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Happening in Puerto Madero usually offers an excellent set menu during these weeks, considering they are one of the most famous ‘local’ places (this is usually the place porteños opt for in Madero in lieu of Las Lilas) and also normally expensive. But it’s definitely worth it. And at 550...

Speaking of food- I got an email reminder that it’s Food Week till Wednesday, with set lunch menus costing 330 pesos and dinner menus for 550 pesos. Kinda wish I were in BA these days!

For the sake of people who have potentially been wanting to buy for awhile in BA but have been holding off due to thinking that the prices up until recently had been inflated drastically, I hope prices level to a fair and proportionate level. My mother (Argentinean but who’s lived and worked...

I guess it depends on the situation/health situation. I’m sure that for a heart attack or something needing more immediate specialized care, private would be better. For some things like chronic illness, some cancers, and HIV/infectious diseases, I know for a fact from having some medical...

Yes, and I thought that in my particular case the public system in Argentina was excellent. This is where I had the doctor who had gone to med school in Connecticut that I would say was upper echelon US quality. Actually, with some chronic illnesses the public system has better and more...

I prefer Argentina to the States in many aspects, I am a US citizen but it’s been awhile since I’ve worked in the US and I am currently living in a ‘red’ state where believe it or not, getting health care has been like asking someone for an arm, and it’s now going on 2 months and I still am...

Maybe, but it’s a pretty known fact that the Macris and the Trumps go way back and have done business together. If you read trump’s circus like tweets he frequently congratulates Macri on his ‘accomplishments’ and gato does the same to Trump

Cabaña Las Lilas is quite good, it’s overwhelmingly expensive so it’s viewed by Argentineans as ‘for tourists’ because of the price points mostly, but it’s an experience in and of itself. It’s actually part of a Brazilian company called Rubyat which is known worldwide for their meat restaurants...

The economic pressures will always make people more and more hysterical, some may see a flashy iPhone and think ‘that’s the equivalent of food for my baby and diapers for half a year’ and grab it if you are flashing it around 9 de Julio for example. Also the enormous amount of economic...

Wealthy people in Argentina are very cliché driven. If most people in their circle do it/like it, they follow along, often times without even knowing why. I asked a friend of mine who is the VP of a major bank here about Trump and he responded something along the lines of ‘well, financially...

I almost feel like you are talking about a totally different country and/or (and perhaps this is more the case) have dealt with a different demographic of people than I while in Buenos Aires. While it’s true that maybe the older generation most likely outright own their homes because yes, to...

I beg to differ. Mortgages, Amex cards (and other cards with pretty impressive credit limits when you consider how little the person earned) were being given out like hotcakes up until recently.

I think it’s fair to say that historically Argentines have not had the kind of mortgage/rent related costs/debt as in the US and thus they’ve been able to weather the prior storms better, but today in 2018, many of my peers (mid 30s to late 40s professionals) do have a mortgage or pay rent, and...

I honestly think this is going to have a negative effect on everybody, even on tourism and people who normally wouldn’t be effected, will be effected somehow. Some tourists don’t like coming somewhere where they can’t walk down the street without seeing someone diving in a garbage can for food...

Hopefully instead of resentment, this influx of Venezuelan immigration teaches the Argentineans to step up to the plate and make their work ethic strong enough to compete in the job market and not to be all about the ‘gotcha’ viveza criolla labor laws against their employers/companies.

Sort of, however voting is mandatory by law in Brazil, so in these elections, we will not have the ‘meh.... Hillary’s not exciting. I’ll just stay home.’ Effect that the elections in the US had.

Most of the Brazilians I know are throwing themselves on the Bolsonaro bandwagon because he is the only candidate with a realistic chance and after so many years of corruption, they will do anything to avoid a Lula-picked candidate. The demographics are also quite ample and transcend many...

According to August stats, some 3500 Venezuelans arrive in Buenos Aires per month. The general consensus among some fellow business owners has been very positive, most literally hop off the plane and go straight to a job interview to seek work and have a job upon arriving in a matter of days...

Honestly I think the extreme of this situation has taken this government by surprise, perhaps showing the naïveté and lack of real world and political experience some of the cabinet has. It was only this past May that world leaders were still visiting Macri and singing his praises. I met the...

Honestly I think with the intense amount of stress and worries most argentines have about what’s going on with the economy, it puts a damper on romance and just general buena ‘onda’