Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
Buenos Aires – A few random notes, the first courtesy of my weekly e-mail from Michael Quinlon of World Wide Words, which led me to the website of the Church of Reality – “If it’s real – we believe in it!” It caught my eye only because of a comment on the Church’s (it is… Read More A Little Reality & Pictures
Buenos Aires – I love waking up to good news. Really and truly. And this is the second time this has happened to me in the last five years. Not the waking up to good news part, but the particulars. About a dozen years ago I used to write restaurant reviews for a small newspaper… Read More The Great Ice Cream Hunt
Buenos Aires – We were sitting in a little corner cafe (Manjares, Charcas 2802) having lunch yesterday. For me that meant a reasonably interesting sandwich of bondiola, cheese, hard-boiled egg, lettuce and tomato on pan árabe, which is what passes for pita bread here. For Henry, pollo a la naranja, being a huge fan of… Read More Literature and Tango
Buenos Aires – Disclaimer: This is not food and wine related. You’ll manage. I can’t decide whether to have a minor crisis or not. Which probably means I shouldn’t bother. It didn’t keep me up last night. But I did keep thinking about it. We watched The Muppets Take Manhattan last night (in Spanish –… Read More The Rainbow Connection
Buenos Aires – I found this review of a local bar that left me laughing from the juxtaposition of the various clientele: This “underground” bar located in what used to be the transvestite red light district of Buenos Aires, congregates a bizarre mix of people, you may find there local reality TV fallen stars, artistry… Read More Dance, dance, dance
Buenos Aires – First, a side note, the purchase of our new apartment went off without a hitch! A little different than purchasing an apartment in New York, not too much – the only real difference other than somewhat different paperwork is that instead of issuing certified checks for everything, the finance company hands out… Read More Salon del Vino – Part II
Buenos Aires – Once again pointing up that plays on words don’t work cross-language was my attempt at a joke about there not being any virgins at the Copacabana. I didn’t say it aloud, as heading to the Bolivian community’s Festival of the Virgin of Copacabana, in Barrio Flores, had the air of something serious… Read More At the Copa, Copacabana…
Buenos Aires – We’re coming down to the wire on buying our new apartment, so things have been a little hectic. Meetings and phone calls with the real estate agent, the escribano (notary/title preparer), working out transfering funds halfway across the world (you’d think in the day and age of the internet and easy global… Read More There’s a Pea under my Mattress