Paraguay 200

2011.May.16 Monday

 I don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s a major musical event. I love the Eurovision Song Contest and it will continue long after I’m gone. Just please don’t ask me to take it seriously.” – Terry Wogan, host of Eurovision I’m laying the blame squarely on Eurovision’s doorstep. I couldn’t figure out why no [...]

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The Status of Status

2011.May.14 Saturday

 Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.” – Dr. Laurence J. Peter, educator and writer The first Peruvian restaurant I set foot in in Buenos Aires was Status, Virrey Ceballos 178 just off the Plaza del Congreso. We’ve been back on and off, but not often [...]

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Opening up the Door to Italy

2011.May.13 Friday

 Detesto l’uomo che manda giù il suo cibo non sapendo che cosa mangia. Dubito del suo gusto in cose più importanti. (I hate the man who eats without knowing what he’s eating. I doubt his taste in more important things.) – Charles Lamb, English essayist Yesterday we started off a new session of our 10-part [...]

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The Dance

2011.May.12 Thursday

 The danzón, created in 1879 by Miguel Failde, a cornet player from the city of Matanzas, is a direct descendant of the Cuban danzas and contradanzas that were played in ballrooms back in Cuba’s colonial past. In those days the typical dance orchestra was comprised of one cornet, two violins, two clarinets in C, an [...]

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Parrilla Hut

2011.May.11 Wednesday

 I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that seems to you too trifling a cause, pray tell for what cause you would have a cook flogged?” – Marcus Valerius Martialis, 1st century Roman poet I could wait a day [...]

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Raise the Red Lantern

2011.May.09 Monday

 Faith means living with uncertainty – feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.” – Dan Millman, author One of my goals for this year, as I think I mentioned a couple of months ago, is to get myself out to my competition – i.e.,, the other [...]

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¡Olé!

2011.May.07 Saturday

 Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America.” – Joe Baca, congressman How could we pass up a chance to celebrate 5 de Mayo? It also gave us an easy reason to shift our schedule this week to Thursday and Friday [...]

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La Hindu

2011.May.06 Friday

 Whenever royalty visits, I think it is something that really excites people, gets them interested in heritage and culture.” – Bruce Gjovig, author, director of Center for Innovation and Business Once a year our friend Ronica Sajnani comes to spend time in Buenos Aires, tango a bit, hang out a bit, and cook a bit. [...]

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Peaceful Sushi & Stir-Fries

2011.May.04 Wednesday

 Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.” – Alan Watts, author, primarily on Zen Buddhism I don’t know that there’s any meaning to the word zensato, though a quick search leads to various artists from one of that name doing [...]

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