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I tried using Xoom first time and it worked perfectly. For a test I sent $500 and got a bit less than 2850 pesos, which is close to 5.7. However, I had to pay a charge of about US$15 for the service. I asked at the Retiro branch if there are any in Palermo - they said no. The branch on L is...

Xoom claims it will allow pickup of US dollars, from BBVA Banco Franco, for an extra fee, using this language: Cash Pickup in U.S. Dollars Service Fee: $26.50 BBVA Banco Frances - U.S. Dollars BBVA Banco Frances branches are open Monday - Friday from 8:00am - 1:00pm or 10:00am - 3:00pm...

Anyone who wants to meet I have installed myself at Flor de un Dia in Palermo Botanico, on Cabello just off Republica de la India.. sometime this week perhaps?

5.75 is the latest rate I was quoted, Thursday. If there's better would be interested to know.

I'm in Palermo Botanico. I like to write at a cafe called "fleur de la dia," and there is another called "voulez bar" that is good but busier.

Thanks for all the responses! As for the above, I can't tell if the tone is curious or doubtful (it can be hard to tell in forum postings. But if you are interested, I used to be a writer for Slate Magazine in the US, and I've written here and there for the New Yorker talk of the town, New...

Hi, I'm a writer from New York. In Argentina for an indefinite period to work on my latest book in peace. I write non-fiction and some magazine pieces. Interested if other writers are here and might want to commiserate, or at least trade ideas for good cafes to write in.