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Day: August 30, 2005

Shark!

Buenos Aires – No, not another adventure like last week’s cyclone. I was around the corner yesterday at the fish market looking for something that looked good for dinner. I’m still not up on all my local names for fish, so I tend to pick by looks alone. There were these beautiful long filets of… Read More Shark!

2005.Aug.30 Tuesday2020.Jan.11 Saturday Dan Perlman6 Comments

A Bunch of Dried Leaves

Buenos Aires – I’ve resisted talking about mate (pronounced mah-tey; the name in total – yerba mate) for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, if you’d have asked me not too long ago, I would have told you it tastes like badly brewed insipid green tea. Second, it’s a complicated topic here in Argentina… Read More A Bunch of Dried Leaves

2005.Aug.30 Tuesday2015.Jan.15 Thursday Dan Perlman3 Comments

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