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21 July 2009 ~ View Comments

Sugar: Why Do We Keep Going?

Sugar: Why Do We Keep Going?

There is this bar that my housemates and I always go to, called Sugar. But nobody actually really likes it. Why do we keep coming back?
5 peso drinks during happy hour. ($1.50)

There is this bar that my housemates and I always go to, called Sugar. But nobody actually really likes it. Why do [...]

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22 June 2009 ~ View Comments

“That Spanish Sounds Really Weird”

“That Spanish Sounds Really Weird”

Five Americans were at a bar.

They were watching a live band.
One of them comments to the other, “that Spanish sounds really weird”.

All but one agreed.
The band was singing in Portuguese, not Spanish!

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20 June 2009 ~ View Comments

A Not So Typical Monday Night In Buenos Aires

A Not So Typical Monday Night In Buenos Aires

My classes on tuesday do not begin until 1, giving me tons of time to enjoy Monday night. But this is not the same for all of my other roommates. But I still managed to convince them to come out.
We left the house at around 8PM walking with no direction and no plans in mind. [...]

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19 June 2009 ~ View Comments

Lost. In Buenos Aires.

Lost. In Buenos Aires.

A typical thursday night in Buenos Aires means the start of the weekend for me. See, I don’t actually have any classes on Friday. Never.
After finishing my Theory of Tango class (in Spanish), i’ll walk the 2o minutes from university back home and make dinner, followed by a nap.
I wake up at 11:30 PM for [...]

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16 June 2009 ~ View Comments

A Day At The Buenos Aires Race Track

A Day At The Buenos Aires Race Track

A few weeks after arriving in Buenos Aires I went to the Palermo Hipodrom racetrack with some friends from my house.

A few weeks after arriving in Buenos Aires I went to the Palermo Hipodrom racetrack with some friends from my house. The track was enormous and actually built all the way back in 1876.

We [...]

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