“The same me that stands here now When I think that all this stuff Can make a life that’s pretty hard to take it in, that was me That was me, ya, that was me!” – Paul McCartney, final lyrics to That Was Me Buenos Aires – I wasn’t a member of the debate club… Read More What Debate?
Two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun. Charging to 300… Clear! Buenos Aires – ’nuff said.
“I highly doubt that the rites themselves involved the literal sacrifice of virgins in a re-enactment or literalisation of the Persephone-Hades descent myth. The reason I say this is because a critical element in the myth itself involves the rebirth of Persephone herself from the lands of the dead. Remember, it was not Persephone who… Read More Welcome Back Persephone!
There are some oligarchs that make me want to bite them just as one crunches into a carrot or a radish.” – Eva Perón Buenos Aires – While I have been to quite a few events held in the garden or dining room of the Museo Evita, and toured the museum once a few years… Read More You Must Love Me
“Some may try and tell us that this is the end of an era. But what they overlook is that in America, every day is a new beginning, and every sunset is merely the latest milestone on a voyage that never ends. For this is the land that has never become, but is always in… Read More Ushering in the Next 50
“Whereas some of my contemporaries may be satisfied to embrace aging gracefully as part of the cycle of life, that is not my view. It may be ‘natural,’ but I don’t see anything positive in losing my mental agility, sensory acuity, physical limberness, sexual desire, or any other human ability. I view disease and death… Read More Half Century, Nowhere Near Halfway
“As Jupiter reached opposition earlier this week, it put on a spectacular show of cannibalism for anyone viewing with modest telescopes. Planetary specialists around the world have been watching with bated breath as a cataclysmic encounter between Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS), Oval BA (Red, Jr.), and the newly discovered Little Red Spot (LRS) unfolded… Read More All Hail Jupiter!
O human race born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou fall.” – Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy Buenos Aires – It’s amazing how time flies. It’s been more than two years since I posted a little walking tour along Avenida de Mayo and mentioned some of the beautiful Beaux Arts style… Read More 30 Minute Ascent to Paradise