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Ok, so your immediate thought on reading the title of this post is, “What? Barbecue in Buenos Aires? Is it actually possible that we can get seasoned and flavored meats in this land of beef but where the only spice used is salt?” The answer is, yes, now you can. Bubba’s Smokin’ Barbecue Joint opens tonight … Read more
LAN is having their “Big Deal” of the year sale with airfares to South America at up to 50% off. You must purchase your tickets by December 12, 2011 and travel between March 1 and June 30, 2012. Fares to Buenos Aires include $699 + tax roundtrip from Miami, $799 + tax roundtrip from Los … Read more
In Argentina, the Big Mac is an “off menu” item. Rumors have it that the government has asked McDonalds to keep the price of the Big Mac artificially low in order to hide the true inflation here, which is reported in the Economist’s Big Mac Index.
With Thanksgiving about a week away, I just wanted to remind everyone that great organic turkeys are available in Buenos Aires. Our post from last year showed that finding turkey in Buenos Aires while difficult is not impossible. We ended up ordering from La Granja Converso Delicateses and enjoyed that turkey so much we just ordered again this year. … Read more
After selling out their London concert in 15 minutes, New Order just announced three South American dates for their reunion tour, including a December 1 stop in Buenos Aires. The band will play a 9pm show at Estadio Obras on Libertador and tickets are on sale now at LivePass and various ticket outlets. Prices for … Read more
We’ve now been back in Buenos Aires for a little over two weeks after being in the States for just over three months. The first thing we noticed upon being back (aside from the poor paper towel and toilet paper) was the amount that prices have increased. We didn’t imagine that prices in three months … Read more
Interpol is playing a free show at the Anfiteatro Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires. The concert is part of the Movistar Free Music series and over the coming weeks, Movistar will be running several ticket giveaways. However, a limited number of tickets will be given away tomorrow, September 30, 2011 at the following locations: La Trastienda: Balcarce … Read more
Fibertel is getting ready to launch Wideband, their new high-speed Internet service in Buenos Aires. From several posts on Twitter, it appears that several customers have been given the opportunity to sign up for the service before it has been released to the general public. The new Wideband connection will offer 30 Mbps for $300 … Read more
Who accuses Americans of being fat and lazy? I beg to differ with you. Ok, well, maybe not to differ with you, but at least to point out that we are quite creative with our fatness and laziness. Perhaps nowhere can this be seen clearer than in another one of my new finds since being … Read more
After some initial false rumors about Personal Fest coming back to Buenos Aires in February 2011, we now have confirmation that the music festival will indeed be returning for the first time since 2008. Personal Fest 2011 will take place at Estadio GEBA on October 2, November 4 and 5, 2011. The lineup is pretty strong: Sunday, … Read more
US Airways is once again offering a 100% bonus on purchased miles until September 15. As we previously wrote: This means that when you buy 30,000 miles for $887, they give you another 30,000 miles – enough for a coach ticket to Buenos Aires. When you buy 50,000 miles for $1478, you end up with … Read more
My Argentine bank has an interesting security feature when making certain transactions on their website. It asks you to identify siblings and parents before allowing you to make the transaction. Unfortunately, it has a few flaws for non-Argentine customers: Spot the problem? 🙂
No, I’m not talking about Buenos Aires, where of course everything would be in Spanish. I’m talking about the good ole US of A. After being here for a few days, I quickly noticed that almost everything in the stores was in both English and Spanish. When I left for Buenos Aires in 2008, there … Read more
It now marks three weeks that we’ve been back in the States, and I have to say I’m not missing the Buenos Aires winter! It’s been absolutely beautiful here, and I’m really liking this idea of spending summers in Vermont and summers in Buenos Aires. The only question is where to fit in the snowboarding? … Read more
I’ve previously posted some interesting Craigslist ads on my blog, but this may be one of the craziest so far: Cambio sexo por Iphone 4 Soy una joven argentina bonita, sensual, educada, elegante, open minded y bilingue. Me robaron el telefono celular y lo necesito para trabajar. Ofrezco XX cantidad de horas de sexo a cambio de … Read more
Were four meat patties with 1,000 calories, 68g of fat (30g of that saturated) and 1800mg of sodium not enough for you? Or, were you upset that the you could only get three meat patties from your U.S. Burger King after they took the BK Stacker Quad off the menu? Well, fear not, because BK … Read more
US Airways is currently offering a 100% mileage bonus on any purchased miles. This means that when you buy 30,000 miles for $887, they give you another 30,000 miles – enough for a coach ticket to Buenos Aires. When you buy 50,000 miles for $1478, you end up with 100,000 miles – enough for a … Read more
UPDATE: Unfortunately, proving that doing business in Argentina is no easy feat, The Smoothie Bar is no longer in business. Take a concept that has worked well in the United States. Copy it. Bring it to Buenos Aires. This is a business model that has worked out quite well as you can see from this … Read more
Here’s some of our favorite Buenos Aires blog posts, news and updates from the last week: Argentina Approves Nationwide Smoking Ban [The Argentine Post] Argentina passed a law on Wednesday that bans smoking in indoor work spaces, schools, hospitals, museums, clubs and public transportation systems. It also places strict limits on the sale, advertising and … Read more
This video pretty much sums up many of our experiences dealing with Argentine bureaucracy (even though the video is from Spain). I cannot begin to tell you how many trips it takes to get anything done here – usually because some little piece of paperwork is missing. Here’s some recent examples: It took us 7 … Read more
When I started this blog, a lot of my initial posts were focused on all the differences I experienced in Buenos Aires vs living in the States for my whole life. Well, after 2+ years and now making this my semi-permanent home, these little differences have pretty much disappeared as I settled in from being … Read more
The Shankees is Buenos Aires’ own expat baseball team, and they’re closing out their season at the newly restored Shankee Stadium this Saturday, May 14, 2011. You can win tickets and transportation to the game by heading over to Yanqui Mike’s blog. If you’re interested in joining the team, head over to their website. The … Read more
UPDATE: Unfortunately the La Boca Roja team have taken their hot sauce formula back to the United States and it’s no longer available in Argentina. We recommend checking out El Tejano BBQ and Hot Sauces. One of the more common complaints that many expats have about Buenos Aires is the lack of spicy food here. … Read more
I have previously written about using WizardRSS to expand those annoying RSS feeds that only give you a snippet of the article rather than the whole post and require you to click through to the web site to read the rest. Since then, there have been a number of other similar services, like FullTextRSSFeed and … Read more