“Smoke, night, the dark lunar fortnight, and the six months of southern solstice of the sun; departing by these paths, the righteous person attains lunar light and reincarnates.” – the Bhagavad Gita Buenos Aires – What does one do to celebrate the Winter Solstice? In doing a bit of net surfing, I came across numerous… Read More Winter Solstice
Culture is a window reflecting the history, culture and spiritual world of a nation. Cultural exchange is a bridge to enhance the mutual understanding and friendship between the people of different nations.” – Hu Jintao, President, People’s Repulbic of China Buenos Aires – I admit it, I didn’t participate in any exchange student programs during… Read More Student Culture
“The real, native South Seas food is lousy. You can’t eat it.” – Victor Jules Bergeron (Trader Vic) Buenos Aires – Never having been to any of the eighteen islands and islets that make up Samoa, and that would fit, combined, comfortably into the state of Rhode Island, I’d be hard-pressed to even guess at… Read More Supping Samoan Style
“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!” – Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Buenos Aires – What to do when there are competing themes for an… Read More Theme Wars
History loves a paradox, and there can be none greater than a taste for spices being responsible for the exploration of our planet. Sovereigns pledged their prestige, and navigators risked their lives, not in the quest for gold or the thirst for power but to redirect the distribution of a few inessential and today almost… Read More Spice Story
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