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Awesome!! Looking forward to meeting new people and seeing some familiar faces as well! Nos vemos.

Esteban, welcome back! I am stepping in for GMX as coffee chat hostess this week, info in the Expat Events forum here! At Malvon in Villa Crespo.

Hi there! Please join Coffee Chat this Wednesday, between 4 and 7pm. All the info is here: Coffee Chat Wed December 10.

This week I am the "suplente" for GMX! Coffee chat Wednesday will be at Malvón in Villa Crespo. If you are new, join or leave us at any time between 4-7pm. 4-7PM Wednesday, Dec 10, 2014 Malvón Confitería Serrano 789, Villa Crespo. Corner of Aguirre. Post a reply here if we should save you a...

Agus5, yes, every Wednesday! This week I am stepping in for GMX who is traveling, I will post the info ASAP! In the Expat Events section.

Welcome Nina! There are lots of "digital nomads" here because of relatively low cost of living (for Latin America) and because it is a cool city with lots of stuff to do. I am part digital nomad but I also have some local work, so I am sort of in between. I know many people use cafes but...

Værsågod!

If anyone is interested: 1. A traditional Norwegian "juletrefest", with lunch, on Sunday December 7th, in the Nordic (formerly Swedish) Church. Registration required by December 4th. 150 pesos. PM me for more info! 2. Santa Lucía is celebrated Sunday December 14th at 17:00 in the Nordic...

I am a living miracle! Guess I got out early enough! (I do, however, plan to claim my part of the oil fund in the future. I will be one of those Norwegians living on the Costa del Sol, complaining about immigration in Norway, yet not learning Spanish and treating the locals with a horrible...

I always loved bacon, and while I love chocolate with salt, I could never get used to bacon with anything sweet, such as this, or pancakes with bacon. In the US I found a lot more sweet-salty combos than what I was used to from home.

Sir, that is a fascinating conclusion you read from my post! I cannot see the connection between not eating meat and keeping socialist programs in place, but good for you that you see a connection there! Agreed!

Yeah, it is pretty annoying. And it has been my experience in other countries that the owner takes on the cost of having an agency manage the property - he rents it out at a market price, and gets 80% of the rent instead of 100%. Here, the owner gets 100% and the agency gets 20%, so the renter...

And that's cool too!

Polostar, let me correct that for you: "Unless you are my doctor you've got no business telling me what not to eat." Ah, better! Sorry but you come across as extremely patronizing... Sounding a little more informative and a little less normative would be great... As a fellow polo player I...

I love how every conversation involving the topics of vegetarianism or veganism has to include "But what would all those cows do??" and "But plants have feelings too!" Waaay before I stopped eating meat I knew that most cattle raising today is not natural - there is basically all in vitro...

I lived in DC for a long time - Comcast was horrendous!! And really bad customer service. I switched to Verizon but it wasn't much better. As for AirBnB, it is always an option to contact the owner and ask for a discount for a 2 month stay, and ask for a price in pesos. That's how I found my...

I am renting directly from the owner so I am not sure, but the agencies I have been in touch with have had different policies: some ask for a 20% of the total contract as a commission, payable up front, others 20 or 15% a month, etc. I am looking at a rental tomorrow that wants one month's rent...

Hi Lucha, my point was just that there are many, many temporary rentals listed in pesos, and whether that peso rate is converted on the blue doesn't really matter to me, as long as it is listed in pesos and is a price I am willing to pay. Of course some are listed in dollars, especially the more...

I believe these are actual available flats, although the good deals go fast. Remember also that you have to pay a month's deposit and probably a commission, often 20%. But still, a decent deal for something short-term.

Lucha, this is not correct: plenty of temporary rentals are in pesos. Many of the real estate agencies have temporary rentals in pesos (Remax, Calot and many others), and some of the ones that specialize in short term rentals do their mostly in pesos. Here is an example from At Buenos Aires, of...