From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Wrap it up with a bow

2007.Dec.31 Monday

 Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.” Buenos Aires – The last day of the year is, of course, a completely arbitrary point on the timeline. Here in BA, this evening will be a barrage and cacaphony of works and crackers of the fire sort, and is a time best [...]

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And One More For The Road

2007.Dec.29 Saturday

 Calmness,” said Aaron quietly, “is a drink we can buy in the bar next door. Come.” – from One More For The Road, by Ray Bradbury Buenos Aires – Virtually everyone who visits this town, and many who live here, comment regularly on the bus system. Apparently buses are the theme of the day, as [...]

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House Elves

2007.Dec.28 Friday

 I have to make dinner – I mean actually make it without magic. We are liable to die.” – Barbara Eden as Jeannie, I Dream of Jeannie Buenos Aires – ‘Twas the night before Larentalia, and all through the house… Not a creature was stirring, except the house elf. Well, not an elf exactly, but [...]

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Dragonstrike

2007.Dec.26 Wednesday

 The important thing is not so much the style of martial art but the style of the instructor. Watch classes. Basic ones and advanced ones. See if it will match your preferences.” – Rob Colasanti, President, National Association of Professional Martial Arts Buenos Aires – Everyone has their own cultural things they like to do. [...]

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Filling Kneads

2007.Dec.23 Sunday

 Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.” – Yiddish proverb Adrogué – It was back to the suburbs with yet another mission, the first one having been interesting, and perhaps filling, but not… fulfilling. This time, it was a mission of learning. For the last couple of [...]

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Waitin’ on da Bus

2007.Dec.22 Saturday

 I’ve become wary of interviews in which you’re forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you’ve done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive.” – Peter Weir, Film Director Buenos Aires – Just a quick “check out the interview” with FoodCandy, a much [...]

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Spiritual Exercise

2007.Dec.21 Friday

 He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.” – St. John of the Cross, Christian mystic Buenos Aires – I’m a day or two behind Robert in writing up our cultural adventure this [...]

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The (Not So) Wild West

2007.Dec.20 Thursday

 Well they have loved to wander, Their feet they have not restrained. – Jeremiah 14:10, Old Testament Bible Buenos Aires – The reason for the trip out to the west was simple. Pizza pilgrimage. Recommended by several locals as “the” place for a “true porteño pizza experience”. Touted by numerous commenters on places like Guia [...]

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Culinary Investigations

2007.Dec.19 Wednesday

 Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.” – Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor Buenos Aires – One of the most common questions I get at Casa SaltShaker dinners, as well as via e-mail, is about the whole “restaurant de [...]

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