SaltShaker

 The egg standing myth was born with an article penned by Annalee Jacoby in the March 19, 1945 issue of Life magazine. Ms. Jacoby was on assignment in China at that time, when she witnessed a peculiar Chinese ritual. In China, the first day of spring is called Li Chun, and they reckon it to […]

 To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”
- from Life of Pi
Buenos Aires - I do seem to be falling behind on the dinner posts… hmm… well, I’ll try to get caught back up. Here we are a week after Pi Day, which, of course, […]

 I was the main complainer about not having my favorite dishes, and then someone suggested that I open my own restaurant.”
- Gary Edwards, Owner, Sister Sue’s, Asbury Park
Buenos Aires - Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that while Casa S is getting busier and busier, especially with private events, that I spend more time […]

 Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.”
- Anna Magnani, actress
Buenos Aires - You may have noticed that recently our Casa S themes have been getting more and more offbeat - moving away from various Republic Days and Independence Days and such. It’s only semi-intentional - part of the problem […]

 Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.”
- Samuel Johnson, poet, writer
Buenos Aires - ‘Twas a busy weekend, with both a couple of regular Casa S dinners and a private event hosted by an engaged couple (norteamericano and argentine) to let their families get to know each other. I won’t comment upon […]

 One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. It is, as common people say, so ‘upsetting;’ it makes you think that, after all, your favourite notions may be wrong, your firmest beliefs ill-founded; it is certain that till now there was no place allotted in your mind to […]

 The sun of my Cuba
Salutes me good morning
I take breakfast and come out
The whole world is already up
Hey chico turn the volume up
Coz I love this bolero
And this line to buy the bread, goes around the entire world anyway
Now picture La Habana
The old streets with colonel air
Problems can’t be hidden
But you’ll find sweetness at you […]

 We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist.”
- Barbara Ehrenreich, Columnist, Political Activist
Buenos Aires - Some of you may remember I mentioned back in November that we’d had a telelvision film crew in for one of our dinners (their idea, not ours, though in a moment of mental […]