Mostly wine related, perhaps a review of one or more wines, or a wine tasting. Sometimes other beverages as well – spirits, or even non-alcohol drinks, if you can believe that!
Canelón Chico – My friends at Pisano offered to set us up for another tasting at a nearby winery. We’d originally planned on continuing on with our driver, Daniel, to tour a little along the southern cost of Uruguay, and then later into Montevideo. But the weather was quite rainy, visibility was limited, and this… Read More Pizzorno
Progreso – On Tuesday, we’d planned a day around a visit to my friends’ winery, Pisano. Since we figured on drinking a bit, it was a little on the drizzly side, and Uruguayan wineries, like those in many areas, tend to be down small roads, we decided to hire a driver to take us around… Read More Pisano
Montevideo – We had a thoroughly uneventful bus ride from Colonia del Sacramento to Montevideo, the capitol of Uruguay. My friends at the Pisano winery that we were planning on visiting on Tuesday had set us up at the modern, boutique hotel, Cala di Volpe. A little pricey normally, but with our “corporate rate” that… Read More The Old Man & The Sea
Buenos Aires – Friday was a day of wandering. Maureen wanted to see the Recoleta Cementerio, so we started there and spent a good amount of time wandering up and down the pathways. It was apparently maid service day – an inordinate number of crypts were open, and scattered throughout the cemetery were buckets of… Read More Duck and cover…
Buenos Aires – Jet lag apparently hit home for Maureen and she didn’t arise until late morning yesterday, by which time I was in class. We hooked up in the afternoon and took a wander into Palermo “Hollywood”, the fun-trendy area of Palermo. After a bit of wandering, neither of us having done much in… Read More Cabernet & the End of the World
Buenos Aires – My friend Maureen arrived from California for a week or so’s visit. Had a quick breakfast of my favorite eggs with vinegar sauce and then she settled into her hotel for a short nap. As an introduction, we did a major walk along Santa Fé’s shopping district and then up through the… Read More Playing Tourist
Buenos Aires – Our first choice for dinner after the concert was, unfortunately, closed (yesterday was a national holiday – well, actually tomorrow is the Día del Libertador José de San Martín, but Argentina has recently adopted the custom of moving holidays to the closest Monday or Friday to give people long weekends). Michael and… Read More Fine Dining
Buenos Aires – I’ve mentioned before that it is possible to have anything delivered here. Not that sushi is a particular unusual item to have brought, but I thought I’d try out my phone skills and hopefully not end up with something totally off-the-mark. (Trying things like this always reminds me of an old New… Read More Sushi Delivery