Posts Tagged as ‘Life’

November 20, 2009

Landscape of Buenos Aires

The landscape of Buenos Aires apartments is one of the characteristics that make the city for me. I have never lived in a city where the apartment buildings and city blocks have had such character. Looking out over the city is akin to watching a bee hive.

April 27, 2009

Parque Nacional El Morado

I had a low week last week. I’m not normally a superstitious person, and I don’t think horoscopes are credible, but I felt like my cosmic mojo was all off. Perhaps the moon was in the second sun and Jupiter wasn’t aligned with Mars. All I wanted to do was surf the net with a [...]

March 20, 2009

Where in the World?

Each time I move to a new place, I worry that there won’t be special things that I identify with the location. In Argentina, I loved watching my balcony neighbors mill about, hanging up underwear and talking on their cells, and I loved hearing the beagle barking in the courtyard. I always wonder: will the [...]

May 2, 2008

Simplicity

V’s family wraps the free range eggs in newspaper–six per bundle.
I love the spare simplicity of the packaging.

March 11, 2008

Cheap Wine and Solitude

There are a lot of great attributes about living in Buenos Aires, and I have not served them justice in my early posts. The Argentine peso is currently worth a third of a dollar which stretches our expenses far. It’s common to order dinner and drinks for two and pay U.S. $30. Not all purchases are deals (electronics [...]