From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Clamoring for the Pink Peso

2007.Nov.13 Tuesday

 Hey gang, let’s put on a show!” – Mickey Rooney, Actor Buenos Aires – I guess they made it clear in the name of the show – 1° Exposición y Paseo de Compras Gay en Buenos Aires – or, roughly, the 1st Exposition and Walk of Gay Purchases in Buenos Aires… because the show, which [...]

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A Gem of a Dinner

2007.Nov.12 Monday

 Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them.” – Richard Bach, Author Buenos Aires – A century ago, the largest uncut gem-quality diamond ever found… was found. Known as the Cullinan Diamond after [...]

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Prez Material?

2007.Nov.10 Saturday

 The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.” – Charles de Gaulle, French President 1958-1969 Buenos Aires – I rarely bother much with politics, at times bordering on the philosophy of “don’t vote, it just encourages the politicians…”, though, truth be told, I’ve at the very least voted in every presidential [...]

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Grab Bag

2007.Nov.08 Thursday

 Skulls, fire, eyeballs, wings, devil signs — it’s pretty much got everything you want. It’s like a grab bag.” – Dave Herrera Buenos Aires – Met up with Pete and Amy, formerly of Pete’s Wicked Ale fame, who are in town for awhile to hang, eat, drink, wander, work with the local home-brew folk, learn [...]

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Illustrative Dinner

2007.Nov.05 Monday

 Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I’ve always called myself an illustrator. I’m not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life.” – Norman Rockwell, Illustrator (per his [...]

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Some Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti…

2007.Nov.04 Sunday

 Stunningly simple in preparation and extremely true to pure flavors, Catalan Cuisine is one of the world’s most overlooked culinary treasures. From staples like pa amb tomaquet (bread slathered with fresh tomato and drizzled with olive oil) to the Catalan dish par excellence Botifarra amb Mongetes (Catalan sausage with beans) to the revered wines of [...]

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Things that make you go hmm….

2007.Nov.04 Sunday

 If you hire a billboard, and you write what you’re saying on the billboard, I don’t think it’s an invasion of privacy for the FBI driving by to look at the billboard and read it.” – John Ashcroft, former U.S. Attorney General I have no idea. There’s nothing on this advert to indicate what it’s [...]

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Fount of Wisdom? Not.

2007.Nov.03 Saturday

 I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.” – Igor Stravinsky, Composer Buenos Aires – Does blogging, or this blog in particular need, or even merit a defense? Is there any point to it? What [...]

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Our Bread and Butter

2007.Nov.02 Friday

 Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.” – G.K. Chesterton, Novelist, Essayist Buenos Aires – Breaking bread is our bread and butter, which requires bread, and butter, but even buttering up [...]

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