Clothes. Decent and Cheap.
November 13, 2010 – 5:36 pm | No Comment

Surely if you’ve been here for a while, you’ve noticed the price of clothes rising constantly.  When I first came here five years ago, tops, skirts and dresses were reasonably priced for the quality of …

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Pickled Peppers
August 14, 2009 – 11:06 am | No Comment
Pickled Peppers

HA! This is not a food post!!
I don’t know why it is, but it seems after a few glasses of wine this subject seems to come up quite often… Tongue-Twisters – or Trabalenguas. Of …

Banana Bundt Cake
August 6, 2009 – 1:26 pm | One Comment
Banana Bundt Cake

I love bananas.  Did you know that if you eat bananas every day that they’ll help lower your blood pressure?  But you have to eat something like 5 bananas a day for it to have …

Cooking with Teresita
July 17, 2009 – 7:16 pm | One Comment
Cooking with Teresita

Nothing brings people together like comfort food.  This fall before I started getting my act together for the wedding, I was able to have a semi-private morning with Teresita – a local woman who teaches …

Buenos Aires’ Shopping Queen
May 7, 2009 – 3:05 pm | 4 Comments
Buenos Aires’ Shopping Queen

Meet Kirsty Noble.  She’s a garden designer, writer and photographer from Australia who moved to Buenos Aires and decided to start her own business.  She needed to find something that uses her eye for good …

Guapa Gloria Collection
May 6, 2009 – 6:38 pm | No Comment

Nueva coleccion Guapa Gloria Sobres
Originally uploaded by rakelchavez

mmm.. no I want them all…
http://www.guapagloria.com

Guapa Gloria
May 6, 2009 – 6:34 pm | No Comment

RedLips

Originally uploaded by rakelchavez

I so want the Daft Punk purse.
Anyone seen these around here? This designer is from Venezuela but has some sort of connection to Buenos Aires… I WANNT!
Defo going …

May’s Cheat Sheet
May 5, 2009 – 11:55 pm | One Comment
May’s Cheat Sheet

ooooh! It’s been hard this week!  I’m fighting a cold!!  But May is the BEST month (a.k.a. BIRTHDAY MONTH!) and there’s lots of fun to be had!!!  Here we go:

Tiramisu Cake
May 5, 2009 – 3:11 pm | 2 Comments
Tiramisu Cake

I’m a BIIIIG fan of Tiramisu so this week’s TWD was a nice surprise to see the “Tiramisu Cake”. Here, in Buenos Aires, it’s not always easy to find mascarpone, one of the key …

Chocolate Bread Pudding
April 29, 2009 – 6:03 pm | No Comment
Chocolate Bread Pudding

Last week’s TWD was one of those recipes that took me by surprise – just like the whole week. First of all, at the end of last week, I got engaged. That Saturday, …

Recovering Sundays – April Edition…
April 5, 2009 – 9:15 pm | 3 Comments
Recovering Sundays – April Edition…

It’s pretty obvious – the seasons are changing. Although it’s rather refreshing (and perhaps even tolerable) now that we’re not in the heat of summer, with temperatures soaring high and the humidity at ninety …