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Try Lo de Joaquin at Borges 1772. Nice and knowledgeable crew with a good selection.

Speaking of "card," nico, did you get the libreta also? Or just the card? My new DNI arrived 30 minutes ago, and it's just the card, with no libreta. I've been scanning the sites, and they still mention 2 parts - the libreta and the tarjeta. The envelope in which it arrived, however, says "Ahora...

Since Argentine banks charge for depositing checks, and since there's also a government tax on checks, interbank transfers are very common here. My health insurance carrier processes reimbursements for out-of-network services only through transfers, for example. An MMT agent I was in contact...

Citi's $60 charge is for processing a SWIFT transfer, which would arrive at the official rate. Xoom transfers should show up as domestic inter-bank transfers from MMT directly into the local account, based on the receiving account's CBU. BCRA regulations restrict banks from charging for...

This is what I have done twice now, transferring money to the my Citi account here. 1. When you order the transfer, they'll ask for a branch number and account number. Put anything in the Branch, which doesn't have meaning here, and use the full CBU for the account number, since that's what...

The Xoom rate is up to 5.8271 today!

puvenlee is right on everything. I would add that most of the patrons of "Gran Abono" performances, at least in the lower levels of the theater, tend to dress up. It's the only place I've seen serious jewelry and finery in public here! I just checked, and the Gran Abono for Rinaldo was last...

Check back on this site before you leave, Huxley. This is Argentina, and thing change very fast here. Probably the blue market will still be strong in your autumn, but you never know. The situation could be very different then.

Ambito shows the "dólar informal" at 5,87 today, and Xoom is up to 5,73. Not sure the 14 centavos x dollar is work the hassle of dealing with cuevas and arbolitos....

When I was flying back and forth between BsAs and New York a few years ago, I always packed a 6-bottle case of wines not (then) sold in the US. Curiously, many were not as interesting there as they had been here. Once I invited a couple sommelier friends for a tasting. Of 9 bottles we opened...

http://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar/balanza-valijas You can buy online and arrange an encounter with the seller in his shop or in a corner cafe. Of do as I do and use the site to locate vendors of something I want that I haven't seen in the neighborhood. Unlike eBay, almost all the vendors on...

Only once in 6 years was something translated. That time I showed up at an escritura where an escribano had ordered an official translator. Problem was that her English was much more limited than my Spanish, so I tried to ignore her and read the escritura as the escribano was singing it. The...

As long as it's a GSM phone (i.e. not a Verizon phone), it can be unlocked for use here. The local specialist in unlocking phones is a little office on the upper floor of the galleria Paseo Lavalle (835, between Suipacha and Esmeralda). They specialize in selling "used" cell phones. A friend...

I don't think that is true. Obviously, the landlord can't require payment in dollars because the tenant can't obtain them, but Cristian explained in a thread some time ago that contracts are legal in whatever moneda is agreeable to the parties. My impression is that dollar-denominated contracts...

The article is right about the trend, Kurt, but the facts are off, as is so often the case with Mercopress. I hadn't checked the prices of flights to the interior for a while, which I just did, and the cheapest London-Baires flight is still more than double the most expensive flights...

Actually, it's not all that easy. Argentine beef is much leaner than US beef, and the natural, grass-fed flavor is different than standard US beef. I once used a high-end organic cut of lean beef in the US and had similar problems. The first time I tried to grind beef into hamburger here, the...

To summarize my prior posts, I ordered a transfer of the max amount (U$ 2999) to my Argentine bank account on Friday, 6-1. Xoom immediately contacted me requesting a copy of my ID and bank statement for the donor account. Based on demokritos's report in this thread, I also sent them a...

The best burger I've tried recently is at Tucson. Forget the kosher branch on Salguero where everything is terrible. Go to the new outlet in the far end of the Hipódromo or the one on the ground floor of DOT. Mind you it's not up to what you expect from your favorite bar in New York, but it...

Any Escribano's office will do this. Take your passport or DNI, and they will usually turn them around in a few hours. That said, where do these documents need to go? If they are destined for your home country, you're better off doing it through your embassy, even though that will take longer...

Don't you mean ANSES? They issue CUILs. AFIP does CUITs (for employers or people who need to do Declaraciones to AFIP).