Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
New York – No, that’s not the infrared signature of a creme brulée. It’s Buenos Aires from the air moments after take off. It’s time for another little break in the north country, and the twinkling lights, well, just looked pretty. Tuesday was an interesting day getting ready to leave. I got a call from… Read More Winging My Way North
Buenos Aires – Yesterday was a cool and cloudy day, looking like imminent rain at every step. A few times a drop or two fell from the sky, but they never seemed to get enough support from fellow raindrops to continue. My friend Barbara and I decided to make it a day of museum hopping.… Read More A Trio of Museo
Buenos Aires – A few things, from the last few days… This is just oh so wrong. According to the deli I got it at, this squashball sized bread roll is a knish, or knitche as they had it labelled. It’s basically an empanada wrapper twisted into a round shape around dried out, unseasoned, mashed… Read More Mixed Roundup
Azul – Located nearly dead center of the province of Buenos Aires is this small city founded in 1832 by Colonel Pedro Burgos under the name Fuerte San Serapio Mártir del Arroyo Azul. Initially, its population increased slowly – ten years later it had 1,600 inhabitants, another twelve and it had over 6,000, and by… Read More Blue, Blue, My World is Blue
Buenos Aires – In the completely non-food/wine related world, I’ve recently been dealing with the fun of Dell computer service overseas. It’s been a frustrating and time consuming process, and has basically resulted with no one being satisfied. Here are the two posts I made to the Dell Community Forums: I recently renewed my warranties… Read More Ahh, Dell, Dell, Dell
Buenos Aires – When it comes to public transportation in Buenos Aires, there are a few “musts”. You must take a colectivo at least once, rocketing and careening through the streets, preferably with a driver who thinks the horn is as important as the steering wheel and gas pedal. You must take the Tren de… Read More Take The “A” Train
Buenos Aires – Just a brief post this morning as I have to get cooking! We have another dozen folk coming this evening for round 2 of Casa SaltShaker, plus we agreed to a private dinner tomorrow night for a group of 7! Lots to do! Where did I put those boil-in-the-bag peas? I know… Read More …and the Envelope Please…
Buenos Aires – I haven’t seen every show of Cirque du Soleil, though I’d have liked to. I think most of them are available on DVD now, maybe I’ll see if I can grab them from the internet… I did see Varekai when it was in New York a couple of years ago and loved… Read More If I Ran Away to Join the Circus…