Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
When you do a good deed, get a receipt, in case heaven is like the IRS” – Unknown Buenos Aires – I was contacted a couple of weeks ago by Jude of Lulu of London spa, who has recently helped found an organization called Aesthetic Argentina. Now, the website that was up at the time… Read More Nip and Tuck
“Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster.” – Clay’s Conclusion Buenos Aires – I don’t know whether or not to be flattered. It started a few days ago when Technorati started showing up image links to my blog – all of a particular picture… a milanesa napolitana, and to my mind, not that interesting of… Read More Flattery?
There is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming there. All the gods sculpted of wood or ivory can’t say a word. I know, I have been crying out to them. The Sacred Books of the East are nothing but words. I looked through their covers one day sideways.… Read More On Golden Pond
At age 30, one receives strength.” – Talmud, Pirkei Avot 5:26 Buenos Aires – Saturday was the big three-oh. Not for me. I barely remember mine. It was Henry’s turn (and he’s sensitive about, convinced life is nearly over, so don’t mention it…). Now anyone who’s been reading my blog for a long time will… Read More The Big Three-Ohhhhh
“All through the day how the hours rush by, you sit in the park and you watch the grass die.” – John Denver, Singer, Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio Tigre – With a friend visiting for a couple of weeks, various things keep getting shifted around – we were going to go to Rosario on… Read More Tiger Trip
“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it, is committing another mistake.” – Confuscius Buenos Aires – A few days ago I posted my reaction to a piece this week in the New York Times travel magazine. The piece (from the Times, not mine) generated a lot of local conversation, and a… Read More Clarification… My Bad…
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.” – Dale Carnegie, Lecturer, Author Buenos Aires – It was time to visit… Read More Time to Smell the Roses
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union,… Read More Living Hearts