“Oh this is the night, it’s a beautiful night And we call it bella notte Look at the skies, they have stars in their eyes On this lovely bella notte. Side by side with your loved one, You’ll find enchantment here. The night will weave its magic spell, When the one you love is near!… Read More Checkered Pass
“There is a vulgar belief in Gloucestershire and other counties, that Rosemary will not grow well unless where the mistress is ‘master’; and so touchy are some of the lords of creation upon this point, that we have more than once had reason to suspect them of privately injuring a growing rosemary in order to… Read More Drumroll… And now… Presenting…
“Claims of observations are not falsifiable or verifiable, unless those observations are strictly monitored by sense. Consequently, casual judgements (i.e. casual conclusions following casual observations) of claims of observation settle deeply on mere assumption. You cannot make scientific progress by rebuking unfalsifiable and unverifiable claims, or rather, rebuking claims that you are unable to falsify… Read More Casual Observations
“And that’s the world in a nutshell – an appropriate receptacle.” – Stan Dunn New York City – My initial impulse, looking back over a week’s worth of dining out, is to do a quick overview and point out some high and low points, and move on, returning to Buenos Aires, which is, as I’ve… Read More Nutshell
Buenos Aires – The Palio opened up, I believe, on Sunday night, at least according to all my sources. Not that they run the Palio here in Argentina, though there are certainly enough horses and races around, but to the best of my knowledge it continues in its traditional location of Siena, Italy. On the… Read More Opening Night of the Palio
Buenos Aires – Not just flowers and leaves, but finally our garden has decided to give forth in the world of vegetables. Our first pepper has finally reached maturity and is nearly ready to be picked and made into something. It’s a banana pepper, so not picante, so perhaps sliced into a salad. Perhaps sauteed… Read More Selection of Pasta
Buenos Aires – I’d seen a posting for a photography show, at the Fernández Blanco Museum of Hispanic American Art, Suipacha 1422, of the work of Edward S. Curtis. It sounded fascinating, if nothing particularly “Hispanic American,” being an exhibition of some of his photos of North American Indians. His work entailed 24 years of… Read More Retiro