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Restaurants

Coki’s Place

2012.Feb.11 Saturday

 Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.” – Andre Gide, author Just a short block away from the well-known and hyped (not totally undeserved) Oui Oui, sits a small cafe that I discovered about six weeks ago in my quest for the elusive “best” revuelto gramajo, Lo de Coki, Amenábar 93 [...]

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Brunch “With Us”

2012.Feb.10 Friday

No, we’re not bringing back the short-lived and not particularly successful Casa SaltShaker brunch. It was just one of those Sundays when I wanted out of the house, didn’t want to hang out with friends, just a book and a really good meal. And, given that Henry is away and, let’s face it, that cuts [...]

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Wide Open Space

2012.Jan.28 Saturday

We’ve all seen those postcards of Buenos Aires with the rows of bright colored buildings along what appears to be a whole waterfront area, El Caminito. It’s practically the symbol of the city in some tour guides. And, if you go, you’ll find them, not near as many as the postcards make it look, the [...]

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Farm Fresh Chic

2012.Jan.25 Wednesday

Oh, the foodie hordes are going to hate me again. I’m about to knock one of the new darlings of their set. I’m not going to trash it, it wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t all that. There were things I liked, there were things I didn’t. Meh. Now, I suppose, part of the problem may [...]

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Montevideo in photos, VII

2012.Jan.18 Wednesday

Continuing on to the final Montevideo post, basically, from the far right edge of the red circle I cut straight down to the shoreline and then just walked the rambla, or boardwalk, pretty much to the eastern edge of what’s shown on the map – though it does continue east from there. The rambla is [...]

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Montevideo in photos, V

2012.Jan.16 Monday

After quite the heavy lunch it was back to the apartment to collapse for a while and then get some work done. Mid-afternoon, headed out to the pretty little Museo Gurvich on the neighboring Plaza Matriz, free to visit on Tuesdays, just for your planning. Interesting stuff (no photos allowed, not surprisingly), reminds me a [...]

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Montevideo in photos, IV

2012.Jan.15 Sunday

On to the Mercado del Puerto. You know me, I could spend a whole day in a place like this, and were there really still a market rather than just restaurants, I likely would have…. If I were more of a carnivore, I’d have just gone from one spot to the next sampling things. The [...]

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Montevideo in photos, II

2012.Jan.13 Friday

After my little pizza and beer indulgence it was back into the streets… well, first a stop back at the apartment to “freshen up” and take a quick catnap – figuring I wasn’t coming back until after dinner. So, back into the streets and a walk through the areas of Barrio Sur and Palermo, circled [...]

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Montevideo in photos, I

2012.Jan.12 Thursday

I needed a break. I realized I hadn’t had a real day off since my trip to New York and Louisville back in April. With a quartet of days looming free, the need to renew my visa anyway, it seemed a perfect time to get away for a short break. My first thought was to [...]

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