Recent content by emilyr

@Tom, a local credit card is harder to get, especially if you only have a temporary DNI. At my old job, when they opened my cuenta sueldo, they also offered me a credit card. They told me they made an exception for me and another foreign gal from Venezuela who also had only a temporary...

Thanks for the feedback, Tom! I just wanted to put it out there and see if others had the same experience to see if checked out (without having to make the trip to the embassy). I have no reason to mistrust Banco Francés, but I just like to limit where I report my SSN because of identity theft...

Though no one will probably read my post at the end of this thread, I will throw in my worthless $.02. My opinion may not be quality, but it sure is FREE and is formed by my UBA education! :) So yea, I agree with @Dada and @Ries and @bajo_cero2, how many people are talking about UBA and...

I got a call from my Banco Francés branch where I've had an account for four years. They asked me to come in and sign something because I was a US citizen for tax purposes and sounded pretty worried about it. They sent the paperwork to the branch near my work and told me to please sign it...

My Spanish teacher taught me the trick to the objects in Spanish back when I was a wee young one (ok, 15 years old): R I D. Reflexive Indirect Direct. This is the order. If you have a reflexive verb with a direct object, first you put the reflexive "object" or whatever the heck the reflexive...

I agree with some others who have stated that your biggest loss is not the foreign transaction fees, but the amount you give up because of the "brecha cambiaria," the difference between the market (blue) and official exchange rate. If all of your income is in dollars and you have no choice, I...

@florence, this makes me so happy that the milonga is still in full swing! I always worry that a place like this could go the way of the Richmond, too much prime real estate in microcentro for two few paying customers. It's a really special place. The first time I went to a milonga there, it...

jaja! That's my point exactly. I am so down with the retirees and freelancers and the chronically unemployed! I loved going to the Ideal because there were dozens of Argentine jubilados dancing better than I could ever DREAM to! Plus, I've always complained that there are no options for...

Serafina, this is a great list. I am trying to put together the same thing. (I will posts my hits and misses with my guests, once I see how it turns out.) I have had the same problem with Palermo. I am a Recoleta dweller. When I have taken visitors in the past to Palermo during the day, es...

My family is coming into town (finally!), and I was hoping to take them to all the magical historical corners of the city that I love! I already got some great tips from the good folks on here. One place I used to always take visitors was to the milongas upstairs at Confiteria La Ideal. I'm...

Did you hear this banda callejera, FolkHop on the Tren Mitre, @mmoon? The youtube videos don't show how good they are live. I used to take the tren Mitre to work in the morning. They really put the ritmo back in la mañana!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVwvA37j9M...

If Jaime Devlin is the same violin player who played "Oh Danny Boy" regularly on the Subte D in 2012 or 2013, I have to say I wish him well and am glad to here of his arrival, and I want to say THANK YOU. If he's a different violin player, I wish him well as well! I was having a really...

@Farenheit, this story is heartbreaking. How did this turn out? Even in the best case scenario that you finally got them to stop robbing you, you lost a whole lot of your precious time trying to get people do be decent human beings! sheesh!

@Bradly, I'm sorry if I did not explain myself well; I am not calling people dumb. That's why I put the caveat "(emotionally) blame them", meaning feel frustrated toward them. I am not being mean to them or suing them; I just can't warm up to them since their unit is part of our building's...

Sorry about my multi-post, and my inability to not ramble on! I probably got moderated because of length! 70,000 includes some interest. The debt is in juicio now, and the administration expects payment only when the judge has made a decision.