From the monthly archives:

January 2007

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

2007.Jan.09 Tuesday

 The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries. If timely it is quickly adopted; if not, it is apt to fare like a sprout lured out of the ground by warm sunshine, only to be injured and retarded in its growth by the succeeding [...]

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Manifold Flavor

2007.Jan.07 Sunday

 The western/central culinary region of China includes the provinces and cuisines of Szechuan and Hunan, two of China’s most ancient provinces…. The most distinctive features of this region’s cuisine reside in the flavour: flavour and freshness are emphasized far more than colour and appearance. This feature reflects the earthy, practical, ‘no-nonsense’ nature of the region’s [...]

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Tours & Souvenirs

2007.Jan.06 Saturday

 It takes a lot of guts to manufacture a tchotchke that weighs hundreds of pounds, takes up half a bathroom, and glows popsicle green.” – Cory Doctorow, Author, Boingboing.net Mar del Plata -Tuesday dawned as another cold and drizzly day. Rather than even attempting a beach, we decided to go the whole touristy route… i.e., [...]

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Fried Squid

2007.Jan.05 Friday

 Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable, that nobody has ever ventured to describe a whole day in heaven, though plenty of people have described a day at the seaside.” – George Bernard Shaw, Essayist, Playwright Mar del Plata – Dining out in Mar del Plata proved [...]

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By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea…

2007.Jan.03 Wednesday

“I have the world’s largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world… perhaps you’ve seen it.” – Stephen Wright, Comedian Mar del Plata – After getting past the giant lavender cow with swollen pink teats as we entered town, we wound our way through a mass of industrial and [...]

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