two for one

July 31, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

It’s funny how we don’t pay attention to things until they happen to us…
The other day I made some brownies & one of the eggs had a double yolk. No big surprise. But tonight I was making a spinach omelette when two more eggs from the same carton had double yolks. No way:

Then I cracked a 3rd egg:

Incredible. Of course I had to get online to see what the heck was going on. Here’s the explanation that made the most sense:
If double yolk eggs are as rare as twins, why did I get more than one in a container? Most double yolk eggs are produced by young birds, so therefore barns that contain young flocks have a large concentration of these eggs. Usually a young bird will lay a small egg, but if the egg is a double yolk, it tends to be either large or extra large size. This […]

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Puma Argentina

July 31, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

The sneakers Puma Argentina were launched on sale July 21th.
The sneakers Puma Argentina sent July 21 th on sale. 240 numbered pairs will cross the world. In Palermo’s Puma Store (Armenia 1539) promised to have some pairs of them.

Las zapatillas Puma Argentina se lanzaron a la venta el 21 de Julio.
240 pares numerados recorrerán el mundo.
En el Puma Store de Palermo de la calle Armenia (Armenia 1539) prometieron tenerlas.
Via Crooked Tongues
Lat: 34:35:45S (-34.5957) Lon: 58:22:33W (-58.3757)

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Loosing a Customer

July 31, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

In case you don’t know, or in case you work for the Argentine Federal government, Argentina is experiencing inflation. How much is hard to tell since the numbers are being fudged all the time and the government’s official stand on this topic is that there really is no inflation or at least not enough to be a problem.
However, I am not going to talk about inflation and the Argentine economy. There are other sites and resources to go to for that sort of thing. I want to talk about a victim of this inflation.
When we started selling to The Coffee Store I quoted a very economical product for them with the agreement that they had to eventually have other higher margin products of ours as well as allowing us to use their retail shelf space to sell our brand name products. I did this to get […]

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OUR NEW FLIER! DO YOU LIKE IT? Please let us k…

July 31, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

OUR NEW FLIER! DO YOU LIKE IT? Please let us know what you think (it’s bigger in real life.)

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BLOGGING, MEMES, CHANGE, SHOES Natalia, over at h…

July 31, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

BLOGGING, MEMES, CHANGE, SHOES
Natalia, over at her ShimmyBlog, has tagged me for a meme. She wrote that she knows memes these days are “kind of trite,” but she’s going for it anyway: 8 things people don’t know about me.
I dunno, maybe I don’t fit in well in this blogging world: there are all these memes and contests and chains and things, and the truth is, I don’t think anyone is interested in the last thing I ate today or what music I’m listening to right now.
Many blogs I subscribe to try to make money, and so they are full of tips about optimizing search engines and Google and Link Love and joining stuff to make more people read my blog. But making money isn’t what I do (guffaw! Did you see my AdSense way at the bottom?)
Sure I sometimes promote my work with Ruben Aybar as a tango teacher and […]

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Thought du jour

July 31, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.This is the sum of good government.Thomas JeffersonFirst Inaugural AddressMarch 4,1801
Lovely idea, do you think it´s been followed?

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What do you need? / ¿Qué necesitás? / O que você precisa?

July 31, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

If you are staying in Palermo Soho, you will certainly find these tips very useful. Keep in mind that you might get whatever you need on Scalabrini Ortíz Avenue.Are you looking for a supermarket? You can go to Coto or Carrefour. Both are located on Scalabrini Ortíz Ave. The first is right at the corner of Costa Rica St. The second one is between Nicaragua & Soler. Need a drugstore? Head to Farmacity, next to Carrefour.In search of stationary? On the same block, you’ll reach Thesis.If what you need is a bank or an ATM, Macro is on Scalabrini Ortíz Ave. 1814.*
Si estás alojado en Palermo Soho, seguramente encontrarás estos datos útiles. Tené en cuenta que seguramente hallarás lo que necesitás en la Av. Scalabrini Ortíz.¿Necesitás un supermercado? Podés ir a Coto o a Carrefour. Ambos están ubicados en dicha avenida. El primero en la esquina con Costa Rica; […]

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A Parana Sunset with Coffee, Gas and Good Cheer

July 30, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

Watching the sun sink into a violet haze over the Rio Parana from the YPF gas station café in Villa Constitucion will never get a nod in any Argentine guidebook. . . but tonight I savored two hours in its bright, clean, warm refuge while awaiting a miracle cure for the fourth windshield for my three-year-old VW Bora ( Jetta).Rather than buy yet another windshield to replace the one most recently scarred by flying pebbles from badly paved and unpaved roads, I’ve decided to let Carlos fill the crack “with an injected liquid,” or so he tells me, perhaps wary of getting more technical. I repress more questions so he can get to work. Given my former inclination to simply toss out worn things and buy shiny new stuff, I had been skeptical of this treatment until I saw his repair of the gouges and cracks on Roberto’s teen-age Ford […]

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Outdoors mind-clearing

July 30, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

I’ve heard (somebody will correct me if I mis-) that we Argentinians are among the most gregarious and outgoing folks in the world. Going out to a park by the river in large numbers when there’s a noticeable breeze and a freezing cold must surely count.
Anxious to escape the monotony of a Sunday at home was the motivation; the fact that Sunday actually honoured its etymology (not a cloud in sight) was the excuse. You simply can’t stay home when there’s such a nice day outside, and if you’re sick and tired of staying inside waiting for the “polar wave” to subside, you’ll do anything. (If you live outside Argentina, consider this: temperatures just above or below freezing every other morning and evening for two months. That’s not a wave, that’s a flood.)
Parque de las Colectividades, Rosario
I caught my second cold of the year more than a week ago, […]

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blogging about blogging

July 30, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

Blogging about blogging…ya see, that just how pathetic I’ve become! Yikes! What’s next? Recipes? (Actually, having just prepared a pot of my signature chili…I’m freakin’ tempted!)
Truth is: I’ve got nothing to say.
That’s a strange state for the Yanq but it’s true. The juice has just all drained out of it for at least the moment.
Maybe it’s the winter doldrums. Maybe it’s the impending “5 Year Wall” that all expats/immigrants hit. Maybe it’s the state of the old country (”Sittin’ in a park in Paris, France / readin’ the news and sho’ looks bad”) that makes everything I talk about and hear seem just so ridiculously trivial. Maybe it’s unrequited williamsburroughs-ism setting-in.
Who knows.
There’s lots of things to say, of course, about life here in the Paris of the Palmtrees. Not a day goes by that I don’t thank God that I live […]

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