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Sometimes there is so much to do that the only thing that makes sense is to do nothing at all. When we realized we only had a couple of more days in Santa Rosa we made a list of things we needed to do: clean the cottage, buy a grate for the grill, visit a… Continue reading so don’t cry for me in Argentina
Alfajores. That would be Moon Pie, only smaller. These chocolate covered double-decker cookies with assorted fillings are everywhere. Buy them in bulk if you want. In places where Argentines go on vacation every other shop is an alfajores shop. Agua con o sin gas. Water, with or without carbonation. In a bottle, and not from… Continue reading a brief culinary guide to Argentina
Sunday we took a second road trip, this time to Los Cumbrecita, another German Alpine village on the edge of the Sierras in central Argentina. When you get to the village, it is deep in a ravine, down a bumpy cobblestone street. You have to park and walk across a bridge into the small town—… Continue reading of Spanish and sauerkraut
There was a road rally here in Santa Rosa on Saturday and it was crazy everywhere (see video here, from the street where we're staying). It seemed like every field nearby had been turned into a parking lot and people were walking by the house all morning toward the event. We got out of town… Continue reading trouble in paradise (AA5a)
Sometimes every thing turns out just right. I had a productive week, making real progress on a couple of creative projects. Words seemed to flow, sometimes late at night, but I was very happy with what I got done. Creative work has its own exhilaration. And its own exhaustion. So we decided to take the… Continue reading a perfect day (AA4d)
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