From the monthly archives:

December 2005

On the Streets of New York

2005.Dec.26 Monday

New York City – Holidays are great days to wander the streets of New York. And it’s kind of fun to approach it as a semi-tourist back in a city I lived in for 23 years, because I end up with a combination of knowing what I want to see and where to go to [...]

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Traditional Eve party…

2005.Dec.25 Sunday

New York City – A fair amount of Saturday was spent cooking, some sort of Eve-festival, which, I was sure was going to involve another Virgin. But no, in fact, today’s holiday wasn’t even mentioned, other than in passing. But we’d decided to invite a dozen or so friends over to eat fun food, drink [...]

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Indian Festoon

2005.Dec.24 Saturday

New York City – Frank and I both like Indian food, and Buenos Aires currently has a dearth of really good Indian restaurants, though has a couple that are acceptable. A little exhausted from my travels and running errands for the day, I was far more in the mood for something local on the Upper [...]

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Tripping through the clouds

2005.Dec.23 Friday

Buenos Aires – Headed back to New York for a couple of weeks. Just a few random thoughts on the day of travel… While waiting for my flight in Ezeiza Airport, the major international airport in Buenos Aires, I thought I’d have a little sandwich and a Submarino. This is the local version of hot [...]

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Back to the Town Time Forgot

2005.Dec.22 Thursday

Colonia del Sacramento – For those who travel, it’s not surprise that there are visas, and that these expire. Depending on the country, these expire after varying lengths of time, and can be renewed via various methods. In Argentina, a tourist visa expires every three months from the date you enter the country. Although I’m [...]

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Honey Treat & Subscriptions

2005.Dec.22 Thursday

Buenos Aires – The other day in La Plata we’d picked up a Peruvian specialty that someone was hawking on the street – turrone. Different from the Italian torrone which is a honey nougat with nuts, this, traditionally, is a three layered very dense honey spice cake with honey in-between the layers and glazing the [...]

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Pizza, Pasta, and a Tree

2005.Dec.20 Tuesday

Buenos Aires – Hang around this city long enough and someone is sure to recommend El Cuartito, Talcahuano 937, in the Centro area, as ONE OF THE, if not THE, best pizza places in town. One local wag who pops up on blogs and various websites every now and again spent four paragraphs on one [...]

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Virgin Once Again

2005.Dec.19 Monday

La Plata – It was time yesterday for another festival of a Virgin. Not being Catholic, all these virgins are quite confusing to me. I knew there were saints for every day of the year, multiple saints per day in many cases. I’m learning that there are Virgins for basically every community out there. The [...]

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At Last! A Big Sushi Smile!

2005.Dec.17 Saturday

Buenos Aires – I’ve complained in the past here about the lack of variety in sushi. It’s generally salmon, salmon, and more salmon. Occasionally there’s a little tuna, octopus, or shrimp thrown in, but then it’s usually back to more salmon. So I wasn’t expecting much yesterday while out wandering in Palermo and came across [...]

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