I do a lot of Airbnbs during the year.
Many have a Nespresso coffee maker, but I have never received more than two pods from any host. That is fine, to be honest.
That is a smart way for a host to supply the first days coffee. If the guest wants for a longer stay they can buy more themselves. Simply having the machine is a nice amenity.
It must be something tipically from the US, as I had never seen one in my life before arriving in Argentina. I also ignored it was called Melitta.
Today I realize the plastic Cone they sell here is not the Melitta brand, but Coto and ML do have the knockoff brand for $6-7000 as well as the real Melitta brand paper filters. I have been surprised by people calling it Australian/NZ style coffee if it is available at a cafe here in Argentina. Occasionally I see a French Press in an AirBnB, but those are too fragile for repeat visitors even if you own a non-glass completely stainless steel version.
Breakfast is a country-specific thing. I was asked by an Argentine friend who lives in Italy to bring him picadillo. I had never heard the term and I had to google it. It is sort of spam.
Yes I have met argentines who have those spam type cans in the cabinets. Though can’t imagine them eating for breakfast. I see the many different flavors in the market including vegetarian versions. I think it is a tinned version of French cassoulet or similar German tinned food, but cheapened down for argentina. I am sure there are expensive “gourmet” versions here too.
Some suggestions we should have ignored. For example, one guest complained there was no coffee maker.
When I was young our frequent family road trip vacations were with the plastic Melitta cone, and paper filters. Hot water from the kettle to make pour over drip coffee. It is the exact same thing as a coffeemaker, yet minimalist without requiring an ugly space taker, electric coffeemaker on your countertop. Most peers grew up this way too, since as adults every shared vacation house rental, seasonal or short term, this was the way for the earlier risers. The automatic coffee maker was only for crowd efficiency, but not better tasting. Weekend guests who did not arrive with a pound of beans were not invited back. Melitta cone is easy to buy in every tourist town. Everyone knows how to use them and they are less than $10. They are found in Argentina supermarkets in the three different sizes. Ceramic kind maybe too.
To be nice you can provide a jar of beans and an electric grinder, with a note pointing out your favorite cafe that sells fresh ground or not-ground coffee. A thermos is nice too. It is disappointing to see a half old bag of pre-ground Virginia brand coffee.
Plus now pour over coffee has again become a trend in Argentina, with a variety of fancier non-plastic cones, but still it is the 100 year old Melitta method. The cafes now will make you a special 2 cup (for couples or friends) pour over drip instead of from the machine drip.
Lipton tea has always had a tinge of bitterness to me.
It is just the most generic and basic tea that is always available in US. Also something people use to make pitchers of ice tea.
A friend from New Jersey brought some tea from the USA
Lipton's Yellow Label Black tea
It is the tea I recognize as the most available in US. They one I remeber drinking there. Also the same Lipton tea you can buy in the supermarket here in Argentina.
He traces the path of a novelist who began by dissecting oligarchy with surgical precision and ended happily dining among its ranks, completing one of literary history’s most spectacular political migrations – from the hard left to the hard right, over the course of half a century.
We are looking for a sliding window screen, that you can slide along the outer rail of the existing aluminium frame. The bedroom window consists of two sliding glasses, so the actual open space is half the window. In Europe, this costs 70 euros in a hardware store!
If there is already an empty outer rail, then it sounds that your window was designed to have window screens. Have you tried to contact the manufacturer?
She got him to do it anyway but it didn't last long when the dogs started pawing it when wanting in.
It would work just as long as you don't have dogs.
In US they sell pre made screen door dog protectors that are really just cheap "malla desplegable metal" that you could ask as metal worker to cut to size, paint, and install.
When they're about we just plug in one of those Raid insect repellent things with tablet into the wall socket next to the bed.
These work surprisingly well. Though I like the Raid liquid ones better. Perhaps not if the window is completely open. They cost more. They have no odor, unless you choose a scented type. They last for 30 nights, though probably at a STR the tenants will just waste it is leaving it plugged in 24hrs.
Also, using yellow color light bulbs helps a bit, maybe. Inside on the balcony/patio and the bedroom. Plus White light is for work areas, and yellow is better for relax areas.
We have been suggested to add a mosquito net in the bedroom.
Are you considering window screens, or some big net that covers the bed or partitions the room? We had window screens made crudely by the builder years ago. They work so-so ok. It's is incredibly disappointing that Argentina window manufacturers do not have a standard method for an customer to buy screens that are easy to add and remove depending on the season or to clean. It is very common in USA.
I want to change to a lighter and better fitting aluminum frame version. They are often made by the many professional manufacturers around most cities and towns. One suggestion, if doing DIY, is to not buy the metal screening, only plastic type.
Any particular reason why you don't use Bravo?
No particular reason. I have been using Mozilla Firefox as my primary browser since they created it in early 2000s, from the Netscape ashes. I continue to believe in Mozilla’s mission, organization structure, and efforts to support developers including documentation, tools, and the developer version of their browser.
Later when I moved from hosted email with email desktop programs towards browser based email, I still wanted to keep email isolated, so I picked Chrome. Google and Chrome also have a strong dedication to assist software developers, with even more tools than Mozilla.
Finally for my random untrusted browsing I have no allegiance. I try different browser to test features I read about, but have never found a reason to switch to become my primary or secondary browser.
Brave is nothing like Mozilla or Google. It is a company that generates revenue through its own advertising network, monetizing user attention through shifting advertising strategies. It has no real community or breadth of development tools of the others. Even if they have some, I did not know until just now which required a search.
I wonder why Jim says he "would never use Chrome? Do any of you use Brave as your default browser?
I use chrome only for my email and other google sites like Google Docs, except not YouTube. To isolate those tasks. I will not click on a link in email, since I only copy the link and paste it into Firefox. I use Firefox for my everyday browsing. The majority of my browsing is sites that are my daily routine. Trusted sites.
Anything that is new and unknown, or known to be third-rate, I’ll try some other browser like DuckDuckGo, Vivaldi, or whatever. Cache and cookies cleared daily. I do not use Brave.
''canelones de espinaca y ricota''. I assumed they were going to be made using pasta but they were pancakes stuffed with the mixture.
I find the translation of Argentina panqueques to not be what I except in English. At least in US, a pancake is varied from thin to thick, and airy probably from a very quick leavening agent like baking soda or baking powder. Compared to what I believe an Argentina panqueque to be, which is an unleavened Crepe (French) that might also be similar to an Italian Crespelle. Those very thin cooked crepes are then what are used most often for Argentina home style canelones. In US I only know those to be called stuffed crepes.
Like you mentioned, UK Man I knew the version made with thin pasta, though I have no idea of the rules in Italy.
I am glad this was a scam but I fail to see the connection between a dog walker service and this sign. I have also read that the author is possibly facing charges for this 'creative' marketing idea.
A gimmick to promote a service that would safely walk your pet without you needing to leave the house. To avoid being killed by large serpent???
This lastest huge outbreak in the USA is different than past bacteria issues like e-coli and listeria which can eventually be solved by a proper wash of produce. This one is a parasite that cannot be killed by bleach or washed off as easy, and just cycles back into the food system. A big reason is that the farm owners do not provide proper facilities for the workers to take time off when they need the bathroom. Alcohol hand wash does nothing. If there are facilities, they perhaps leak into irrigation and other water supplies used for mixing pesticides. Among many reasons that allow human waste, which is the only source of this disease, to contaminate farm produce.
Better to read after dinner: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/well/eat/how-cyclospora-contaminates-food.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zlA.BWdu.BfFLy4cme18K
Meanwhile, in Colegiales a 15-year-old boa went astray while sunbathing on a rooftop terrace, and the owners insist she's not aggressive.
Turns out this was a scam. Someone wanted to promote his dog walking business, so invented the boa story as some strange marketing plan
Sources with access to the case indicated that the prosecutor in charge of the investigation is now analyzing what criminal charge could correspond to the maneuver, given that the episode caused the mobilization of state resources and generated public alarm, according to the newspaper La Nación.
We have a new set of guests and this couple wanted 30°C indoor. They complained the aircon was not providing enough hot air to reach 30°C as shown on the unit's display,
There are many cities that will cite or fine the landlord for allowing the heat to be excessive in winter. Since it is an environmental waste. I imagine 25-28 is already at that limit, and 30 is definitely an excessive environmental waste. Thought I doubt Buenos Aires has any minimum or maximum regulations. In Massachusetts a tenant can report the landlord to the board of health if heat is often above 26 Celsius (78 F)
For example, the NYC apartment temperature requirements converted to Celsius
Daytime (6 a.m. to 10 p.m.): If the outside temperature falls below 12.8°C, the indoor temperature must be at least 20°C.
Nighttime (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.): The indoor temperature must be at least 16.7°C, regardless of the outside temperature
https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/residents/heating.page
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-law-about-winter-heating
La Nación newspaper has been publishing these graphic analysis of the lead up to some of the goals. A past one of Argentina’s last goal against Egypt was good. You can easily roll time forward and backwards for your own slow motion control. Not a video, but many digital images spliced together with drawn over markup. Here are yesterday’s two Argentina goals.
That article title is an overreaction that affects a small percentage of people. Then the contents of the story only explain the downsides for those few people. Does not even go into the details of the benefits, which is to eliminate the number of scams and rouge apps that prey on a surprising number of inexperienced android users.
There even seems to be a very reasonable workaround that would further lower the number of people inconvenienced by the Android change. A configuration allows a side-loaded app to be installed, though there is a forced 24-hr delay that gives the user time to reflect on their real need vs the potential risks.
The bicycle lanes have narrowed the streets in CABA considerably, which is a big complaint and now causes major jams.
It is not narrowed streets or too many bicycle lanes that have caused major jams. It is too many motorized vehicles. Pedestrians and non-motorized bicycled should have the priority instead of what exIsts today. The best would be to make some roads even narrower with wide walkways on one side and bike lanes on the other
