Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
Oh Linda, oh Linda Oh Linda, oh Linda Oh my Linda, me Linda Oh my heart, oh Linda Oh my love, me Linda Your love is sweeter than wine, honey Oh wine, honey So please, please, baby I want your love o I want your children o, to be mine Please, please, marry me Oh,… Read More O Linda, O Linda
Buenos Aires – The first time I vacationed in Buenos Aires I stayed in the neighborhood of San Telmo. Despite its touristy bent, it’s still one of my favorite neighborhoods to wander, with some of the more interesting, if dilapidated, architectural features to be found on homes; its central Mercado – a mixed farm stand,… Read More Wandering San Telmo
Buenos Aires – I’d seen a posting for a photography show, at the Fernández Blanco Museum of Hispanic American Art, Suipacha 1422, of the work of Edward S. Curtis. It sounded fascinating, if nothing particularly “Hispanic American,” being an exhibition of some of his photos of North American Indians. His work entailed 24 years of… Read More Retiro
Buenos Aires – The fiesta has come and gone, and it was quite the experience. Not one I’m likely to repeat at any time in the near (or distant) future. It was, by turns, exciting and exhausting, and a strange mix of sedate and bizarre. We’d called the party for 8:00 figuring folks would start… Read More Fiesta! Feliz Cumpleaño Henry!
Buenos Aires – I’m not sure why the idea of going to the gallery showing of Cuerpos Pintados seemed like a good idea at the time. But it did. So I found myself late yesterday in a couple of adjoining tents off the side of the city’s exposition center, tucked away behind, well, pretty much… Read More Painted Bodies – Sort Of
Buenos Aires – The afternoon was beautiful, filled with sunshine, a light breeze, perfect for a walk. I decided to venture along a section of Avenida del Libertador, the Avenue of the Liberator, i.e., José Francisco de San Martín, possibly the most famous of Argentina’s various national heroes. The avenue stretches north to south, near… Read More The Liberator
Buenos Aires – Many years ago, during a brief flirtation with vegetarianism (which occurred during a brief flirtation of another sort with someone who was vegetarian, but that’s not worth getting into here), I spent some time reading through the then available literature on macrobiotics. Even then, some twenty years ago, macrobiotics had a weird,… Read More Macrobotics – Robotic Macrobiotics
Buenos Aires – I’ve mentioned a few times the weekend fairs that seem to occur in almost every park in the city. Following up on last weekend’s trip out to the Feria de Mataderos, I thought I’d give you a small taste of a few of them that we’ve visited recently. Even for locals, its… Read More Fairs, Fairs, Fairs…