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In a couple days I'm going to Buzios (four full days) and Rio (nine full days) for my honeymoon! I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for these places. In Buzios, which beaches did you like the most? Were there any you would skip if you could go back and do it again? Recommendations...

We are moving away soon and didn't get a chance to eat/drink this stuff: Leyenda del Milagro Tequila Reposado 750 ml bottle: Our roommate back in Bogotá brought this to us after he completed a work assignment in Mexico City. We brought it down to BA with us, but never got around to opening it...

Yesterday my husband was heading out and saw that a locksmith was fixing the door of the apartment closest to the front door of our building. He talked to someone and apparently the day before, a la tarde (we don't know exactly when), someone came in through the front door because it wasn't...

I like my apartment, but it's clear that the owner has never been interested in spending the money on basic maintenance. We had to have a handyman come and fix the gas heater** and the fact that we couldn't get hot water to come out of the bathroom sink. We assumed the sink issue was caused by a...

I popped down to the panadería at 9 this morning and found the encargada taping up a notice telling the building to conserve water. Hay una bajante en el Río de la Plata, she said, adding that we needed to use the smallest amount of water possible since all we have left for the building is...

Thanks to Davidglenn we all know where to get a good burger near Tribunales, but I searched the forum and I can't find a recommendation for where to get passport photos other than in Palermo. Gotta leave in about 20 minutes to head down there. Y'all always come through quickly for me, so I...

I went to try to sign up for my beloved OSDE again. I was a socio at one point in time, but cancelled my plan in late 2011. Since I have a pre-existing condition (actually diagnosed here), they told me I had to go to the office on Juramento with all the exams. It was there that I was told that...

I'm coming back to BA soon and want to know if Zoely is there. Best BC I've ever tried, and I'd rather pay to stock up than go back to anything else I've used in the past. I found one article via Google that says it was approved in 2013...

My husband and I are coming back to BA. We've gotta be down there in a couple weeks, so we want to rent a temporary place for a month while we hunt around to find a long (ish)-term, furnished one bedroom (preferably in my dream location near Corrientes and Medrano). The prices here...

I've tapped all my "real-life" resources and not gotten much help, so even though I left BA again a short time ago, I thought I'd ask this forum for some help since I'm sure many of you have faced a similar dilemma. My boyfriend and I got engaged recently. We feel pretty awesome about it and...

I have always just used the taxi stand outside Ezeiza and haggled a price, but this time around I'm trying to make things as easy on myself as possible and reserve something ahead of time. Plus, I only have AR $300 pesos in cash at the moment, and I'll be damned if I'm going to an ATM to pull...

I spent two years in Argentina as a permatourist (never overstayed it) and returned home to the U.S. in mid January. I have been accepted into a Spanish language Master's program at a U.S. university that has a sede in Madrid, so I am in the process of applying for a student visa to study in...

Rejoice, my coffee loving brethren, for my Colombian boyfriend went overboard when he bought coffee to take back to BA with him. Way overboard. He asked me if I thought anyone on this site would want to buy some, and I told him that considering every couple of weeks there is a post by a newcomer...

Moving sale. I need this stuff gone soon so most of it is priced much cheaper that what I bought it for, even the new stuff. Putting Amazon links for some items in case you'd like to know more about them. I'm in Palermo until Wednesday, then Barracas until Friday, when I leave. Get at me if...

I am making a pie for Thanksgiving and would like to use my mother's recipe for the crust. It calls for vegetable shortening (liquid or solid will do), and I don't recall seeing any Crisco around Capital Federal. So does it exist, where can I get it if it does, and is it called manteca vegetal...

My boyfriend and I were planning to go to Salta for the long weekend in December. I was going to arrive early and stay a couple days later since flying there that way would not be much more expensive than taking the bus for 20 hours each way. He (a resident of Argentina) bought me the LAN...

Just purchased, never used black iPad 2 for sale. U.S. $650 or peso equivalent according to the day's rate. 16G with wi-fi Brand new with plastic protective covers, booklet, cords and Apple drawstring bag, but no box. I have the original purchase receipt. Also for sale: 1 12 oz./340g bag of...

Would love to hear from some of you who have done this. I ran a search but didn't get a lot of details. In the last peanut butter thread, steveinbsas recommended selling things on this site and not on Mercado Libre. AlfajorEfi wrote that bringing back a Wii or PS3 would be a good bet because...

Not a surprise, really, but it is unfortunate. If you are on a low budget, taxis are already quite expensive. On the bright side, this could mean that more normal people (non paco smokers and other regular Joes) will be taking buses later at night. There's nothing sketchier than a 3-6 a.m...