Saturday, February 14, 2004

WILD on E!- Chile

So apparently, the tv station E! did a special on Chile that was completely fabricated. It wasn´t a lie, it just wasn´t really the truth. Let me explain...

In Chile, there are places called "Cafe Con Piernas" (or Coffee with Legs). They are coffee shops with black windows and usually have some sort of tropical name, like Cafe Copacabana or soemthing like that. They aren´t strip clubs- they are coffee shops with waitresses in tiny bikinis. Obviously they cater to a largely male clientele.

Well, the Wild On E! story covered one of these Cafes and the girls that worked inside. My teacher told me that this particular club doesn´t even exist, although it did about ten years ago. She said that any Chilean that saw that special would get mad because they would know that that club didn´t exist anymore and that it was a big lie.

But it really isn´t that much of a lie because there are plenty of clubs just like it downtown. During the lunch hour (which here is more like two hours), they are jam packed, I have been told. Along with all the hotels that can be rented out by the hour....

posted by Rebecca @ 2/14/2004 10:23:00 PM