November 2009

Playing chicken in Mar del Plata

November 20, 2009

Absurdities exist in all cities.  There are interesting customs and laws that will amuse and boggle my mind, wherever I go.  In Cairo, whole communities live and work inside the city's largest cemetery (they call it the 'City of the Dead').  In Athens, taxi drivers can reject your request for a ride and will only […]






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My blog – word visualized

November 19, 2009

Apparently, I’ve been writing a lot about Spanish, Time, Work and Saturdays this past week. =) This is from a great site called Wordle, a place to make beautiful word clouds from any source, including a blog. =)






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Randomness

November 18, 2009

Had a 1.5 hour mani-pedi last night.  Scrub, massage, hot wax therapy and fire-engine red toes.  I'm ready for some sandals and for some summer-ing.  Pamperment (is that even a word?) is so affordable here! Helados delivery requires a minimum half kilo order.  Do you know what a half kilo of ice cream looks like?! […]






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Los piqueteros en Plaza de Congresso

November 18, 2009

It seems that every week, there is some kind of protest or strike going on here in Bs.As. My Spanish lessons are in Plaza de Congresso and whenever there is some sort of politically charged commotion, it tends to start here. I have a front-seat view of the place and snapped these pictures last week […]






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On trade-offs

November 17, 2009

I’m not a person who does well with trade-offs.  I’m in an immigrant child, taught early in life to open as many doors as possible, to be opportunistic and efficient in my efforts (hence the double majors, and honours societies, and free internships), looking always to maximize inputs and returns.  [Economics must be an easy […]






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Un lorito, los Powerpuff Girls y Español

November 16, 2009

The boy bought me some children’s books in Spanish last weekend. “Picote, el lorito alegre” and “The Powerpuff Girls”! I’m delinquent in my attempts to translate them but the books are so cute that I had to post! And what the heck are The Powerpuff Girls anyway?! We didn’t have crazy big-eyed girl heroines like this when I was […]






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Daily Buenos Aires

November 16, 2009

This is a shot of the drive to work in the mornings. Libertador routed one-way into downtown. All 12 lanes!






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Polo in Buenos Aires Argentina

November 15, 2009

Thanks to the generosity of some new friends, I got to go to my very first polo match yesterday.  And it was beautiful.  A perfectly warm spring Saturday, with the excited buzz of the season’s opening games thick in the air.  We were fortunate to get box seats and what a great introduction to polo […]






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