When I was growing up, hamburgers were always such a happy sort of thing. If you think about it, the hamburger is the food equivalent of a big, warm hug. A meaty patty enveloped in warm, doughy goodness covered with all sorts of leafy veggies and salacious sauces. It’s a giant, oral hug. Children, of all [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘buenos aires’
6 October 2007
my llorona
The last text message that Paul received on my phone before we left Buenos Aires was, “Tell Clare she is a llorona“. Which is to say, I am a giant cry baby. Maybe so. I thought it was a mildly nasty and extremely strange thing to say anyway and have often thought about that since.
When [...]
4 September 2007
letter to roger
this is a copy of an email to roger explaining why on earth we are still schlepping around buenos aires instead of schlepping our asses home as well as some of our problems in tramites the last few weeks in BA
thanks so much. we have gone through all of this a hundred times. the problem [...]
