Archive for September, 2009

Sep 24 2009

Your Story Ep 44 : Frank. Gourmet Cookies, Financal Crisis and the Argentine Good Life

Welcome To Episode 44 of  Your Story.
Frank Almeida migrated from Chicago USA to Buenos Aires with his wife in 1999, where after a couple of business ventures left the corporate world and in time established a gourmet cookie manufacturing company Sugar and Spice.
Sugar and Spice is the first and only serious Gourmet cookie manufacturer in [...]

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Sep 22 2009

OTTO Stove Top Espresso Coffee Maker.

Published by Ian under Art, Design, Food, Review, Video

It started about two years ago when I heard that a new coffee maker was coming on the market. So curiously I followed the links to discover the beauty that is the new OTTO Stove Top Espresso Coffee Maker.
Since then I’ve been on a mailing list, receiving irregular updates as to how the development of [...]

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Sep 10 2009

What Makes a Great Conversation?

Published by Ian under Conversation, Society & Culture

Why do we revel in a great conversation and what are the elements of just such a conversation that makes it memorable?
This is something I’ve been wondering for some time as I’ve been doing Your Story. What are the dynamics of a great story or conversation? What are the things that we sometimes do well [...]

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Sep 08 2009

Your Story Ep 43 : Deby. Tango and Living as a Local in Buenos Aires

Welcome To Episode 43 of Your Story.
Deby has been in Buenos Aries as a visitor and now permanently since 2000. Originally coming to Buenos Aires to surround herself in the world of tango, she sold up everything in California in 2004, relocated to Buenos Aires and is now looking forward to becoming an Argentine citizen.

While [...]

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Sep 01 2009

Your Story Ep 42 : Eric. Self Discovery, Freedom and Dr Ron Paul.

Published by Ian under Podcasts, Society, Society & Culture, Travel

Welcome To Episode 42 of Your Story.
Today we talk with Eric, a local Argentine, born and breed in Buenos Aires, about his journey and frustrations of feeling that he was independent in his thoughts on how to live a good life and how by chance he came across Dr Ron Paul during the 2007 US [...]

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