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“I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose the answer is in the outcome. If your hunch proves a good one, you were inspired; if it proves bad, you are guilty of yielding to thoughtless impulse.”
- Beryl Markham, English Aviator
Buenos Aires - One of the fun things about not having […]

“The tongue has no bones, but it breaks bones.”
- Greek proverb
Buenos Aires - In an out of the blue sort of surprise I was contacted this week by representatives from the International Osteoporosis Foundation to initially provide them with a picture that they’d seen on my blog. It was of a bowl of chilaquiles, a […]

“There’s no corners to be cut that don’t cost you in the end. You’ve got to play the game. You’ve got to play a good, solid game. Anything short of our best game is trouble.”
- Craig MacTavish, Head Coach, Edmonton Oilers hockey team
Buenos Aires - A few months ago a new restaurant opened up a […]

“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.”
- Oscar Wilde, Poet, Novelist, Critic
Buenos Aires - Yesterday morning started off with another round of our cheese tasting group. This week it was a trio of simple “Argentine blues” - no further designation like “roquefort”, “gorgonzola”, “cabrales”, or “stilton”. Just “blue“. This time […]

“Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.”
- Welsh proverb
Buenos Aires - Perhaps dry as dust is a bit strong. But if that’s truly a Welsh proverb, then the folks of Wales would appreciate the food at Bodhi, Chile 1763, in Montserrat. Yet another in my […]

“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”
- James Matthew Barrie, Scottish Novelist, best known for Peter Pan

A wander through Plaza de Mayo with my godson.

“Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.”
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Buenos Aires - It’s no small thing to have a pair of boots, a city, and a steak named after you, especially when you’ve had to change your name to get there, and everyone thought you’d never […]

“SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.”
-Ambrose Bierce, Writer, Devil’s Dictionary
Buenos Aires - It took me a while to figure […]