Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
Buenos Aires – It’s been so long since I’ve posted on my Supreme Directors’ walk series that most of you have probably forgotten that I was doing it anyway. I almost did – but I like the approach to exploring different sections of the city, so I plan to get back on track, so to… Read More The Supremes – Track 4
From local friend Tim G: If you can be there, be there!
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” – Pericles, ancient Greek statesman Buenos Aires – It amazes me sometimes how close of attention people pay to details here and on our Casa S site. I made a couple of minor changes… Read More Feedback on the Feedback
“At [San Martín] 336 there is a relic of the old city – although repeatedly refurbished during the 19th and 20th centuries, the simple and austere Museo Bartolomé Mitre was the home where Mitre lived, created La Nación, and died. The museum is interesting for Mitre-istas and historians – the most peculiar is the vast… Read More The Guy on the 2 Peso Note
“Because not much was written about the origin of phở until recently, its beginnings are a bit murky and mostly culled from oral histories. Still, the consensus among academics, diners and restaurateurs is that it originated about a century ago in northern Vietnam. It was originally sold by venders from large boxes, until the first… Read More Fun with Phở
“Chinese people say Marco Polo brought noodles from China back to Italy and Italians say they had noodles before that. All this has been based on documentary material, on personal accounts and menus. But we’ve been unable to find any actual material until now.” – Lu Houyuan, geologist/geophysicist Buenos Aires – The new? Barrio Chino,… Read More Something Old, Something New
“If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” – T.S. Eliot, writer It’s too late at night to write a coherent post. Let me just note that my taxi driver was tall. Really tall. Like seat back as far as it would go and still knees up on… Read More Vertically Challenged
No quote, no long details, just a pretty pic of the haul from our visit to our favorite Bolivian street vendor. From the right across the top: Huacatay, Ajíes amarillos, Rocotos and Caiguas; from the right across the bottom, Ocas (a type of yam), Ajies limos, Olluquitos (aka Ullucos, or Papalisas), and Tomates de árbol.