Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
In preparation for this trip I talked with a lot of people about what I might do here. Now, the general expat response was that no one had any idea, but that it always sounded like something interesting to do, or, more interest from folk in things like eco-adventure tourism and/or the Jesuit Mission trail.… Read More Megalomaniac Boulevard
Several years ago my friend Rick and I were talking about taking a trip up to Paraguay, doing the whole Jesuit Mission trail, the Paraguayan side of Iguazu Falls, and visiting a couple of the cities, from Ciudad del Este to Asunción to Concepción. Well, Rick has moved back to the States and I only… Read More Assumption
As usual, the end of month roundup of photos I didn’t use in a post but think deserve a moment of their own…. A private pizza class for a vistiing couple – we made focaccia with rosemary and salt, traditional style Sicilian pizza studded with anchovy, parmesan and garlic, grilled pizza with salami, arugula and… Read More February Leftovers
About a year ago I wrote up a post on a series of fun little alternative tourist tours/events, including the fun, if slightly sales-pitch oriented wine tasting of Anuva Wines. A couple of weeks ago I was invited to attend a new offering in the local wine tasting world from local magazine publisher Time Out… Read More Time Out 4 Wine
Just picking up where I left off on Av. Dorrego in yesterday’s post – there were just too many photos to do it all in one. The very pretty Santa Adela church is just downhill at the corner of Av. Luis M. Campos. As we continue down, the elevated railroad tracks continue on our right,… Read More The Federalist Papers 2
It’s been awhile since I posted one of my presidential walks – having left off with Vicente Lopéz, the interim president for a mere five or six weeks after the first real elected president, Rivadavia, had been forced to resign over scandals in negotiations with Brazil. That brings us to Manuel Dorrego (monument above is… Read More The Federalist Papers 1
“Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take… Read More The Lost Photos of January
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’d gone to Fundación Proa for a particular exhibit. It’s an archaeological display of artifacts recovered, primarily, from the Cempoala (“Place of Twenty Waters”) site in Veracrúz, Mexico, and focuses on the imagery related to religious practices there in the 14th and 15th century. Entitled Dioses, ritos y oficios… Read More The Gods of Twenty Waters