Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
…a city of geometric heights, a petrified desert of grids and lattices, an inferno of greenish abstraction under a flat sky, a real Metropolis from which man is absent by his very accumulation.” Roland Barthes, French critic, in relation to New York City While in Plaza San Martin yesterday, I spotted these two buildings, and… Read More Building Geometrics
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.” – George Jean Nathan, Journalist, Essayist Buenos Aires – I’m not going to get into the whole political mish-mash that surrounds the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas – more than a few local bloggers, from… Read More Island Photos
“The flavor, color and fragrance of olive oils can vary dramatically depending on distinctions such as growing region and the crop’s condition. All olive oils are graded in accordance with the degree of acidity they contain. The best are cold pressed, a chemical free process that involves only pressure, which produces a natural level of… Read More Extra Virgin Olives?
Tony: Hey, boss! C’mere! Sun-Up is the worst horse on the track! Dr. Hackenbush: I notice he wins all the time. Tony: Aw, just because he comes in first. Dr. Hackenbush: Well, I don’t want ’em any better than first.” – from A Day at the Races, 1937 Buenos Aires – It was their first… Read More A Day at the Races
Another interesting aspect of tomato’s rise to popularity was the debate whether it should be classified as a fruit or a vegetable. While this might seem trivial to most, its classification was greatly important to those who first grew it commercially because of taxation and import tariffs established to protect American vegetable growers. The issue… Read More The State Fruit of New Jersey
“When it was first born, twenty years ago, Piola was received with perplexity and indifference mainly due to its appearance, to some too modern, bold and inconceivable.” – Piola pizzeria chain website Buenos Aires – As most of you know, I’ll go pretty much anywhere to check out pizza. Alan, over at Buenos Aires Argentina… Read More Chill… Out…
“Only for the phony is commercialism – the bending of creativity to common utility – a naughty word. To the truly creative, it is a bridge to the great audience, a means of sharing rather than debasing.” – Ernest A. Jones, Advertising Executive, Address at Cranbrook Academy of Art, June 2, 1964 Buenos Aires –Somewhere… Read More Joining the eCommerce World
Lima, Peru – I know it’s going to seem to some like I’m giving Lima shortshrift by only writing one post on the city, especially after the seemingly endless droning I’ve been doing about other parts of Peru. But, this was our Lima experience… we had not planned on staying in Lima at all. If… Read More Lima Been