Buenos Aires – Just a couple of photos today, as I’m on the run, so to speak. Taught a couple of “classes” this week here at Casa S – a nice steak lunch, similar to the one I described a week ago, though we made a coarser chimichurri, and instead of two kinds of potatoes,… Read More Scenes from the Kitchen Classroom
Buenos Aires – First off, a Happy New Year, or Happy Rosh Hashanah, or Shana Tova, in particular to any of my Jewish readers, friends, neighbors… though really, to everyone – today begins the year 5768, and we’ll just have to see what it has in store for SaltShaker, my life, and the lives of… Read More Happy New Stuff!
“I don’t mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don’t understand.” – Sir Edward Appleton, English Physicist Buenos Aires – I enjoy opera. There. It’s out in the open. I’ve said it. I enjoy opera. I’m not what you would call a fan or fanatic or… Read More Music to Soothe the Savage…
Curves are so emotional.” – Piet Mondrian, Dutch artist Buenos Aires – I love that there’s a single Spanish word that means something that has ups and downs or highs and lows. I gleaned it from the commentary left about a spot on our local online restaurant guide, Guia Oleo. The comment was left in… Read More Altibajos
The RMS Lusitania, or “The Lucy” as she was affectionately known, was launched on Thursday, 7 June 1906, at the shipyard of John Brown & Co., Clydebank. She was built as a result of negotiations between the British Government and Cunard Line to build two superliners capable of taking back the Blue Riband for the… Read More Full Speed Ahead
I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.” – William Howard Taft, 27th U.S. President Buenos Aires – It’s that time again, the annual Vinos y Bodegas expo. Since I already went… Read More Wonderland Revisited
“It’s the lore of the North that allows a traveller caught in a blizzard to break into a cabin for food and warmth in order to keep body and soul together. But what about breaking into an expensive condo just before Christmas, ripping open all the presents hoping to find chocolates, raiding the fridge and… Read More More Than Filadelfia
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a new hat.” – axiom for any proper traveler… Buenos Aires – As I’ve mentioned a couple of times recently, my new hat is “cheese making student”. It’s one of those things that I was always curious about, principally, I suppose, because I really like cheese, but… Read More Cheesy Beginnings