Buenos Aires – The Palio opened up, I believe, on Sunday night, at least according to all my sources. Not that they run the Palio here in Argentina, though there are certainly enough horses and races around, but to the best of my knowledge it continues in its traditional location of Siena, Italy. On the… Read More Opening Night of the Palio
Buenos Aires – First, and before we get to the raw fish and rice adventures… I was wandering a nearby street, looking in small almacens, or kind of what we think of as neighborhood delis or food shops – looking for pinenuts that didn’t cost the 30 pesos per 60 grams, or roughly $76 a… Read More Adventures in Search of Sushi
Buenos Aires – I recently “celebrated” the one year anniversary of this blog, and given that I launched into it as I began my adventures outside of New York, it’s no surprise that another birthday pops up. My arrival in Buenos Aires to, potentially at that point, live, was July 2, 2005, a grey, drizzly… Read More Entering The Second Year
Love ’em or hate ’em, Brussels Sprouts abound. Or is that Brussel Sprouts? It’s a source of quite a bit of contention whether this “countable noun” should have an “s” on the end of its first name. But then, it’s named after the city of Brussels, in Belgium, so one would think that’s a non-issue.… Read More Do You Hate These?
Buenos Aires – There was much yelling and shouting going out outside yesterday morning – obviously the start of the much ballyhooed Argentina versus Germany soccer, or rather futbol, match. I know nothing about soccer other than men in short shorts and round ball with alternating white hexagons and black pentagons. Now it turns out… Read More Much Ado About?