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Latino Power street art in Parque Kennedy, Lima, Peru

Lima, Peru travel guide – The YEH, MEH, NAHs

April 12, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Guides

If you’re a city person, a foodie, or a fan of nascent art scenes—like we are—the bustling, growing city of Lima, Peru is worth at least two days. Visit on Friday and Saturday nights to see Lima at its most…

Churros rellenos con manjarblanco at Manolo's in Lima, Peru

Creamy, sticky, and raw: Food porn from Lima

April 11, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru

When I suggest to Todd that if we grow multiple stomachs, like a ruminant, we could store some of Lima’s food for later digestion and enjoyment, I know we need to leave town. That or change our blog name to…

Archbishop's view, Lima, Peru

A little bit of everything – Lima, Peru photo essay

April 9, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

Lima, Peru rewards the observant wanderer. If you walk its streets with only your destination in mind, you may miss out on the moments happening all around you. For all its energy and growth, at times Lima seemed like a…

A rush of customers, Cafe Tostado, Lima, Peru

A misorder of a magnitude to be reckoned with

April 4, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

Café Tostado doesn’t look like much from the outside. Indeed, it looks like nothing from the outside. Just a dark, empty, doorwound in a whitewashed cement facade, like so many other storefronts in Lima’s Barranco district. No clouds of drool-inducing…

Making out with a dead guy, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru

Probing the tawdry lives of ancient Incans at Lima’s Museo Larco (NSFW)

April 2, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

The other night, Todd and I hung out with a group of our friends and the conversation—as conversations between close friends sometimes do—veered into smutty territory. Manscaping. Vajazzling. Roast beef. Granny hairs. It’s human nature to be intrigued by such…

El Chinito's chicharrón sandwich, Lima, Peru by Lauren Girardin

Shocking sandwich smackdown in Lima

March 29, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru

Think of Peruvian food and you’re likely to conjure food porn fantasies of tart ceviche or steamy lomo saltado. But, in Lima at least, Peruvians are gaga for sandwiches, day or night, eaten at mealtime or in between bar-hopping stops….

Drawing: A cebichería Sunday in El Muelle, Barranco, Lima, Peru

A cebichería Sunday – Art from Lima, Peru

March 23, 2012 · by Todd · in Peru, Travel Art

The thing to do on a Sunday afternoon in Lima, Peru is sit around eating ceviche and drinking cold cervezas. These three fellows lingered at El Muelle cebichería even longer than Lauren and I did.

Pink whirlwind portrait, Barranco, Lima, Peru by Lauren Girardin

Stunning street art of Lima, Peru

March 21, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

From block after block of murals in the artsy Barranco neighborhood, to temporary art cubes set up in parks in Miraflores, to the occasional illicit graffiti, tag, stencil, or sticker, Lima, Peru is awash in street art.

Unwilling bunny slide at Parque de Amor, Lima, Peru

Getting what we want out of Lima

March 17, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

Looking a bit embarrassed, Elder takes a deep breath before admitting, “I’ve never had cuy. Eeeeh! Just to see it, with the claws and the teeth! I want to try it. I’m working up to it. I love meat. But…

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