A somewhat fishy blessing

The Sushi Saturday (um… Sunday, just this one time) inaugural event was a hit. Good sushi, good friends, good wine and good vibes.

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The 3 P’s of Buenos Aires: Renting My First Apartment

The process and pain of renting my first apartment in Buenos Aires.

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Searching for solutions

UPDATE (Dec. 1, 2008): Yeah! Thanks for the vibes. I just received a call from the architect that the owner of the apartment has decided to a one year contract. Normally contracts in Argentina are two years, but part of sweetening the deal, I offered to pay a full year up front and I my [...]

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…and now for something completely different

This post is a collection of unrelated thoughts and events. Sorry to put them all into one, but I thought that would be easier than trying to post more than one entry. It gets somewhat irritating to be reading post after post on the same day. However, it is a long post… read it to [...]

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From my point of view

I had the opportunity today to hang out on the second floor of a community center, where I am photographing in La Boca, and watch kids across the street try to fix a bike. It had flat tires, so tinkering with the chain wasn’t going to help them much. It was however a reflection on [...]

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4th of July Porteño style

5 American flags
2 German beers
2 Panchos (something resembling a hotdog with mostaza and salsa de tomate)
And a monton of Spanish and English speaking Porteños and Estadounideses
hanging out
at a French Bar
in Buenos Aires
on
Independence Day
Happy 4th of July!

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