Lifestyle Arbitrage

Wine Tasting at Andeluna

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in Argentina | No Comments »

Simply awesome stuff. The Hoff seems to have quite a knack for this kind of thing... Years of experience and training paying off... Miles of green vineyard, with the beautiful backdrop of the Andes mountains! Happy Birthday Brigitta!

Barefoot Drunk Soccer

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in Argentina | No Comments »

Slightly disappointed that the hostels pool was closed at 7pm, D-Lab was left with no ther option but to drink several liters of Andes beer sitting on park benches... Things were starting to feel a bit dull, when some local ...

Bribery and Extortion

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in Argentina, Travel Logistics | No Comments »

The road trip begins, we hit the road at 10 am, and are quickly lost. After going several kilometers in the wrong direction asking for directions and turning around, we find ourselves being flagged over by a police officer. ...

Arriving in Mendoza

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in Argentina, Travel Logistics | No Comments »

So far, our trip to Mendoza has exceeded all expectations... Let me try to share the chain of events...  We left Buenos Aires at 7pm, drinking several Quilmes in the airport, and several more on the plane.  The stewardesses on ...

Argentine flight delays spark passenger violence - Yahoo! News

Sunday, January 13th, 2008 Posted in Argentina, Travel Logistics | 1 Comment »

Wow - Hope they sort this out before we fly to Mendoza next weekend!! This may explain why it took us several hours on Saturday just to pay for our tickets. Aerolineas has a fairly archaic IT system which ...

A New Sexual Revolution In Argentina

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in Argentina, Bars, Girls | No Comments »

This is an interesting article on Argentinian women and the so-called Sexual Revolution that is occurring here. So far, none of us have been asked to the bathroom to bring back our underwear - although since we don't speak ...

Unico in Palermo

Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in Argentina, Bars, Girls | 5 Comments »

Seems that we were a little slow to figure this one out, so in the spirit of education, here's something you should know if you ever go to Palermo. There is a great bar called Unico - located on ...

Members of an Elite Club

Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Posted in Argentina, Bars, Girls | No Comments »

D-Lab, in an effort to improve its cultural sight-seeings, has purchased a one-month membership to a terrific museum in B.A. The museum, hours of 2-7am, has terrific art on the walls, tables, and also features tremendous "live art", extremely avant-garde ...

Don’t Spank Mexican Girls

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 Posted in Girls, Mexico | No Comments »

Last night at Asia de Cuba we learned the hard way that Mexican girls find it EXTREMELY offensive to have their bottoms spanked in a night club. Surprisingly, with our vast range of experiences, no one on our team ...

Ending 2007 - Parting Thoughts

Monday, December 31st, 2007 Posted in General Thoughts, News Release | No Comments »

Well, There you go. The big question is who is reading this right now? The first four days have been lovely. D-Lab has taken a turn for the proper. Playing chess (Tank beat Seth in five moves), going for runs, and cooking ...