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BA Fútbol Amigos is having a potluck on Sunday. To attend, you have to tell them what you're bringing. http://fcbafa.com/en/events/2012/bafa-pot-luck-25-11-12/

This feels weird to ask, but I could really use some help in figuring out how much per month (within the first 6-12 months) baby supplies might cost. I can do the simple math of checking prices, but my ignorance goes deeper. I don't even know how many of each item I'd need to know how to...

These are awesome. I love seeing what different things we all notice. And yes, JamJam, we've realized just how much too! :)

citygirl, I can't believe we missed your #12. That's a definite one for us, but then again, maybe we're still not fully used to it (at least, who initiates). Thanks for sharing.

Hey everyone, my wife and I have been in BA for little over a year now working and living a normal Porteño life. Celebrating the one year mark, we put together a list of 10 things about life in BA that were once not normal to us, but now are. I'd love to hear anything else you think should be...

Good knives. I second that! And a hanging shoe holder.

Ditto.

Go to Uruguay every three months and pull out the US dollars you need for the three months. Check with your bank that your daily limit is high enough for that one day (and even fraud protection turned off) and you then can pull out dollars from most ATMs at $300 intervals up to your bank's daily...

Yesterday, I went to Carmelo, Uruguay, for a single day visa run out of Tigre. I had heard the immigration folks on the return into Tigre can be tough. That turned out to be my experience. As soon as the guy saw that I'd done this run three time before, he immediately looked up and said, "You...

NBA and NCAA College Football

Verbum Spanish worked for me and for my wife. They are more affordable like El Pasaje.

We're picky about some things too - mostly Vietnamese food. We end up making our own when we're really craving it. Good luck in the hunt to find or make your own bread.

We go to Artemisia off Gorriti to buy their bread sometimes when we're craving nice wheat bread with a crispy-ish crust.

Mariposa, what's your vision of good bread? What do you like, specifically, besides sourdough?

HAHA!! Children, play nice.

That's what I've read, yes. If the card is processed from outside Argentina, no matter if the process was done in person or online, then the 15% is applied. And citygirl is right, I believe. It's only the middle class getting screwed here. And they're many of the people who have to put up with...

Now that even online foreign transactions will be assessed the 15% 'tax' I can already envision a new black market for paying someone 5% or 10% to use their non-Argentine credit/debit cards. Or maybe just among friends.

I'm only just now hearing it, and lightly compared to last time, here in Las Canitas.

We have a large suitcase we were about to throw out (aka, leave on the street). PM me if you want it.

Once a day I say to someone how much I love Las Cañitas. It's got everything from international and healthy food options, great grocery stores, night life, banks, buses, and close vicinity to the park, train station and subway. I'll be sad to leave when I have to.