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My favorite store is Club Saludable on Av. Callao near Av. Cordoba. I want to share these photos I took to demonstrate the incredible variety of products they sell, including American brands.

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I had five monthly visits in three years before I moved to BA. I made contacts, lived in several neighborhoods, and learned my way around the city. I was better prepared when I finally moved here permanently, but it takes years to get used to a new culture with different customs and language...

Thanks for the reminder to check my US account. My benefit was in my account on October 1.

AySA has been privatized and cuts in service are now allowed for nonpayment. A new owner in the building told me about the change in the law, so the consorcio could face living without water. The monthly bill has been ignored by several administrators who are under control by a...

It's a list of baddies, in my opinion, that are processed with a long list of ingredients.

I received this email today from Western Union regarding a new U.S. law adding remittance tax on international money transfers. Hi Janis, Starting January 1, 2026, a new U.S. law will add a 1% remittance tax on international money transfers paid with cash, money orders, or cashier’s...

No, not since the complete renovation. The upper level was opened to its original structure, so that eliminated the possibility of a space for a milonga. Confiteria Ideal was open seven days a week for classes and milongas in the 1990s.

The number of milongas (venues for any style of tango dancing) in BA has increased because of tango's popularity around the world. The article includes only one milonga where milongueros (seniors in their 80s) dance -- Club Gricel on Saturday. The others appeal to tourists and a younger...

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I went to a milonga in my neighborhood last night to meet up with a tango friend. I gave her my SSA form to mail in the US since she arrives on Wednesday in Texas. I have done this before to insure that the form is delivered by the deadline. Another tango friend is staying two more weeks...

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I will be sending my SSA form with a tango friend who returns to the US on September 9 for faster delivery. If you want to send your form along with mine, let me know.

I would have taken the cheese back to where I purchased it with the receipt and demanded a refund.

Last Saturday I attended a Maria Maranessi feria americana because it was close to home. I checked the photos on the site and noticed there was a food processor on the kitchen table. I waited patiently for hours at the door of Peron 1968, a fabulous building with historical significance...

Bus fares in the city are increased regularly. I found the tariffs published on the BA website if you care to check on what you should be charged as opposed to what the driver wants to charge you. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that drivers are paid a percentage of the fares they collect...

I signed up in 2015 with Cobertura Porteña de Salud, a free public plan in the city. My main doctor has an office in the neighborhood, so I make an appointment at 147. He writes an order for a blood test, for example, that I have done at the local public hospital eight blocks from where I live...

The tango championships began in 2002 with the Campeonato Metropolitano de Tango de Salon con Estilo and Elegancia. No professionals were allowed to enter. There were no age categories. Eighty couples competed in the finals. Three couples in each of three zones were finalists. $600 was the...