Posts that have become popular for their content, whether just advice, or controversy, and have generated the most e-mail or comments, and therefore keep showing up in my consciousness.
Buenos Aires – It’s a rainy day today, so I’ll go with a second post that’s been in the works for awhile. A few weeks back I did an early Saturday morning introduction to the geography of Uruguay, and have realized that I’ve never done the same for Argentina. This has been underscored recently by… Read More A little more geography
Planet Earth – Those of you who’ve read along know I have a pet peeve when it comes to menu translations. If you’re going to go to the effort to translate your menu into another language, have someone who speaks both do the translation. I didn’t personally encounter either of these, though after fits of… Read More Lost in Translation
Buenos Aires – I had a couple of hours before my lunch date yesterday, and after running a few errands found myself near to the Plaza Congreso. The plaza has become home to daily gatherings of the unemployed and/or homeless – most just seem to choose a spot that is theirs for the day, some… Read More A Beaux Arts Walk
Buenos Aires – Back in the summer of 1980 I participated in the first really organized gay pride march in Ann Arbor, Michigan, my hometown. Maybe 100-125 of us, maximum, gathered on the steps of the federal building. Speeches were speechified, chants were chanted, marching commenced. We walked along the couple of commercial streets in… Read More Gay Pride March
Buenos Aires – I received several e-mails from friends concerned that I was finding myself in the middle of “the riots” that occurred yesterday. Local news media certainly sensationalized what was happening, concentrating, of course, on the truly negative aspects of the protests. I’m not really sure what those of you “in the states” or… Read More Protests – Political and Gustatory
Gorina-Hernández, Argentina – I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse. It involved several weeks of discussion, so it wasn’t spur of the moment with a gun pointed at my head. Henry’s sister, Sylvia, asked me to be the padrino, or godfather, to her son Branco at his confirmation. It’s a little different than being… Read More The Godfather, Part I
Villazón, Bolivia – It is unfair to judge an entire country from a brief encounter, especially if that time was spent in a small border town. I know that. Still, I return from my trip north basically pissed-off by an experience colored by a few bad hombres. I will try to recount the last few… Read More Simón Bolivar is Spinning in His Grave
Buenos Aires – It’s a rainy day here and I’m catching up on some reading and some thoughts that have been simmering in the back of my mind… The New York Times Magazine recently had a piece (well okay, it was back on May 1st, but I just read it) on the issue of Picky… Read More Picky Eaters