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Tastes of Newly Fashionable Valparaíso, Chile
A meal this good was hard to come by when I first visited Valparaíso, just seven years earlier. Back then, Porteños, as residents are called, made great snacks: fried empanadas stuffed with shrimp and cheese, for example, or the glorious bar dish known as chorrillana, a rock-heavy, grease-slick mess of French fries, sautéed onions, chopped meat and fried egg.
But sit-down meals usually meant stiff service and overcooked meat. I recall smuggling green hot sauce into restaurants to covertly enliven whatever brown dish appeared before me.
Those hot sauce days are over. Unesco made Valparaíso’s historic quarter a World Heritage Site in 2003, and the dining scene has since evolved to match the romantic allure of the city, with its battered cobblestones and crumbling 19th-century mansions.
In its storied days before the construction of the Panama Canal, Valparaíso attracted wealthy European immigrants as the principal port of call for ships rounding Cape Horn. Much later, in the 1950s and ’60s, its decadent night life was legendary. Now Valparaíso, on Chile ’s central coast, is becoming fashionable again, attracting Chilean visitors from the nearby capital of Santiago , as well as foreign travelers and expatriates.
Retro Style Furniture for Dining
Chrome bar stools, or a retro chrome dining table can add a lot of modern appeal, while working in multiple settings. Use these classic looks to update a design, while providing retrospective appeal.
Mid-century furniture design continues to influence modern designs in furniture into the 21st century. Sleek lines and introduction of new materials such as chrome, PVC, and plastics helped to create and usher in a new era in furniture design.
Styles of Retro Dining FurnitureWhile mid-century furniture design encompassed a wide range of designers and styles, one of the most popular and long reining designs remains the chrome and vinyl dining furniture. Heavy tops of Formica, some encased in a thick layer of glossy plastic, paired with chrome legs, and vinyl seats on chairs and bar stools characterize the furniture.
Colors range from cool grays and blacks, to a wide variety of bright blues, yellows, pinks and reds. The seating ranges from swivel bar stools, to high backed chairs, all with soft, vinyl covered seats.
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Tastes of Newly Fashionable Valparaíso, ChileNew York Times - Nov 06, 2009
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Taipei Times - Nov 11, 2009
Every piece of furniture in Lin's nearby apartment is secondhand, including her son's bed. One of her favorite periods is the 1950s and she is especiallyAntiques and Arts Weekly - Nov 10, 2009
Stella's Modern Show Takes Buyers To New HeightsElmore was also offering a triptych torn paper collage, with acrylic paint applied by an unknown Japanese artist from the 1950s, and a Dunbar dining setVancouver Sun - Nov 14, 2009
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The general floor plan: center chimney, parlor, kitchen or keeping room and another room used variously as a bedroom or dining room. and more »Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Nov 08, 2009
Q. Do you use your dining room often? Jane: We entertain at least once a month. It has an espresso stained wood dining room set with chairs that haveWashington Post - Oct 22, 2009
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