From the monthly archives:

September 2006

The Pink Stick of the Basques…

2006.Sep.30 Saturday

“Newspapers will run a headline: ‘Shark kills human.’ You never see a headline from the other perspective: ‘Man swims in shark-infested water, forgets he’s shark food.” – Gary Larson, Cartoonist – The Far Side Buenos Aires – On the part of the shark, I imagine that there’s not a whole lot of cognitive function that [...]

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The Steam Line

2006.Sep.29 Friday

“In terms of fast food and deep understanding of the culture of fast food, I’m your man.” – Bill Gates, American Entrepreneur Buenos Aires – I’ve talked a bit in the past about the apparent gradual and subtle addition of vegetarian restaurants to the Buenos Aires dining scene. It’s one of those things that many [...]

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Service with a Smile

2006.Sep.28 Thursday

“If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service you are rendering, and especially the spirit in which you are rendering it.” – Roger Babson, American Business Forecaster and Author Buenos Aires – It was the incessant babble that I noted first. It crept [...]

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Tourist Trap? Or Just Better?

2006.Sep.26 Tuesday

“Things only have the value that we give them.” – Molière, 17th Century French Writer Buenos Aires – There’s a two block strip along the south side of the Recoleta cemetery lined with restaurants. They tend towards the expensive – it’s the trendy part of the wealthy section of the barrio. Tree-lined streets, seating outdoors [...]

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Interview and a Show

2006.Sep.25 Monday

“Wow, you’re saying better things than I am, and this is my interview!” – Aaron Spelling, Producer Buenos Aires – A new article, an interview I wrote, just came out in the October issue of Passport magazine. The interview was with Jamie Taylor, co-owner of Flux Bar here in Buenos Aires. As always, for posterity, [...]

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Comfort Food

2006.Sep.24 Sunday

 In Pakistan anti-American protesters set a Kentucky Fried chicken restaurant on fire. The protesters mistakenly thought they were attacking high-ranking U.S. military official Colonel Sanders.” – Jimmy Fallon, Comedian Buenos Aires – We, that is U.S.-type Americans, love our fried chicken. Regardless of what part of the country, it’s almost more the national dish than [...]

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We Slice, We Dice, We Fricassée…

2006.Sep.22 Friday

 If it was pretty weather, Grandma fixed fried chicken for Sunday lunch. If it was rainy, with a little nip in the air, her family would more likely sit down after church to a plate of chicken fricassée over rice. While Grandma wasn’t French, she preferred using the fancy French name to describe this rustic [...]

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Franchised Pizza

2006.Sep.21 Thursday

“I’ve been around long enough to know that the more we get criticized, the more on track we are.” – Tom Monaghan, Founder of Domino’s Pizza Buenos Aires – I grew up around Domino’s Pizza. Back in the day, Tom Monaghan started out with one small pizza shop in Ypsilanti, Michigan, called Dominick’s that he [...]

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Let’s Bake a Cake!

2006.Sep.19 Tuesday

“It’s been my policy to view the Internet not as an ‘information highway,’ but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies.” – Mike Royko, American Journalist Buenos Aires – I share a birthday with Mike Royko. Also with Twiggy. Different years. My best friend when I was about five years old, Tina, and I, [...]

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