From the monthly archives:

January 2006

Lola Lo Lo Lo Lo Lola

2006.Jan.16 Monday

Buenos Aires – I’m just a soft touch, that’s the problem. I’d like to think not, but such is life. Somehow or other, last night, out walking around with Henry and his friend Damian, looking for a nice, casual, simple, and inexpensive plate of pasta, I let myself be talked into being seated at a [...]

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Country Style?

2006.Jan.15 Sunday

Buenos Aires – It’s a personal view that one ought to be a trifle careful in the naming of a restaurant. After all, like anything, the name advertises some message to the public, and they will draw conclusions from it, whether it’s your intent or not. Cholita is a word that by itself generally is [...]

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A Little Touch of Tuscany

2006.Jan.15 Sunday

Buenos Aires – Anyone who’s ever worked in a kitchen knows that there are moments when you’re passing by an ingredient in the market and it suddenly leaps up and jumps into your shopping basket. It’s sort of like the iPod, widescreen plasma television, or Soloflex, you suddenly find yourself at home with it, don’t [...]

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A Short Musing

2006.Jan.14 Saturday

Buenos Aires – It’s been raining a lot this week, so I’ve been in, catching up on lots of reading and writing. I just saw a great post over on eGullet, where I occasionally pop in to see if anyone is saying anything witty, brilliant, or amusing. Back in August of 2004 I wrote a [...]

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Federal Style

2006.Jan.14 Saturday

Buenos Aires – When it comes to buildings, I tend to think of federal style as a mix of red brick and white shutters, everything being a bit blocky in appearance. When it comes to federal style furniture, it’s almost the opposite, with curves and elegance, and fancy fabrics like damask. I’m sure there was [...]

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A Beaux Arts Walk

2006.Jan.14 Saturday

Buenos Aires – I had a couple of hours before my lunch date yesterday, and after running a few errands found myself near to the Plaza Congreso. The plaza has become home to daily gatherings of the unemployed and/or homeless – most just seem to choose a spot that is theirs for the day, some [...]

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Standard Issue

2006.Jan.13 Friday

Buenos Aires – I realized last night as we decided on a casual dinner while we were out walking around in the neighborhood, that there are places that I don’t stop to think about as restaurants. I don’t mean them any disrespect, it’s just that they’re the kind of places where normally I might only [...]

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Great Steak, Good Fun

2006.Jan.12 Thursday

Buenos Aires – I am saddened to have to pass along the news of the demise of a long cherished friend. The best pastrami in New York is no more. For those who’ve been reading the last couple of weeks, I very well may have been the last food writer to review the 2nd Avenue [...]

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Musings and Apologies

2006.Jan.11 Wednesday

Buenos Aires – This is going to be a bit of a rambling post, mostly just catching up on a variety of things over the past couple of days since returning home. My apology isn’t for the length of the post, it’s really not that long (one of my best friends says my restaurant reviews [...]

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