Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
“A process which led from the amoebae to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress – though whether the amoebae would agree with this opinion is not known.” – Bertrand Russell, Logician and Philosopher Buenos Aires – I’d heard that Jangada has moved to new digs, at Bonpland 1670, around the corner… Read More The Price of Progress
A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.” – Frederick Douglass, Author, Abolitionist Buenos Aires – It’s been a week with lots of color and interesting little sights. Just a litte Friday photo session… Everyone’s been posting lately about the jacarandas being in bloom,… Read More Colors!
“Under the step, toward the right, I saw a small iridescent sphere of almost unbearable brightness. At first I thought it was spinning; then I realized that the movement was an illusion produced by the dizzying spectacles inside it. The Aleph was probably two or three centimeters in diameter, but universal space was contained inside… Read More Town Plazas
“Wherever in the world I might sense the smell of gum trees, I feel as if I had been take back to Adrogué. And that is exactly what Adrogué was: a large and quiet maze of streets surrounded by lush trees and country houses, a maze of many peaceful nights that my parents liked to… Read More Urban Forms, Suburban Dreams
“I’m not going to make calf’s brains. But at a certain point, I’d like to retain the permission to do something that’s delicious — to have the chance to win them over.” – from The Finicky Gourmet by Alexandra Jacobs, in the NY Times Buenos Aires – There’s no question that I’ve invited this surplus… Read More Aversity or Adversity…?
Hey gang, let’s put on a show!” – Mickey Rooney, Actor Buenos Aires – I guess they made it clear in the name of the show – 1° Exposición y Paseo de Compras Gay en Buenos Aires – or, roughly, the 1st Exposition and Walk of Gay Purchases in Buenos Aires… because the show, which… Read More Clamoring for the Pink Peso
“Skulls, fire, eyeballs, wings, devil signs — it’s pretty much got everything you want. It’s like a grab bag.” – Dave Herrera Buenos Aires – Met up with Pete and Amy, formerly of Pete’s Wicked Ale fame, who are in town for awhile to hang, eat, drink, wander, work with the local home-brew folk, learn… Read More Grab Bag
If you hire a billboard, and you write what you’re saying on the billboard, I don’t think it’s an invasion of privacy for the FBI driving by to look at the billboard and read it.” – John Ashcroft, former U.S. Attorney General I have no idea. There’s nothing on this advert to indicate what it’s… Read More Things that make you go hmm….