From the monthly archives:

July 2009

The Most Beloved Pizza?

2009.Jul.14 Tuesday

Stop, shadow of my elusive beloved Image of enchantment that I most desire Beautiful illusion for whom I happily die Sweet fiction for whom I painfully live. – Juana Inés de la Cruz de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, nun, scholar, poet Buenos Aires – It takes a certain level of chutzpah to make the [...]

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Quick Announcement

2009.Jul.14 Tuesday

Several people inquired about whether or not another class could be arranged with Thuy at A Little Saigon to learn how to make phở and a couple of other Vietnamese dishes. I left the matter in her hands with a promise to announce it when she scheduled something: This Sunday, July 19th, 1-4pm 100 pesos [...]

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Indy Day

2009.Jul.12 Sunday

A great step towards independence is a good humored stomach.” – Seneca, Roman philosopher Buenos Aires – Growing up, 4th of July was always one of my favorite holidays. It was the evening picnic in the park followed by a fireworks show at dusk. It was just something magical, and to this day I love [...]

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Feedback on the Feedback

2009.Jul.11 Saturday

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” – Pericles, ancient Greek statesman Buenos Aires – It amazes me sometimes how close of attention people pay to details here and on our Casa S site. I made a couple of minor changes [...]

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What Happens in Siena… Doesn’t Stay in Siena

2009.Jul.09 Thursday

Siena Palio takes place each July 2nd and August 16th, the race is run around the Piazza del Campo, and is over in around 75 seconds with an impatient crowd of 33,000 people closeted in a square. Excitement charged in the air, the horse’s race around the arena, the jockey’s intent both on racing as [...]

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The Guy on the 2 Peso Note

2009.Jul.05 Sunday

At [San Martín] 336 there is a relic of the old city – although repeatedly refurbished during the 19th and 20th centuries, the simple and austere Museo Bartolomé Mitre was the home where Mitre lived, created La Nación, and died. The museum is interesting for Mitre-istas and historians – the most peculiar is the vast [...]

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Recent Eats

2009.Jul.03 Friday

Graze on my lips, and if those hills are dry, Stray lower where the pleasant fountains lie.” – William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis Buenos Aires – While quite likely, pretty positively, Bill S wasn’t referring to the stomach, I shall. Just a quick roundup of some recent dishes, both here at home and out. Frango [...]

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Thai-ing it Up

2009.Jul.01 Wednesday

The greatness of Sunthorn Phu lies not so much in correct and ornate style, which is the aim of most Thai poets, as in the very simplicity and sincerity of his expression. Unlike so many other poets, he wrote from his heart and not from his head. Not being a learned man, he confined himself [...]

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