Continuing along Av. Rivadavia, the “spine of Buenos Aires” from where we left off in Congreso, to the next good stopping point, at Plaza Miserere…. Most of this section is very commercial, with little of interest in terms of well-known buildings or sites of note. But there is some quite pretty architecture, particularly if you… Read More Presidential Backbone – 3rd Vertebra
Just a reflection on the day – five years ago today I arrived in Buenos Aires with the plan to stay for 8-10 weeks. It was grey and rainy. Henry and I met up for the first time in close to six months. I tried my first provoletta. Today is likewise grey but so far… Read More The Fifth
“One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.” – Eugene O’Neill While the origin of the Seven Sleepers myth is back in Roman and early Christian times, there is no major festival associated with the myth, with the exception of one country – Germany. Somehow, from a… Read More Sleepers Seven
This is a new little feature I’ve been thinking about for some time. One of the things that has amused me, often, over the last five years has been the world of conversations that I overhear. In particular, at least one of the parties is generally a porteña, a woman from Buenos Aires, and almost… Read More Conversations with Porteñas #1
…what the McDonald’s sign in any Chinatown out there says… it’s a, more or less, transliteration: mài tāng láo. It doesn’t end up meaning anything in particular – the characters reading “wheat” “suitable” “labor”. Just noting. …if you were arriving in the right place, this was my welcome back to BsAs as we taxied in… Read More If you ever wondered…
“It’s what we’re known for. Nobody bad-mouths the roundup.” – Lynn Adams, Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce A last look back at eats in NYC this last week…. You might have thought after my polemic last October that I wouldn’t set foot in A Voce again. And, I probably wouldn’t have had one of my closest… Read More The Roundup
“We’re starting with our own carbon footprint. Not nothing. But much of what we’re doing is already, or soon will be, little more than the standard way of doing business. We can do something that’s unique, different from just any other company. We can set an example, and we can reach our audiences. Our audience’s… Read More All the Food that Fits We Print
Kate: I need bread. Eugene: What? Kate: I don’t have enough bread. Run over to Greenblatt’s and get me a fresh rye bread. Eugene: Again? I just came back from Grennblatt’s. Kate: So you’ll go again. Eugene: I’m always going to the store. When I grow up, that’s all I’ll be trained to do, go… Read More 20 Views of Little Russia by the Sea