Mónica Landaeta (@monicalandaeta)
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Libroria, a literary gem / una joya literaria
It’s not a house; it’s a bookstore-museum. I wanted to find a story—one among so many to tell—but at Libroria, the story tells itself. We went on a Sunday; we circled around it several times before...
A Poem for Toads / Un poema para sapos
They tell me we’re going to stop by the bookstore for just a little while, and I say, “How lucky!” These are places that tend to capture my attention not only because of the books they sell, but al...
Shakespeare’s back! / Esp
Much Ado About Nothing is the fifth Shakespeare story I’m sharing with you. I love these adaptations by the Lamb brothers because they’re short and easy to digest. I found this one particularly amu...
Coffee and Reading with Zamora / Café y lectura con Zamora
A complimentary cup of coffee is always welcome, even if it’s around noon under a blazing sun; so we said yes while we were on a guided tour of General Ezequiel Zamora’s house museum in Villa de Cu...
Where Could My Journal Be? / Esp
The bottomless well in Gravity Falls is the reason Journal No. 3 ended up in my hands. It’s curious how the author concludes the text by saying that after the journals were created, lost, found, bu...
The Gravity Falls diary / Esp
For those of us who wonder about the why behind things, finding someone’s journal that states their mission for the coming years is: 1- To investigate the anomalies in Gravity Falls. 2- To discover...
Thank you, Tsunami!
In my town, they honored Tsunami, one of the rescue dogs that helped search for people after the earthquake that struck my country. I saw it on social media, and when I went to the market, I asked,...
You went too far, Shakespeare! / ¡Te pasaste Shakespeare!
I’d venture to say why some of William Shakespeare’s stories are better known than others, and it’s obvious: they’re better—or so I think. I feel bad for the author, but it happens to all of us; no...
🍻 Long live beer! 🍻
After a stroll through the streets filled with fruit, sweets, coffee, handicrafts, flowers, people, and blazing sunshine, I got hungry and thirsty—really thirsty. My boyfriend and I went to “Moritz...
Coffee Tovar: aroma, flavor and tradition
“Coffee, coffee, coffee with milk, coffeeeee... Bring on the coffee pot with the coffee, with the coffee” 🥳🥳🥳 That's what I used to sing back when I was a camp counselor, hahaha. The song popped...
Sublime Gardens
A friend of mine recalls that at some point during her childhood, she celebrated New Year’s Eve in these gardens; years later, her children were happily rolling down the hill. I’ve been there sever...
Cadáver exquisito / Exquisite Corpse
Mientras esperaba, miraba su biblioteca. Noté cómo tantos libros podían generar una historia; al punto que si los unía tendría muchas más historias. Entonces pensé en qué pasaría si tomaba fotograf...
“Coffee Crazy”
Visiting Tributo Casa de Café in Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela is like taking a trip to that little corner of Tovar in Mérida. How kind of them! But, excuse me, first of all, it smells so good! God, w...
Oh no, Romeo!
Leer Romeo y Julieta fue casi como no creer en chismes e ir directo a la fuente; y digo casi porque leí la versión de Los Cuentos de Shakespeare de los hermanos Lamb, pero asumiré que cuenta. Debo ...
When the place isn't fiction / Cuando el lugar no es ficción
“The danger lurking in most detailed descriptions of place... is that a succession of elegant declarative sentences, combined with a lull in the narrative, can put the reader to sleep.” So says Dav...