Monthly Archives: August 2007

Sergio’s first week

Monday, August 27, 2007

* el obilispo at night So after Sergio’s first eventful day, we decided to go the opposite route the next day and basically do almost nothing. I awoke as normal entirely way too early to read bits and pieces of la nacion and the new york times before going on my forced morning jog which [...]

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se ayudan muchisimo

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

So I’ve now been in Buenos Aires for four months, and though my english has gone from bad to worse, my spanish has marginally improved (however slim that margin maybe). For those of you who wish to marginally improve your spanish as well, I would recommend the following: gTranslate – is a firefox extension which [...]

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leaves of grass, artmongers, and sergio’s first day

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

* photo from artmongers.com so yesterday, i woke up at 7, brushed my teeth, and took a cab to Ezieza to pick up my buddy Sergio who was just arriving from Austin via Dallas/Fort Worth. On the way to the airport, I talked politics with the cab driver (or better said, he talked, and i [...]

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flamenco and samba ala argentino

Friday, August 10, 2007

Last Sunday I went to a samba show with my cousin Glorita and her friend Julieta, and last night, I went to a flamenco show with Glorita and Nacho. Its funny to say, but in both cases, I was surprised by what I found. First, at the samba show, the band was dressed like a [...]

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Diego García Olano, cantautor texano

Sunday, August 5, 2007

So this past week, I mainly spent helping my uncle Esteban Peicovich with small computer stuff at his place, and in turn, got to spend a good deal of time talking with him about many a different thing (which was great for me because my uncle is somewhat of a badass writer/poet/person and has gotten [...]

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