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Listen, if you aren't starving you aren't dying, and if you have a way back home if the worst comes to the worst, just come and enjoy the adventure (even if it is a bit more artificial with a built in escape route). Certainly to live here well you need to learn to cook, regardless of how much...

I suspect it is your way of life Nancy, acting too young for your years, not taking things seriously enough, and generally having too much fun...which I hope you are both having at the moment. Looking forward to seeing you when you get back. Abrazos grandes.

Knock off videos bought on the street (but the latest releases) only 15 pesos. And there is always some kind of free film festival (think every week in the audio-visual district etc etc), plus so much free culture that unless you want to see some latest blockbuster release you can always...

Wow, you must have the full "plastic surgery at your option" medical plan for that price. Mine costs me about 600 pesos with Medicus, includes dentistry, and so far the treatment I have received has been top quality. Doctors excellent, facilities excellent, diagnostics so thorough that they even...

While settle for canned sausages when you can get a great variety of German sausages from Bratwurst Argentina (I got mine delivered today) and pair them with Baines Best Bacon????

Given that we see so many newcomers to BA (and plenty of veterans who don't get out much) asking the same questions or complaining about things that are impossible to find in BA, it would be very useful to create a directory that remained as the first post in the food section. Perhaps separated...

Just team up with Larry (El Tejano) and open a bigger place with music. He already has the following, suppliers etc and the addition of Texas rock or some blues would be sure to be attractive...I know he is already thinking of a bigger venue.

I went to the food fair in the park in Las Heras last saturday. One stand was selling English style cheddar another proper Gorgonzola. They were both excellent, definitely the genuine article.

A kind Canadian gave me two 600cl cans of maple syrup which I have yet to use so I am practicing pancake recipes. However, as we don't eat US style pancakes in the UK, I am not exactly sure how they should come out. The ones I have made look like the pictures, puff up ok and taste pretty good...

There is Bacon here! Baines Best bacon, look it up on Facebook. I have it delivered for my B&B every week.

Best food savings advice, make your own chicken stock from carcasses that are available at most granjas for a couple of pesos. Adds interest to any cheap dish and make yogurt either to eat or to marinade tougher (and therefore cheaper) cuts of meat in or add to sauces or soups to enrich. Ask...

I send my clients to the Tango shows in the Centro Cultural Borges. Good quality, starts early, inexpensive and no eating an indifferent dinner involved!

I'm in Alto Palermo, very safe, great transport links and close to everything!

I've been here 5 years now (and visited every year for 10 prior to that) and still love it as much as ever. Why? Because it hasn't really changed in that time and all the things I value continue to be the priorities. I think Argentina is governed by the law of unintended consequences. People...

My friend David makes biltong here and very good it is too! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Biltong-in-BA/159617080799150

Hi George, we might be able to help depending where your apartment is. We own a B&B in Palermo and have just started managing a big apartment in Puerto Madero for an English friend who had serious problems with his last agents. As we help him pay expenses in pesos (previously he was sending...

I have a B&B here though we have never thought to offer day rates. What date and times are you looking for?

Sueño verde http://www.s-verde.com.ar/ grows them.

Actually it is currently much cheaper to get DOLLARS out than in, as most of the blue dollars never move (they simply match buyers and sellers) and currently there is more demand than availability in the country. Some houses are actually paying you for this operation. So David, get paid in cash...

Before I had my Medicus insurance (which is about 550 pesos a month through the expat group and seems to cover everything including dental) I used to go to the Mater Dei in Palermo, which I found incredibly good. I am certainly more impressed by the attention to detail of the doctors here than I...