Bariloche Chocolate
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 Posted in cosas lindas, culture, entertainment | 18 Comments »Written by Shanie It's a little-known fact that Bariloche is a South American chocolate paradise. The passionate love affair began with the arrival of European settlers in the late 1800s and was officially commercialized in 1928 by Swiss chocolatier, Carlos ...
Buenos Aires Last Minute Decision to Nix Spring Time Change
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in culture, day to day | No Comments »Written by Shanie In a last minute decision (well, actually it was a couple of days), Buenos Aires decided to not spring forward with the scheduled national time change. In hopes of decreasing power use, the giant city is deciding to ...
Change Shortage
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in culture, day to day | 2 Comments »As we have posted about earlier, there is a shortage of moneda in Argentina. This afternoon at the local supermarket. Forget the coins, it's all about the candy!
Peace March Scheduled
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in culture | No Comments »Written by Jamie In conjunction with the Latin America Summit (UNASUR) this week in Bariloche, a Marcha por La Paz will take place. The march will begin tomorrow, Thursday, at 17:30, at the corner of O'Nelli and Moreno and head towards Centro ...
Soccer Season On Hold
Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in culture, entertainment, sports | 1 Comment »Written by Jamie Big news for Argentina, the start of fútbol season has been suspended for the time being. The New York Times is reporting that due to the massive amount of debt the teams have, the season is being put on ...
Update on Fundación Cruzada Clothing Sale
Monday, August 3rd, 2009 Posted in cosas lindas, culture, resources, sports | 4 Comments »Written by Shanie As we posted last week, Fundación Cruzada Patagónica had a gear sale to help generate proceeds from winter equipment that was kindly donated from friends of ours in Lake Tahoe. The clothing exchange went off great and the foundation ...
Fundación Cruzada Patágonica Winter Gear Sale to Help Children
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in cosas lindas, culture | 1 Comment »Written by Shanie As we have mentioned before, one of our passions in life is helping the less-advantaged, especially children. We have been pursuing creating a non-profit organization that helps lower income families access, experience, and, hopefully, identify with the natural environment. ...
Our Neighbor Hotel Llao Llao
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in culture | 1 Comment »Written by Shanie The five-star Hotel Llao Llao, located just down the street from us, is an elegant, monumental piece of architecture built within the majestic beauty of the Patagonian wilderness. And, even though we have mentioned the amazing architecture before, ...
Traveling Wicker Salesmen
Friday, June 5th, 2009 Posted in cosas lindas, culture | 3 Comments »Written by Shanie As we have talked about before, one thing that we love about Argentina is the entrepreneurialship. We came across these traveling wicker salesmen offering their handmade basketweaving wares from Tigre, close to Buenos Aires on the delta. Super friendly and ...
Heavy Metal Concert Recap
Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in culture, entertainment | 2 Comments »Written by Jamie As former frequent concert goers, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to see Paul Di'Anno, ex lead singer of Iron Maiden, who came through town last week. The head bangers and horn throwers were out in full force. Like every other ...
