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    Commute From Olivos To Downtown

    It depends on where in Olivos you are, if you´re close to Libertador then you will have the Tigre train that stops at Olivos, but no buses other than the 168 (which comes every half hour and is not reliable) or the 29 (which is not the fastest) to take you downtown. If you live near Maipu then...
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    Christmas Stollen Cake?

    Regarding Marzipan, El Viejo Oso has the best.
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    Mindfulness Meditation Group - Palermo

    Hi, Im also interested, allthough I cant make it this week. Where do you meet? Thanks
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    You Know You're Living In A 3Rd World Country When...

    You know you´re living in a third world country when: - You cant take public transport or live outside a closed residential neighborhood because its unsafe. - You have to wash vegetables with a special disinfectant and boil drinking water to avoid typhoid fever, cholera, and more. - The closed...
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    1 week in, kids are struggling

    Hi USmom, I just wrote a reply to you which I think was lost, so here it goes again. First, welcome to Argentina! Im sorry youre having a hard first week here, adaptation can be hard, and having been an expat child many times myself I can sympathize. Regarding your living situation, since...
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    Totally Paranoid Question: Creative Security Solutions?

    A few years ago I went through an unlucky month where I was robbed or attempted robbed once a week- I was trying to come up with some non violent creative ideas and imagined for example booby (bobby?) trapped pockets with permanent ink or mouse trap type of things that would leave pickpocketers...
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    Living in Olivos

    Hi Rosebud, Im in my twenties, local, bilingual, and live in Olivos with my bf. The neighborhood is really nice, it is safe, quieter than downtown but with good transport connections (in BA terms of course) and mostly keeps its friendly nighborhoody feel that has been lost in some more upscale...
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    Healthy living group

    Also- if you`re looking for certified grass fed beef then buy the cabaña las lilas meat. I know they sell it in jumbo but am not sure if they sell it in other supermarkets.
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    Healthy living group

    There´s a list of vegetarian restaurants at the following link: http://insidebuenosaires.com/2011/04/15/vegetarian-buenos-aires/ Some also do vegan and raw food. For organic and quality products check out the Saturday ¨sabe la tierra¨fair http://www.sabelatierra.com/ at San Fernando, El Galpon...
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    Looking like a foreigner

    Im 5´9 and it happened, but once again I was wearing flashy earphones and was distracted..
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    Looking like a foreigner

    What a good question. I am local but I look very foreign and around 2 years ago during November I experienced 1 attempted theft per week- (thankfully i really dont have much to steal :)- though they finally did manage to get a hold of my ipod in the last attempt, and it happened while I was...
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    Tourist killed in Plaza San Martin

    The tourist killed in Plaza San Martin was the main topic of conversation in my office all day, so no it did not go unnoticed, and it is regretable, and tragic. Having said that, murder is in the news every day, even though the particular circumstance of the victim being a tourist taking a...
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    SEM Freelancer Available

    Would you be interested in some private SEM lessons?
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    Admin job- palermo soho

    Hi! I am interested in the position and would like to send you my CV. My email is [email protected]. Thanks! Ana
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