Cowboy Country
Date: 08/12/2006This is a world-class, though right now unassuming, mountain city, nestled cozily in a gigantic bowl with high peaks all around.
Read OnPalermo Fest
Date: 08/06/2006Palermo Viejo is a lively marketplace for contemporary design, collectibles, antiques, and furniture. No other neighborhood in Buenos Aires offers such a concentrated mix of unique shops carrying quirky items.
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Let it Snow
Date: 08/03/2006I’ve just been ambushed by a hail of snowballs. In making my escape, I got entangled with a bunch of parents making angel wingprints in the snow with their arms and legs.
Read OnThink Slow
Date: 05/23/2006Founded in Italy in 1986, Slow Food came to Argentina in 2004. The Slow Food people believe we can bring more joy to our lives by improving the quality of our food and dedicating more time to enjoying it.
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Tasting the Good Stuff
Date: 03/14/2006The Argentine Sommelier Association in Buenos Aires now offers weekly wine-tastings in English.
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Argentina vs. Uruguay
Date: 02/21/2006Which country is better? (By way of full disclosure, I should point out that I am Argentine!)
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The tastes of Buenos Aires
Date: 01/31/2006
I remember when McDonald's first came to Buenos Aires some 20 years ago. They paid the counter kids a dollar an hour--big wages in those days of an undervalued peso-- but $2 an hour if they spoke English. McDonald's was looking to the future. They'd need English-speaking Argentines to run the hundreds of outlets they'd planned to open there.
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Don't Laugh at Me Argentina
Date: 11/14/2005Last month, an International Living scouting party tromped around the interior of Argentina in search of land. On this expedition were, among others, IL’s real estate editor, Lief Simon, and IL’s founding publisher, Bill Bonner...
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