About me: I'm Natasha -- writer, runner and wife to a Foreign Service Officer with USAID. We're currently at our first post in San Salvador, El Salvador!
Spanish Friday: Estacionamiento Al Revés Today is Spanish Friday: Blog post in Spanish; English translation below. Los salvadoreños les encanta estacionar al revés. Al principio no lo entendí. Hace todo más complicado. Por supuesto, ahorra tiempo cuando te vas, pero a veces causa mucho tráfico en los parqueos cuando todo el mundo está espe... Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:05
That Time I Registered for a Race and Didn?t Run It I have developed a bad habit of signing up for races and not running them. I did it with the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler this year (and in years past), and with a local beach run a couple weeks before that. And let’s not forget St. Patrick’s Day, when I downgraded … Continue reading ... Thu, 23 May 2013 11:29:18
Recipe: Slow Cooker Butter Chicken You can find pretty much every kind of food in San Salvador: American, Chinese, Mexican, Vietnamese. Some of it is “good for El Salvador,” and some of it is good, period. There is a new(ish) Indian restaurant in San Salvador, Swagat El Salvador, which has delicious cuisine prepared by In... Tue, 21 May 2013 11:32:55
Mercado Merliot My dislike of running errands has been well documented. This includes grocery shopping. Usually Kail and I will make a trip to PriceSmart every 2-3 weeks and stock up on meats, dry/canned goods, paper products and other household items. For fresh fruits and vegetables, we send our empleada to a loca... Mon, 20 May 2013 11:38:37