Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
“Shopping for food is not as simple as it used to be. An increasing number of people are questioning the origins of their food and the free-range and organic markets are growing.” – Birgit Ottermann, Health24, March 2011 “Organic” is one of the words thrown about, particularly by expats and visitors, when it comes to… Read More The Shed
“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.” – Philip Johnson, architect Next up on the Museum Mile walk that I started in the last post is the Museo de Arquitectura y Diseño de la Sociedad Central de Arquitectos… It’s a strange little building, standing alone in a field next to Carlos Thays Park.… Read More On Down the Museum Mile
“I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.” – Steven Wright, comedian A bit over a year ago the local government created a cultural pathway that they dubbed the Milla de los Museos Buenos Aires, or Buenos Aires Museum Mile.… Read More Marching the Museum Mile
“If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. – Raymond Inmon, artist As I mentioned in my Barrio Chino post the day before yesterday, I got there via a walk along Av. Alcorta. I didn’t really start taking pictures until I hit the… Read More A Day Along the Park
“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” – Elliott Erwitt, photographer
“The original words to the Argentine national anthem were written by the subject of today’s post, Alejandro Vicente López y Planes, a writer, lawyer and politician, who became the caretaker, or interim, president of Argentina for a mere 5-6 weeks in mid 1827 when Rivadavia, the subject of my last series of walks, was forced… Read More Mi Cousin Vinny
“Truth is the shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own.” – Robert Burton, 17th century English writer and clergyman Random notes…. When you have leftover par-cooked lasagna noodles, what do YOU do with them? I took a baking pan and put butter, brown sugar, raisins and… Read More Bits and Bites
It’s done. That last 3 kilometers of Av. Rivadavia is now simply a memory, or will be at the end of this post. It really wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be back at the beginning – 11.6 kilometers is a whisper over 7 miles – so splitting it up into 8 blocks… Read More Presidential Backbone – 8th Vertebra