Rock al Parque 2015

[caption id="attachment_7509" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Serpentarius.[/caption] On a weekend as damp and cold as a dog’s nose, the...

Lollapalooza to seek sabor bogotano

The popular festival will take over Simón Bolívar Park in October 2016. The extensive line-up is yet to be announced, but family fun is...

Can pink cows get their wings?

[gallery link="file" size="medium_large" ids="7603,7604"] Cows vs Bulls: A struggle for dominance on Animal Farm Austrian energy drinks...

On the food wagon

As the food truck phenomenon around the city gains ever increasing momentum, we visit some of the trucks and sample their offerings to find out which...

Margaritas

From date nights to spicy surprises, Laura Sharkey checks out the best bars for sipping a refreshing Bogota margarita cocktail The margarita...

Colombia’s Meaning of Liff…

[caption id="attachment_7561" align="alignnone" width="500"] Not necessarily a place name but you get the idea, right?[/caption] Steve Hide begins a...

Business Briefs

Economy On August 11, Colombia’s largest lender Bancolombia cut its GDP forecast for 2015 from 3.4% to 3.1% and from 3.7% to 3.1% for 2016, saying...

Making Beautiful Noise

The third version of Bogota’s alternative festival, Hermoso Ruido, should be music to the ears of underground culture vultures It isn’t...

Golden jump in Beijing for Colombia’s Caterine Ibargüen

Caterine Ibargüen won the first Colombian medal at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing, China. The leaping lady yet again held the triple...

Food festival review: Francachela, a delight of booze and grub

“Francachela” is a very unfamiliar word in English which means a colloquial feast where people get together to enjoy food, music and drinking....