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Margaux Rhymes with Fargo

mostly entertaining stories about my life

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Southern hemisphere summer

Now that I'm back in the US just in time for spring, it occurs to me that my seasons are super out of whack. Starting from last (northern) summer spent in California, I was in Chile for most of the... Continue Reading →

From crashpad bed to crashpad bench

As soon as I finished all my new-apartment projects, I ended up leaving. Whomp whomp. It was a tough decision, but I ended up flying back to the US last weekend after we shut down the observatory in Chile as... Continue Reading →

Everyone should be homeless once in their life

The title of this blog post is dedicated to every person that's said some version of that phrase to me in the past few months, which is more people than I can count on two hands. It's also honestly not... Continue Reading →

In a land where dogs use crosswalks

This is mostly just random stories and pictures from the month of October in  La Serena, Chile, but sometimes I do feel like my life is an SNL skit as illustrated in the last story of this post. I was... Continue Reading →

Pisco is a drink but also a place

I've been hearing about the mystical Valle de Elqui since my first trip to Chile in January 2018, and now almost two years later I can finally say that I've been and it's beautiful. I highly recommend both Pisco the... Continue Reading →

Total (solar) eclipse of the heart

Yeah, the title is cheesy, but a solar eclipse is also a surprisingly emotional event. Last Tuesday (July 2nd), my coworkers and I (and another friend) watched as the entire city of La Serena, Chile erupted in cheers when the... Continue Reading →

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