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Buenos Aires - Couldn’t resist picking up some gorgeous orange-pink roses after the visit to the rose garden…
Having been quite happy with the Rodas Tannat the other day, when I was at the market yesterday I decided to pick up a couple of the other varietals. Number 07 is the Bonarda, and Number 08 the [...]

Buenos Aires - Winter, not that it’s much of a winter, is clearly coming to an end. Flowers are starting to bud, and in some cases are already blooming. It was a gorgeous day, in the high 60s, with a stunning blue sky and just wisps of clouds. It was not a day to spend [...]

Buenos Aires - The buffet is strong in the traditions of my people. We believe deeply in not only a wide range of selection, but in “all-you-can-eat” for a set price. Preferably a small price. It’s not unusual when I visit family that the choice of a restaurant will be based on whether or not [...]

Buenos Aires - Met up with friend Bill C__ of a venerable Southern family, the great-great-grandson of one of Virginia’s first governors, of the same name, for an evening of classical organ music at the Basilica del Santisimo Sacramento to be followed by dinner, both in San Martin.
Sorry Bill, couldn’t resist one of those 1920s [...]

Buenos Aires - No, it’s not a foreign word, it was just a day of “cultcha.” You know - art, music, etc. The day started out planned around an evening concert with friends in the San Martin (Centro) district. I did a quick internet search and discovered a modern art museum, the Centro Cultural Borges, [...]

Buenos Aires - We were in the mood for Peruvian food once again. Well, basically, except for occasionally talking him into going to somewhere novel, like the Korean restaurant, Henry only likes to eat at Peruvian venues. Other than that, I cook. So it was back to Status, where we had lunch one of the [...]

Buenos Aires - “Plum - Blackberry - Quince” (actually Ciruela - Mora - Membrillo) are listed right there on the label below the name of the grape, Tannat. As I talked about in a previous post, Tannat is the grape of Madiran in southwest France, and the primary red grape of Uruguayan wines. Here in [...]

Buenos Aires - When Barrio Chino first sprang up over in Belgrano East, it was predominately Taiwanese. Over time, other Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans moved into the neighborhood, creating an international Asian community. However, the Taiwanese have continued to exert the strongest influence, and gradually the other groups moved to their own locales. In the [...]