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Rehab phase 1 is almost complete; Phase 2 is coming

Thursday, September 9, 2010

If you're new here, you may want to start with Our Consulting Problem and maybe our FAQ and if you like what you see you should totally subscribe to receive new posts via RSS or email in the box on the top right. Thanks for visiting!Today is our last day in Chile. Tomorrow we return [...]

Trip report: San Pedro de Atacama (part 2)

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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Trip report: San Pedro de Atacama (part 2)

Our vacation from a vacation from a vacation in San Pedro continues – here’s what we did days 3 and 4, as well as our thoughts on a few restaurants and hotels in San Pedro. (P.S. Day 4 includes the most incredible natural landscape we’ve ever seen . . . and we get around.) If [...]

Trip report: San Pedro de Atacama (part 1)

Monday, September 6, 2010

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Trip report: San Pedro de Atacama (part 1)

We decided to take a trip to get out of the Santiago smog for a few days and quickly decided on San Pedro because (1) it’s the only major attraction that’s to the north, and it’s still too cold to go south and (2) it’s really neat. San Pedro is a small town in the [...]

Atacama: A Vacation within a vacation within a vacation

Friday, August 27, 2010

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Atacama: A Vacation within a vacation within a vacation

First… we packed up our apartment in San Francisco, put most of our stuff in storage and went to Buenos Aires. Then… after ~4 months we left a couple of bags with a friend in Buenos Aires and went to Santiago. Then… after ~1 month we left a couple of bags with friends in Santiago [...]

Check us out on Career Break Secrets!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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We got featured on the “Who’s out there now” segment of Career Break Secrets. You can check it out here: Consulting Rehab feature If you aren’t familiar with Career Break Secrets, you should be. They are yet another great resource out there to provide planning resources and help inspire you to go on your own [...]

Meet, Plan, Go! September 14th in thirteen cities. Be there. Seriously.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Listen up. This is important. We want to tell you about an outstanding event that will be taking place on Sept. 14th in thirteen cities across the US and Canada called Meet, Plan, Go! Its entire purpose is to provide you with inspiration, contacts and resources to “plan the trip of a lifetime” – and [...]

Quitter to Winner interview part 2: This time hear from Jen

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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Our friends over at Quitter to Winner just put up a part 2 interview about us featuring Jen. You should definitely check it out to read Jen’s thoughts on our future (I know I found it intriguing…): Quitter to Winner interview with Jen If you missed the original interview, you should check that out too: [...]

Beaches and mountains and wineries, oh my!: More reasons why Santiago rocks

Monday, August 9, 2010

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Beaches and mountains and wineries, oh my!: More reasons why Santiago rocks

While Santiago is a great city in and of itself, possibly its most compelling feature is its proximity to an amazing variety of incredible day-trips, ranging from beaches to wineries to mountains and more. This is a tale of some of those day-trips. Context I thoroughly enjoyed writing about career related topics (e.g., Career Option-value) [...]

A graffiti photo-tour of Valparaiso, Chile

Monday, August 2, 2010

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A graffiti photo-tour of Valparaiso, Chile

There is graffiti everywhere in the coastal Chilean town of Valparaiso and it is incredible. It’s always changing, but below are some of our favorites from July of 2010 (click on one for a slide show with larger images) Pretty crazy isn’t it? Even more in our Valparaiso graffiti photo gallery Graffiti–art or vandalism? Please [...]

Off to Mendoza…

Monday, July 12, 2010

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…because clearly we don’t get enough wine here. We’ll have to get up very early tomorrow (by which I mean ~9am!) and head to the airport. A few days in Mendoza followed by a few days in Chile to finally settle once and for all who has better wine. It’s a hard job, but someone [...]