New York City – After our little “Eve” pary having been such a classic of the genre, I accepted an invite from my friends Warner and Jean out in Brooklyn, for which I still have a valid travel visa, for a possibly slightly more traditional Xmas day dinner. I didn’t do any of the cooking,… Read More And a More Traditional Day of…
New York City – Holidays are great days to wander the streets of New York. And it’s kind of fun to approach it as a semi-tourist back in a city I lived in for 23 years, because I end up with a combination of knowing what I want to see and where to go to… Read More On the Streets of New York
New York City – A fair amount of Saturday was spent cooking, some sort of Eve-festival, which, I was sure was going to involve another Virgin. But no, in fact, today’s holiday wasn’t even mentioned, other than in passing. But we’d decided to invite a dozen or so friends over to eat fun food, drink… Read More Traditional Eve party…
New York City – Frank and I both like Indian food, and Buenos Aires currently has a dearth of really good Indian restaurants, though has a couple that are acceptable. A little exhausted from my travels and running errands for the day, I was far more in the mood for something local on the Upper… Read More Indian Festoon
Buenos Aires – Headed back to New York for a couple of weeks. Just a few random thoughts on the day of travel… While waiting for my flight in Ezeiza Airport, the major international airport in Buenos Aires, I thought I’d have a little sandwich and a Submarino. This is the local version of hot… Read More Tripping through the clouds
Colonia del Sacramento – For those who travel, it’s not surprise that there are visas, and that these expire. Depending on the country, these expire after varying lengths of time, and can be renewed via various methods. In Argentina, a tourist visa expires every three months from the date you enter the country. Although I’m… Read More Back to the Town Time Forgot
Buenos Aires – The other day in La Plata we’d picked up a Peruvian specialty that someone was hawking on the street – turrone. Different from the Italian torrone which is a honey nougat with nuts, this, traditionally, is a three layered very dense honey spice cake with honey in-between the layers and glazing the… Read More Honey Treat & Subscriptions
Buenos Aires – Hang around this city long enough and someone is sure to recommend El Cuartito, Talcahuano 937, in the Centro area, as ONE OF THE, if not THE, best pizza places in town. One local wag who pops up on blogs and various websites every now and again spent four paragraphs on one… Read More Pizza, Pasta, and a Tree