yet, but I hope to know the Big Apple soon. 

The funniest man ever

Ok, you got me. I've never read anything related to journalism and serious stuff. I'm very distracted and easy to entertain, so I'm always watching and reading funny things (tumblr, comedies... you know). 

Evangelizing

For that reason, today I'm going to write about somebody I really admire in that field. He is a journalist, but I've never seen him play that profession. However, you can find his work in all existent media formats. He have made podcasts, like Vendetta or my favorite: Tierra 2. He has acted in movies like “El limpiapiscinas”, “Que pena tu boda” and “Toro Loco”. Now, you can watch him in the daily tv show SQP and in his own youtube  account (which is full of weird and bizarre stuff). Yes, I’m talking about Felipe Avello.

Avello was born in Concepción, Chile, and he studied journalism at Universidad del Desarrollo. He has worked in many tv programs like Canal Copano, El diario de Eva, Fiebre de Baile, Influencia Humana and El Club de la Comedia. Also, he’s always accompanied by really disturbing characters (they are all his own creation) like Bryan Tulio, Niño Araña, Tía Marta Méndez and La Pequeña. Do you remember any of them?

Well, I think is clear why I love him. I could watch his work the entire day, and I never get bored. I think Chile isn’t prepared for his humor and his talent is not being exploited in television. I hope they never demand him again, because he is just a comedian. Well, he is the best comedian I’ve ever seen.

                                                   El baile del abuelo

Girl Power

When I was teenager, my whole world was marked by literature. But definitely, the writter I mostly remember and of course, I admire, is María Luisa Bombal. She wasn't just a prolific writer, also she was an amazing woman (I totally consider her an example of life).

Beautiful

She was born in Viña del Mar, in 1910. She lived in Paris and Buenos Aires,  she studied Literature and knew the cultural and artistic avant-garde of the epoque. Her friends were people like Federico García Lorca, Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda, just to name a few.

One fact the people always remember about her, is that she was a very passionate woman. When she fell in love, she could do anything for her man. In 1941, she waited for Eulogio Sánchez Errázuriz (an old lover) at Crillón Hotel, and she shot him three times in his arm.

Well, I think I justified her act, because I'am very impulsive too. I think when someone feels something, it has to be showed, even if this ends hurting somebody else. And that's what María Luisa did in her life and her work. She never was afraid of anything.

About her books, well, I didn't read them all. But my favorite book is La última Niebla. The book tells the story of a woman who hates her life and start to feel and think a whole different world. She ends falling in love with a stranger and confusing her real life with fantasy. María Luisa can describe what the protagonist feel with great precision and you totally can feel identified with her. You should read her work, it will blow your mind!

My dear friend and I

Well, I don't know if you noticed that, but she is my mother. Her name is María Luisa and she is 52 years old (Can you believe that?). The truth is that I chose this picture because she is my best friend and it represents how happy we are together. Now, my family lives in Copiapó, and every time I go to visit them, we try to spend the most awesome moments.

The picture was taken by my sister. I remember this moment like it was yesterday (well, it was just in March). My parents, my sister and I had come to our house recently and my dad was parking the car. My mom and I were getting into the house and suddenly my sister yelled: Turn Around! So, we listened to her, I put my arm into my mother's shoulder and we both smiled spontaneously.

I really love this picture for many reasons. First of all, it shows how similar we are, we are both brunette and have the same nose. Another reason is that in this picture, we were in summer, my favorite season (love it because the vacations and the sun). And the last reason is that it shows the front of my house, wich is blue, just like Frida Kahlo's house. My mom and I admire her a lot, we know all her work and dream to visit her country one day.

This photo brings me back all the good memories that I have with my mom. We used to watch Caso Cerrado and eat ice cream together, smoke cigarrettes in the yard and take a beer at lunch. Now, the only thing I have of her is a Virgen de la Guadalupe image that she gave me the last time I left Copiapó. I really hope to see her again and do all the things we do together.