“I have to make dinner – I mean actually make it without magic. We are liable to die.” – Barbara Eden as Jeannie, I Dream of Jeannie Buenos Aires – ‘Twas the night before Larentalia, and all through the house… Not a creature was stirring, except the house elf. Well, not an elf exactly, but… Read More House Elves
“The important thing is not so much the style of martial art but the style of the instructor. Watch classes. Basic ones and advanced ones. See if it will match your preferences.” – Rob Colasanti, President, National Association of Professional Martial Arts Buenos Aires – Everyone has their own cultural things they like to do.… Read More Dragonstrike
“Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.” – Yiddish proverb Adrogué – It was back to the suburbs with yet another mission, the first one having been interesting, and perhaps filling, but not… fulfilling. This time, it was a mission of learning. For the last couple of… Read More Filling Kneads
“I’ve become wary of interviews in which you’re forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you’ve done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive.” – Peter Weir, Film Director Buenos Aires – Just a quick “check out the interview” with FoodCandy, a much… Read More Waitin’ on da Bus
He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.” – St. John of the Cross, Christian mystic Buenos Aires – I’m a day or two behind Robert at Line of Sight in writing up… Read More Spiritual Exercise
“Well they have loved to wander, Their feet they have not restrained.” – Jeremiah 14:10, Old Testament Bible Buenos Aires – The reason for the trip out to the west was simple. Pizza pilgrimage. Recommended by several locals as “the” place for a “true porteño pizza experience”. Touted by numerous commenters on places like Guia… Read More The (Not So) Wild West
“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.” – Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor Buenos Aires – One of the most common questions I get at Casa SaltShaker dinners, as well as via e-mail, is about the whole “restaurant de… Read More Culinary Investigations
“Observe what happens when sunbeams are admitted into a building and shed light on its shadowy places. You will see a multitude of tiny particles mingling in a multitude of ways… their dancing is an actual indication of underlying movements of matter that are hidden from our sight.” – Lucretius, On the Nature of Things,… Read More Brownian Motion