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Matt answer pm :o I like the big huge mangoes from Formosa ...you can find them at the fruit place on Vicente Lopez and Rodriguez Pena ...it was 50 for one when I was there, but they are very big. You can rarely find these outside Argentina, or even within. They all go to the luxury fruit...

I used Xoom to receive money from the US. It worked very fast and I had no problems.

Thanks for the info! I may be leaving for longer than a month though. Wondering if when you stop coverage it's prorated for the month or you have to pay that whole month...I'll ask them tomorrow and say what I find out though.

Does anyone know if you can use OSDE (310) abroad? I don't intend to get medical care in the US but would OSDE cover medical emergencies in the US? Otherwise, what is the procedure for suspending OSDE when you're leaving Argentina for a while? Do they pro-rate to the middle of the month you...

Can I leave the country without paying this fee and just pay later (when I come back, or online at some point after I leave and before I come back)?

They are keeping it artificially low by flooding the blue market with dollars from their reserves. It's all for show. They won't be able to keep it up much longer. The rate will go over 20 or more this year.

LOL @ bombing some econ prof's house. Argies b crazy Compiling the list would be hard work. Going through old newspapers, finding the places, etc.; wondering if there's a market for such a tour.

A lot of assassinations in Buenos Aires in the 1970's. Am wondering if anyone has a list of all the locations (cafes, apartment buildings, etc.) where assassinations took place. For example Carlos Prats was killed at Malabia 3305 apparently, which is at the intersection with Santa Fe right near...

This place had pasture raised chicken or so they claimed. The taste was very good, very high quality. They kept raising the price in 2010. They may have gone out of business because of this.

http://www.nytimes.c...d=tw-share&_r=0 studies which claimed to show that saturated fats, cholesterol, and sodium are bad were faulty to begin with... A lot of the propaganda was spread by arrogant govt. and food industry officials.

I eat fatty meats (though I try to take care that they're grass fed/organic), tallow, marrow, offal, lard, pastured eggs, full fat dairy, including butter. My lipid profile is perfect and has been for the last few years. All evidence is that they were lying about cholesterol and saturated fat...

Anyone know what I'm talking about? Used to be an amazing chicken takeout place around there, they also served other hot foods, but their chicken was great. I don't remember if it was on Ayacucho or Junin, but was around the intersection in the title. Maybe it closed but if anyone knows what I'm...

I had the menu ejecutivo at Sotto Voce. Appetizer and dessert were good but the main (saltimbocca) was not good. I might try it again for pasta. If anyone has another suggestion particularly for pasta with frutti di mare, it's what I'm most interested in. It's a simple but very difficult dish...

Very rare to find here as we all know. Occasionally I have a craving for it. Getting pasta at a "regular" place is very risky, as it resembles form of biological warfare. So far I've liked Pecora Nera had the artichoke appetizer and then the polenta with wild mushrooms, both were very good...

Good carniceria is Covadonga at Rodriguez Pena and Vicente Lopez, I haven't been disappointed yet. Nuestro Secreto at Four Seasons has an excellent steak, grass-fed and aged, I highly recommend. Also great setting in a garden. It is expensive though. But far cheaper than the equivalent in the...

I see a lot of good looking men in Argentina in their 20's. At least in Recoleta and Palermo more proportionally than you see in most other cities in the world. Maybe there is something wrong with you.

Nobody knows?

Wondering if there are going to be any nice Carnaval festivities today...in Palermo or Recoleta, or nearby.

He's right though. This is a pattern on this forum and it's very annoying. Someone comes to ask a simple question, and there's nonstop second-guessing, "witty" replies (that aren't witty at all), what's the point? His post is legitimate. If you can write you should have no problem writing in any...

I buy meat from Covadonga, and there's another one next to it. I haven't had a bad experience at Covadonga yet. Also you get a kilo of ojo de bife for 160, bife de chorizo for slightly less and lomo for slightly more, other cuts cost less. I've had good steaks from there that cost me $2-$3. I...