Monthly Archives: March 2012

Snapshots of Buenos Aires: May 24, 2011: Laundry, un cuento chino

Posted on March 11, 2012 by springbyker

Although the city was plastered with advertisements for the U.S. film Pirates of the Caribbean, the home-grown hit of the season was Un cuento chino, which translates literally as “A Chinese story,” but colloquially as “A tall tale,” among other … Continue reading →

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Snapshots of Buenos Aires: May 2011: Getting around, getting cash

Posted on March 11, 2012 by springbyker

I loved that our group of 18 – 15 grad students, two professors, and their three children – took public transportation instead of traveling the city in private vans, as I have on other trips in Latin America.  This was … Continue reading →

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Magical history tour: Buenos Aires whirlwind, 2011

Posted on March 4, 2012 by springbyker

First posted in March 2012. In May 2011, I took part in an incredible two-week study tour of Buenos Aires, Argentina.  The trip was offered as a graduate-level course through the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and was taught by Eve … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Adventures in decluttering: my brother’s sculpture

Posted on March 4, 2012 by springbyker

The feng shui experts say it’s bad luck to keep broken things.  But the ones with sentimental value seem to hang around, waiting for me to glue them back together or let the fragments go into the trash. The latest … Continue reading →

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