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    What Is Most Impressive Restaurant In Ba For New Year's Day?

    I've got a friend coming to visit with his family, and we are looking for a place to have dinner on New Year's Day. We will be seven people, and it's one of only two nights that they are in town. My guidelines are - 'best restaurant in town', and less formal and more 'fun' than Bistro Sur at...
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    Renting A Car

    Some visitors are hoping to rent a car to drive around the country - they won't be driving while in Buenos Aires. They are mostly planning to head north - Córdoba, Salta and Santiago del Estero are on their provisional itinerary. Does anybody have a good recommendation for a car rental company...
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    Found! Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

    350 pesos (Uruguayan pesos, that is) for 500 mL. In Colonia. I bought two. http://www.prana.com...te-de-coco.html Where to buy: http://www.prana.com...s-de-venta.html The same company also sells agave nectar, which I have never seen for sale in Buenos Aires in over 10 years.
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    Help Urgently Needed: Forum Expat Gone Nuts In My Apartment

    I'm not sure that writing this here is the right thing to do (and I will probably try to delete once this is resolved), but I don't know what to do anymore. I rented my beautiful studio apartment to a member of this forum in good faith. I did so at a major discount, and with no damage deposit...
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    New Vegan + Vegetarian Shops In Recoleta

    I've found a couple of great shops recently that I wanted to share, as they have products that I haven't seen anywhere else in BA. Felices las vacas (Vegan) https://www.facebook...feliceslasvacas - Las Heras 2211 - 3980 1474 Items here that I hadn't seen elsewhere: Food grade hydrogen...
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    Shop Full Of Magic - Callao/ Cordoba. Coconut Oil, Sushi Etc

    I just found a new shop that is like a mini Casa China, minus the produce. Better/ different than the typical dietetica, Chinese owned. They have (or are waiting for stock of) all of the following, many of which I have seen mentioned here: Coconut oil (I bought a 1 kg tub) Argan oil (! Never...
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    Kale Action Plan - Seeking Co-Conspirators

    I have found kale. The problem is that one must order a minimum of 500 pesos of products. 1/2 kilo of kale (red or green) costs 39 pesos. No, it is not organic. Here is a list of their products - they have all kinds of things that I haven't seen elsewhere and can't be arsed to grow...
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    Is There A Small, High Quality/ Speed Internet Company Here?

    I have had it with Fibertel Evolution. I’ve always had terrible customer service experiences with them, back to 10 years ago when they were Ciudad Internet, took 9 months to set up my internet and stole $300 USD from my US bank account for no reason (I got it back, as it was clearly fraud)...
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    Supplements/ Protein Powder/ Essential Oils Etc.

    This is a topic that comes up here from time to time, so when I just randomly stumbled across this I thought I'd share: http://www.biovea.com/ar It almost sounds too good to be true - they even have things (like Sunwarrior raw vegan protein powder) that I never thought would be for sale in...
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    Dog Trainer Recs? Neighbor's Barking Dog Is Driving Us Nuts!

    I'm in the Recoleta area. I have a private garden on the ground floor, and my neighbor, who has the other private garden (building is 8 stories or so) has a new dog that barks at all hours and is driving everyone insane. There are some psychologists etc who have their offices in our building...
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    Puertas blindadas

    Does anyone have any good recommendations or knowledge of this subject? Thanks.
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    Looking for impartial advice about standard lawyers' fees (not necessarily a lawyer)

    I will try to keep this as brief as I can without omitting anything important... Almost three years ago now, I had some MAJOR problems with an architect that I hired to renovate two properties. Some of the issues involved could probably result in criminal charges but my main goal is to get a...
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    Rentas/ ABL tax increase

    Does anybody know what is going on with the increase that is supposed to be happening with this tax? One was supposed to be able to see what the new rate would be as of Wednesday on the agip.gob.ar website, but I followed the instructions there - entering in codes from my last payment notice -...
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    Mongolian BBQ in Recoleta!

    I just wanted to let everyone know that I stumbled across a new (they opened 2 weeks ago, according to the guy I spoke to) Mongolian BBQ place in Recoleta. It's called Gengi's House and is at Riobamba 1179, between Santa Fe and Arenales. I never in my life thought I'd see one of these in...
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