Recent content by ddarm

CFK's heart is in the right place, i.e., I think she means to reduce the gap between the haves and the have nots, to create a more equal distribution of wealth. However, she has no frigging idea how to succeed in doing that. The policy of placing restrictions on imports has been disastrous.She...

http://en.mercopress..._campaign=daily “The European settlers who now populate Argentina – Italian, Spanish, German, Welsh – are the relatively recent inheritors of colonisers who quite simple exterminated the people whose land this was.” This process, which continued from 1820 to 1880, reached...

Argentina easing imports’ restrictions mainly for Mercosur associates The government of President Cristina Fernandez has decided to revoke non-automatic licensing requirements which had been placed on certain products before they could be imported into Argentina for consumption, according to a...

Go to Galleria del Sol on Calle Florida tween Marcelo T Alvear and Paraguay with entrance in 600 block of Paraguay Ask the uniformed security guy for a locale that deals or keep you eyes open as you walk throughout the ground floor. It won't take long. A travel agency there gives a fair price.

Call Pablo at 4361 0642 or 15 6306 9273. He is a handyman that lives in San Telmo. He originally did some good upsholstery work for me , then removed a kitchen counter, hooked up my washer dryer and reconstructed the counter. He has done a few jobs for me. He is reliable and his prices are fair.

A printing business at Suipacha 875 makes business cards . I have found the proprietor to be a very nice person. The service is good and it is not expensive.

Thanks for that.

Perhaps one can obtain "transit papers" ala Casablanca to avoid detention at the border.

When I bought my small Recoleta apt in 2008 my ABL was about 91 pesos bimonthly or 550 pesos per year. I just received a bill for 1385 pesos (includes a 15% discount) if I pay the entire year in advance. Unlike citygirl and other expats who earn pesos and whose earnings may not have tracked the...

Also on Quintana, might look into Palacio Balcarce ... http://www.palaciobalcarce.com.ar/historia-del-palacio.htm

Somewhat off topic but it boggled my mind... I live near the Exposition bakery on the corner of Juncal and Libertad and frequent the place almost every day for sandwiches, media lunas, and various baked goods especially desserts. I have found that its prices are fair despite the fact they have...

At a place I've gone to a couple of times before this afternoon, I was offered 6.75 but asked and got 6.85 for 200 USD.

So how much should I expect to receive from an ordinarily fair cueva today? 6.9? 6.8? 6.7?

In Palermo, Sugar - http://www.guiaoleo.com.ar/restaurantes/Sugar-7717

Alamo is an unclean, ill run place filled with Argies who really don't care about the game as much as socializing. To be avoided like the plague...if you want to watch the games.