Recent content by Zorawar

A belated thank you to everyone who responded with suggestions - - most helpful.

I apologize in advance, as I anticipate this question has been posed frequently on this site, but I am still confused: Can anyone tell me two things: with regard to the criminal record report doc. for applying for DNI/residency, is an federal FBI criminal background check required, or will a...

Unless I am just shopping in the wrong neighborhoods, I find most of the City's food markets, large and small, seem -- outside of the famous national export items -- to offer a very narrow and low quality range of cooking ingredients. The shelves of highly processed instant sauces and...

Just curious to know what other ex-pat English speakers experienced re: achieving fluency in Spanish. How long did it take for you feel comfortable and fully engaged in exclusesively Argentine social settings? Did it help to watch Argentine tv or movies? Academically, I test at upper...

I have had so American compatriots from the lower 48 who moved/emigrated to scenic, charming/interesting places beginning in the 1980's - Hawai'i, London, Paris, Rome, low-crime coastal enclaves in Brazil, northern Thailand, Ecuador, etc., etc. Of course I used to love having hosts in these...

Yes quite possibly, most of these outdated and absurd cliches, declaring "place X is the Y [admired venue] of Z" are hackneyed remnants of 19th Century marketing schemes or lazy journalism, in any event, the list is endless, e.g., "Saltillo, the Athens of México", "Oakland, CA, the Brooklyn of...

Oops ... excuse typos, etc., above -- don't see an edit option post posting ...

To Queso: as a matter of fact, I am retiring from Über-expensive San Francisco where I've lived since 1976. Long gone is the quirky, bohemian and politically city it once was -- nowadays it is more reminiscent of a California version of Singapore. The poor artists and creative types have...

Many thanks, everyone for your helpful replies. Concerning Uruguay vs. Argentina: having actually lived in MVD for a time I can report that I found the Uruguayos reserved but charming; the windy marine climate of MVD a bit too chilly except for high summer; the generally progressive politics...

Hello, I am a US citizen in the process of retiring to Bs. As. In US at the moment, reading articles in the English-language BA Herald alluding darkly to imminent police sweeps of arbolitos and raids on blue dollar exchange cuevas -- just gov't puffery, or a real threat? Anyone in the City at...

I am currently on the US on long visit and have been reading comments in the Argentine media that the authorities are finally attempting to shut down the dollar blue market, cuevas, etc. Anyone actually in the City who can shed light on the situation on the ground: is this just an idle...