Restaurant reviews – the opinions expressed are solely my own. Often, though it will appear that they’re based on a single visit, they’re based on more than one. And I’m willing to hear from folks who disagree – I do know that restaurants, including my own, have their off days.
Buenos Aires – I’m a big fan of Mexican food, and when it turned out that friends Pete and Ron are too, it seemed a natural to try out a relatively new Mexican restaurant last night. We’d gotten together for cocktails last night at 788 Food Bar and wanted to try somewhere new. I needed… Read More Frog Jump
Buenos Aires – We’ve ordered food for delivery several times from Sabor Norteño, La Rioja 186, in Once, but never actually been there. We were wandering the area the other day looking at dresses. You might ask why. And I might tell you. Henry’s niece, Viviana, is coming up on her 15th birthday. Like we… Read More Flavors of the North
Buenos Aires – We have friends in visiting for the weekend (this is happening more and more, and depending on whom, can be a blessing or a curse – we’re having fun this weekend, so it must be the former). They haven’t come from far away, they’re in from Azul, which is a small city,… Read More Prescription for Dinner
Buenos Aires – My Everquest friends will know the allusion of the title. Back in the day, before the game expanded like a muffin climbing out of its cup, Protection of the Cabbage was a druid spell that one spent eons working on getting a copy of, well in advance of ever needing it, but… Read More Protection of the Cabbage
Buenos Aires – I’m not sure that I’ve mentioned it before, in fact I’m fairly certain I haven’t, but I consider pizza to be Nature’s most perfect food. I have evidence for that as well. We could start with the FDA’s (or is it the USDA’s) food pyramid – a base of grain, lots of… Read More Nature’s Most Perfect Food
Buenos Aires – If you’ve never seen the movie The Scent of Green Papaya, it could be summed up in a nutshell as beautifully presented, and somehow engaging despite it’s lackluster acting and complete lack of plot. In many ways that parallels my thoughts about our visit last evening to Green Bamboo, Costa Rica 5802,… Read More The Scent of Green Bamboo
Buenos Aires – Off we went yesterday to the Far East for a stroll in the sun. Calle de Canal is a long promenade along the southeastern edge of the city, just the other side of Puerto Madero Este and just this side of the Ecological Reserve. In beautiful weather, like yesterday afternoon, it is… Read More The Far East & Steak
Buenos Aires – My friend Max and I set off to do a little museum-going yesterday afternoon. Max is my Spanish teacher as well, and a good part of yesterday’s mission was to keep up a non-stop conversation for a couple of hours about museums, neighborhoods, art, and food – I think I managed pretty… Read More Native Craft