Recent content by midlifebear

Gaucho: As a retired US Citizen living in Buenos Aires, it is doubtful the USA Embassy actually has that kind of information. Granted, some Americans feel compelled to "register" as US Citizens abroad; however, there is no legal requirement that US citizens living abroad register with the...

Kudos to JG! I don't often post anything to this web site; primarily because most posters get completely off topic and whine about their experiences living in Argentina. Sorry, JG, but from reading most of your posts I've felt compelled to respond that you seek medication because in the past...

Marc: I’m as perplexed as you are about the majority who co-opt the forum threads on this site to complain. I moved here just over three years ago, finding Buenos Aires and Argentina both fascinating and very welcoming. I made one well-intentioned appearance at an expat dinner back when I first...

Gosh, and here I was under the illusion that ethnic Pakistanis from Great Britain and lolling about in the USA adored Senator Clinton.

Poster bjrutledge is very observant. I've been following this thread since it started and "coachlowe", the poster so interested in a neighborhood for "a healthy, single heterosexual male" and his subsequent post about being overburdened in Mexico with advice on the best gay places to stay have...

Steve: Although dropthezero is partially correct, (Porteños use vos in place of tu), his enthusiasm is a bit off. It's obvious he did not attend primary school in Argentina. The core grammar of Spanish has not changed in more than 400 years. Even though a 5 year-old Argentine intuitively knows...

Anda: Finally, thanks for posting something positive that gives those reading this expat site a chance to involve themselves in the community rather than define themselves as separate from it. This is a good opportunity to donate food staples as well as get some exercise. We, (my mate and I)...

JG: If you find BsAs so dangerous and its people so disrespectful, why don't you return to your own country where everything and everyone is, in your opinion, so superior? I'm afraid I agree with Nashorama: be alert. Your sense of umbradge is, well, patetico.

I'll bite. The Spectator (UK rag) began the Shiva Naipaul award for writing (in English) about understanding a different culture or country in memory of one of my favorite writers, V.S. Naipaul. So, of course I bought a copy when it first hit book stores. Miranda France won the Shiva Naipaul...