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Holy shit, that's expensive. Hopefully she will get the help she needs where she is now. I know what it's like to go to the guardia late at night and have them assume you're on drugs. I'm sure they see people who have overdosed on a variety of substances all the time, so I sort of can't blame...

Ha, go figure. It's funny Phil, I read that thread about the Seattle freeze and I thought, that sounds just like BA! Men here are usually friendlier, but then sometimes I have their wives/girlfriends shooting daggers at me from across the room as if I were Megan Fox or something (I'm so not)...

And now I'm reminded of why I never get into these discussions. God forbid someone log in at baexpats and decide to comment on the original post and nothing else--clearly this indicates a lack of perspective!! It certainly couldn't indicate a lack of desire to discuss the greater organizational...

Come on, do you really think that those of us who are opposed to tourists eating at a restaurant meant for the disadvantaged are unaware of this? That's not what we're talking about in this thread. But in case anyone is, in fact, unaware, here's a great (and depressing as all hell)...

Who cares about the semantics? "Soup kitchen" vs. subsidized restaurant, everyone read the article and knows what the deal is. I was just as grossed out by the Europeans eating there as I was by the Argentines eating there. Clearly there are no rules barring certain people from dining in such an...

Oh, come on. Inappropriate? Those people chose to spend money they clearly didn't have to go to Brazil for a sporting event. Now they're at a soup kitchen because they supposedly can't afford to eat anything else. Am I supposed to feel bad for them? I think what's inappropriate is eating...

That's too simplistic. Corruption is endemic here because there is a collective mentality that exists in Latin America due to it being a post-colonial society that makes it very difficult for any real change or progress to occur. It varied a bit country by country. It's a lot of the same stuff...

So glad to hear you're enjoying Spain! That's wonderful! I miss it all the time. Isn't it nice to be able to relax again and just live life? The entire time I was there, I only heard about one crime. A grad school friend got his bike stolen. He left it outside, completely unchained, for hours on...

Okay, apparently things will get back to normal tonight. Let's hope so. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1707859-corte-agua-aysa-rio-de-la-plata-bajada

I think everyone but the little old ladies in my building had left for work by the time the encargada put the notice up by the front door. Our building is small, just the plant baja and first floor, that's it. I washed the dishes after lunch using the smallest amount of water possible, but the...

One thing I forgot to mention really surprised me, because everyone talks about how everyone there is so busy all the time-- In the U.S., I had so much spare time on my hands that I almost didn't even know what to do with myself. And I was working ~9-5 every day! My commute was always short...

I popped down to the panadería at 9 this morning and found the encargada taping up a notice telling the building to conserve water. Hay una bajante en el Río de la Plata, she said, adding that we needed to use the smallest amount of water possible since all we have left for the building is...

I went back home for six months once. I lived with my parents and worked as a temporary receptionist before heading abroad again. Everything was so clean, so green, the people were so friendly and open and smiling all the time. At least that's what struck me right off the bat. I went to a...

I happen to come from a part of the U.S. where there is zero stigma surrounding talking to strangers and frankly, I wouldn't enjoy living in the type of place where someone keels over and dies on the subway stairs and no one stops to help. But where I'm from, the difference is that conversing...

I'm late to the party to comment on yesterday's Brazil-Colombia game. I'm still learning, so bear with me, but here's what I thought: 1. WTF, ref! (But no surprise there, really.) 2. The Colombian team was terrified the whole time. Fear + a stadium full of roaring Brazilians + inexperience...

Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Rise-Fall-Great-Powers/dp/0679643656 Looks like a great read. What's the latest we can RSVP, lacoqueta? I ask only because there's a chance I might be out of town that date, but I'm not sure yet.

I voted American political rants. It's the same five or ten people arguing over the same crap over and over again. If I never read about guns on this forum again, I will be thrilled. I actually love Joe's polls and find them quite entertaining. Everything else I feel completely neutral about.

I clicked the report button on the post by mckenna and wrote a comment in the box trying to get this whole damn topic taken down hours ago. Of course, nothing has been done. The mods were there to edit parts my post out almost immediately once when I dared to question their attempt at making a...

I voted no, no and no. But then I got to thinking. A few weeks ago, I went to barrio chino, to Casa China. They charged me for two jars of Dame Maní when I only bought one. I didn't realize until I looked at the receipt when I got home. Honest mistake or screwing me over to pocket the cash? I...

Yeah, that's when they finally woke up. They seemed tired (maybe just really hot?) from the start. Howard the goalie, however, played quite well from the beginning. Overall I'm pleased that we got so far!