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As we're all ready on the way with vaccinated health care workers and about to enter Stage 2 vaccinations, here we go with news and insights. If you have not all ready here's the place to register yourself with the government program Buenos Aires Vacunate. The outreach to identify people who...

Out poking around in Recoleta to see what fixing one could find for Thanksgiving. On Rodriguez Peña came across a tiny specialty carniceria with fresh frozen turkeys for sale. 6 1/2 Kilos and up. They are nacional.

With first year visa and DNI expiring I applied via Radex to renew the visa in May 2020. After completing the application in Radex and receiving a new temporary Precaria, the wait was on for an appointment with Immigraciones. Two appointments were offered over the past 5 months and cancelled...

Does anyone know if regular mail is getting through, sent from outside Argentina? I'm expecting a plain, simple envelope mailed US Postal service from the US. Has not arrived, now 15 days. There is no tracking number. I went to a local Correo Argentina to ask. A bossy broad at the door told me...

Everyone should read this excellent, revealing interview with the now President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández. A unique man in any time and leading any country, he considers himself a common man, saying ‘Every time I speak, I’m saying the truth – I don’t lie’. And he speaks well. He's also...

Need a change of pace, a new horizon, something to replace that struggle to nail down cash in hand or a bank account with the inscrutable Western Union. Well here it is, the tools to stay in, avoid contact and get food delivered by the major supermarkets using their digital online shopping...

Possibly I'm one of the few here who had no idea how to recycle my trash in BA. Certainly the encargado isn't bothering. So I was stunned today on seeing an old woman punting glass and plastic bottles into the holes on the side of the government's recycle bin. Located in the local park, Las...

The Padre Coffee Roasters location is a pleasure in a charming part of Palermo Viejo, Jorge Luis Borges 2008. Friendly and helpful staff at their location. You can see right away they are knowledgeable and contemporary with information on making coffee and a strong selection of coffees of...

In this morning's New York Times..... Should be an interesting read for the living here. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-buenos-aires.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage

Boludiando What my taxi driver called the taxi driver in front of us this morning, cruising too slow-mo in the intersection.

For as long as I've been in and out of Buenos Aires, since 2004, Argentines have been keeping poor Caesar spinning in his grave with dreadful forms of 'Caesar Cesar Cesare' salads, insult to injury 'con pollo'. Has anyone a restaurant hideaway that makes a proper one they'd recommend...

I love sparkling water and in trying to cut out the use of plastic containers in life steady progress until it came to those wonderful large bottles of Villavicencio aqua mineral Con Gas. Bargaining with my principles buying and tossing when empty has been my one guilty concession. Until...

From a Facebook Post: “Trains on lines A, B an D will stop entirely from 5.30am to 8.30am in the morning, while trains on the C, E and H lines will stop from 8.30pm to 11.30pm at night.”

Everyone has their own interpretation of that one, and the Italian dicho of" Non Rosa Senza Spina" applies in spades for settling into a life in Buenos Aires but then there are days like my today with the delicious holiday ambience in the city, todo tranqui, the sun, the warmth, the parks and...

Pleased to report that today I received my first e-mail reminder from "Turnos Salud" - the free medical channel - whatever you want to call it. All roads lead to telephone number 147 and MiBA website and then all lines to get a turn are beyond imagination, but the wheels turn eventually!

Last night, windows open, brought in the pesky, biting, creatures. So I googled mosquitos Buenos Aires and surprised indeed to find that AccuWeather features a daily mosquito index "The weather is favorable for a high level of mosquito activity. Plan activities and insect repellents...

Anyone here have experience with an outfit called Emergencies Salud - Intelligent Health Plans? Their contact flyer came in the same envelope as the electricity bill from EDESUR. I checked their website and asked for a quotation. Received a phone call today with a high pressure pitch of...

Having just completed / finalized my application through this online internet service I'd like to share the experience including some pitfalls that might help ease the way in successfully getting through it. I was at Immigraciones today over on Av. Antartida Argentina, waiting in line with a...

Lived in Buenos Aires 5 years until 2009. Received a DNI, CUIT, enrolled as Monotrubista. Now looking to return and apply for residency again. I checked my CUIT number with the government online, entering the CUIT number. It is still recognized in their database. Does anyone know if I'll be...