Baseball in Buenos Aires

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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

The Best Hot Sauce in Buenos Aires

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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

Easier Full Text RSS Feeds

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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

Save Bandwidth On Your iPhone

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Have an iPhone? Have data limits? Or are you traveling to Argentina and need to use your home data plan while here? All these things can be incredibly expensive, but there is a cool new app for the iPhone called Onavo that can save you a lot of data usage and extra charges. Onavo is … Read more

Peeps

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Is anyone else jonesing for some Peeps right now or is it just me? With Easter weekend now here, I’ve been dreaming about all their sugary goodness. I especially like leaving them with the package open for a day or two so that they get slightly stale – the perfect eating consistency. Unfortunately, Peeps have … Read more

Buenos Aires to Clean Up Dog Poop on City Streets

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In what is sure to be good news to many expat ears, the mayor of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri, today announced a comprehensive plan to eliminate dog poop from city sidewalks. While this may be nothing more than an election year maneuver to appease the many voters who have had to clean out the crevices … Read more

Best Way to Fax to the US from Argentina

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UPDATE (4/7/15): Updated with new plan options from Hello Fax. If you spend any time overseas and still have business or personal matters back home, there is going to come a time when you need to sign some form and fax it back. Yes, even with the Internet many places still require a hard copy. … Read more