Several people inquired about whether or not another class could be arranged with Thuy at A Little Saigon to learn how to make phở and a couple of other Vietnamese dishes. I left the matter in her hands with a promise to announce it when she scheduled something: This Sunday, July 19th, 1-4pm 100 pesos… Read More Quick Announcement
“A great step towards independence is a good humored stomach.” – Seneca, Roman philosopher Buenos Aires – Growing up, 4th of July was always one of my favorite holidays. It was the evening picnic in the park followed by a fireworks show at dusk. It was just something magical, and to this day I love… Read More Indy Day
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” – Pericles, ancient Greek statesman Buenos Aires – It amazes me sometimes how close of attention people pay to details here and on our Casa S site. I made a couple of minor changes… Read More Feedback on the Feedback
“Siena Palio takes place each July 2nd and August 16th, the race is run around the Piazza del Campo, and is over in around 75 seconds with an impatient crowd of 33,000 people closeted in a square. Excitement charged in the air, the horse’s race around the arena, the jockey’s intent both on racing as… Read More What Happens in Siena… Doesn’t Stay in Siena
“At [San Martín] 336 there is a relic of the old city – although repeatedly refurbished during the 19th and 20th centuries, the simple and austere Museo Bartolomé Mitre was the home where Mitre lived, created La Nación, and died. The museum is interesting for Mitre-istas and historians – the most peculiar is the vast… Read More The Guy on the 2 Peso Note
“Graze on my lips, and if those hills are dry, Stray lower where the pleasant fountains lie.” – William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis Buenos Aires – While quite likely, pretty positively, Bill S wasn’t referring to the stomach, I shall. Just a quick roundup of some recent dishes, both here at home and out. Frango… Read More Recent Eats
“The greatness of Sunthorn Phu lies not so much in correct and ornate style, which is the aim of most Thai poets, as in the very simplicity and sincerity of his expression. Unlike so many other poets, he wrote from his heart and not from his head. Not being a learned man, he confined himself… Read More Thai-ing it Up
“Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.” – W.C. Fields Buenos Aires – Over the past few months I’ve been hearing about “an African restaurant” that opened up over by Parque Centenario in Villa Crespo. No one… Read More Deepest, Darkest Africa