Recent content by tapi_2

Why is it hard to walk to a park in the Dominican Republic?

You know some Salvadoreanas?! Where? How 'bout some pupusas y horchata Salvadoreña?

Yeah, sounds sucky. I think that everyone knows there is a huge strike, so you just need to explain this situation to where you are moving out from. They will probably already have imagined that you wouldn't be leaving that day due to the strike. You'll have to explain the situation. Hopefully...

Oh yeah, swastikas, I've seen a few around here in BA. I've never personally met a real life self proclaimed Nazi, but I've seen the swastika. To be fair though, I've seen them a few times in relation to defaming a politician, meaning such and such is a Nazi.

I like the graffiti, I see much of it as free art. One of the things that depressed me about BA when I first got here was the lack of color, all the building being a different shade of a grey...but then I started appreciating the graffiti. Do I have some cheap tag in front of my building? Yes...

I don't where they've gone, but I have noticed in general that beans are quite expensive these days, especially black beans. You can get dry uncooked black beans still, in your local dietetica, though I've noticed that they have also been kind of harder to find. They dry uncooked are not all...

Wow, thanks for this! Incredibly useful and clear! I wish I would have read this available a few years ago... A recommendation for anyone wanting to move here is reading the above.

As far as San Martin, it's nothing like the colonias in Tijuana. In fact, I would say it's much nicer and a whole lot safer than Tijuana (aside from possibly the guarded gated communities). It's a fairly normal town, with normal Argentines. Middle of the road, where you find common folk. There...

I thought I'd mention a couple of other little things about bike riding. I personally love it. I don't even use the colectivo anymore except for late at night. It's saved me some time and money in the long run. I can get across the centro in 30 min, and across Captial in about an hour. I have...

I think overall you are right. However, these plegable bikes are essentially that, tiny frames with a huge seat post. I think they're great, and supremely practical for city riding, even taking on the subte every now and then, or storing easily in a 4th story apartment. They get going quite fast...

Hi there. I've bought a few bikes here. But I've never bought one in the city and neither have I bought a new one, much less one with gears...However, I have noticed that a fair few people in the city have these "plegable" bikes. They are fold up, and the nicer models come with gears. They seem...

Well, this is just a small and trivial observation, but I was curious to know if anyone has noticed a similar trend. I do a fair bit of bicycle riding, and I've had a fair few close calls with pedestrians in Capital. Often they don't look before stepping into the intersection, or when stepping...

Wow, Half Moon Bay? I thought only fairies lived there, and that it only existed in the imagination... No, seriously, I've never been there, but I've heard it is a really beautiful place. I knew a few people who lived there a couple of decades ago. Sounds enchanting.

LOL. When I was younger I'd often ask it, " 'b' de burro o 'v' de vaca?" Sometimes people would joke, "si es para ti, siempre de burro". Speaking Spanish and English in the States can land you a lot of customer service jobs in the southern states as well as NY, but it doesn't help you too much...

My two cents as far as the Anti-Yanqui thing. Note: I am from the States. I think lots of people around the world (not just Argentines) don't like the States. America is like a bully in a playground, using brute force or peer pressure to get the best for herself. As such, she's made lots of...