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I got a surprise visit today. My vegetarian wife, Olivia, had this delivered.

4 Oct

Are there any chess nerds here? Check it out. He gave me his queen.

18 Nov

I run past this house on my run to work

13 Nov

(I Instragram’d the photo.)

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They’re frying pickles now

12 Nov

A friend of mine ordered this at a bar recently. I never heard of it before.

The office at night, when reception is closed and everyone is gone, is a quiet place to work

22 Oct

Scotch tasting with Olivia tonight

7 Oct

Every time we go into a store, Tucker stares at the door like this

31 Aug

This guy made the new yerba mate straw that I just bought

28 Aug

The mate straw (called “bombilla”) goes into a cup (“mate”) full of hot water and yerba. Its job is to let you drink the yerba-flavored hot water while keeping the yerba out of your mouth.

The one I bought today had a metal circle around it. I’ve never used one with it before. The guy who made it says it’s there to make it easier to clean the used up yebra out of the mate when you’re done.

Unlike coffee which changes based on the ingredients you put in it, most of us who drink yerba mate basically drink the same thing, but it’s always personalized in more sutble ways. I have a way of angling the yerba before adding water which lets the flavor last longer. Others have a way of shaking the cup to keep the thin, dust-like particles from going up the straw.

The vet says our cat’s broken bones are healing well and cleared us to fly home

26 Aug

Bomba de Tiempo. Big beats. Big crowds. Big cups of beer.

24 Aug

Loving Buenos Aires.