Although I am originally from Philadelphia, have lived in California and now live in North Carolina, I lived in Peru for 12 years as a child and later another 12 years as an adult. My father instilled in me a love for the history and archaeology of Peru. La Tapada is the name for the iconic woman of colonial Lima, who was allowed to go out into the street and converse and flirt with anyone as long as she kept all but one eye covered with her shawl. I thought La Tapada an appropriate name for bei… [more]