Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
Just a quick photo round-up of the recent Send a Child to School fundraising event at the Australian Embassy. This year, a group of us in the puertas cerradas restaurant world were asked to participate and provide the food, and we, and several of our companions answered the call with signature hors d’oeuvres. Myself, Pablo… Read More Charity Begins at Jalapeños
If you’re not aware and you’re here in Buenos Aires, the last couple of days, plus today and tomorrow are the Raíz Festival Gastronómico. This is a new festival that was announced as an exploration of the roots of Argentine cuisine. It does go a bit beyond that – although the mercado of food and… Read More Mixed Roots in Argentina
Not as ominous as it sounds, despite the ending that befell Juan Lavalle, but, finally getting around to finishing off my trek down his eponymous street. In fact, it’s been so long, almost a year, that I should probably mention for newer readers what this is all about. A long while back I decided that… Read More The End of Lavalle
“For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.” – Aristotle Totally non food related. If you’re creeped out by bats, I don’t recommend watching this. Just move along. Come back tomorrow for the… Read More Video Interlude – With Bat & Music
For the last couple of years I’ve been hearing about another restaurant a puertas cerradas that focused on the classics of local cuisine – empanadas and steaks. Originally it was located somewhere near us in Recoleta, but it seemed vague and mysterious, and no one seemed to know a lot about it, just that it… Read More Una Experiencía of the Argentine
As usual, it’s time for that end of the month pick-me-up of sharing photos. I didn’t do it for last month because, simply, there were way too many of them – I have more than a thousand photos on disc from vacation and obviously didn’t use even a two digit percentage of them in my… Read More A Not Particularly August August
Just a round-up of last thoughts and images from La Paz. Let’s see, several people have asked me if I recommend going there. The answer is, yes, but with some caveats. First off, in the city, unless you’re the sort like me who just likes to wander around and see what’s happening in a place,… Read More La Paz, Out….
Just a quick post today on a couple of spots I visited outside of town. I’d originally just wanted to go to La Valle de la Luna, the Valley of the Moon, in the south, but other han hiring a private car as I mentioned yesterday, for $40 (a bit over 200 bolivianos), everything I… Read More Touring Outside