http://www.saltshaker.net/20051106/new-york-never-looked-so-different Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:59:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.saltshaker.net/20051106/new-york-never-looked-so-different#comment-7447 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The Long Bus Ride to Nueva York… Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:57:12 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/?p=156#comment-7447 [...] Buenos Aires - Sunday was a good day to get out of the house for awhile. Henry was off to La Plata to watch a marinera competition and hang out with some friends. I decided to hop on the “mystery bus”, the 108 (the only bus line I know of that is regularly excluded from the official bus map and guide, no one seems to know why). I know it runs from Retiro station to somewhere in Liniers, and I figured on riding it until something looked interesting. Somewhere in Villa DeVoto I realized we were about to pass close by to Plaza Arenales, a really pretty little square partially surrounded by restaurants that I’d seen on my “New York” walk a year ago. So I hopped off when it seemed to be about the closest we were going to get - only a two block walk, and headed there to sit for a bit in the park and then check out one of the restaurants. The park has definitely “filled in” over the last year - much of it had just been replanted last November. I also spotted one of these interesting trees that keep popping up in various locales around the city. Weird things… [...] [...] Buenos Aires - Sunday was a good day to get out of the house for awhile. Henry was off to La Plata to watch a marinera competition and hang out with some friends. I decided to hop on the “mystery bus”, the 108 (the only bus line I know of that is regularly excluded from the official bus map and guide, no one seems to know why). I know it runs from Retiro station to somewhere in Liniers, and I figured on riding it until something looked interesting. Somewhere in Villa DeVoto I realized we were about to pass close by to Plaza Arenales, a really pretty little square partially surrounded by restaurants that I’d seen on my “New York” walk a year ago. So I hopped off when it seemed to be about the closest we were going to get - only a two block walk, and headed there to sit for a bit in the park and then check out one of the restaurants. The park has definitely “filled in” over the last year - much of it had just been replanted last November. I also spotted one of these interesting trees that keep popping up in various locales around the city. Weird things… [...]

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