As some of you may know, Paulson, formerly the head of Goldman Sachs was named Treasury Secretary this summer. FuBarrio stupdily bet that gasoline wouldn’t go down by as much as it did. FuBarrio found this posting online. FuBarrio likes to think he was “snookered”, rather than just admitting to being stupid. So, this [Continue]
This just in : housing is finally going down in the US! Seriously, I thought this was the oldest story on the planet. But after talking to a few people who live in areas where housing price changes have traditionally been more moderate, I found some people who didn’t realize this was happening….or worse, [Continue]
Nothing seems more “American” than a crisp fall air and a game of pickup football. These “Americans” would agree… Of course, to be technically correct, they are South Americans, the game is “futbol” (soccer) and I guess it’s crisp Spring air this time of year. I got invited to go play some futbol [Continue]
Shortly after arriving in Montevideo, FuBarrio came down with a brief cold, and a few weeks later, even Golden Lotus was suffering from flu-like symptoms. The reason this is worth noting is that because of FuBarrio’s hermit like tendencies, gruff exterior, scowling demeanor, pessimism, crumudgeon-ism, third person self-referencing tirades, [Continue]
FuBarrio’s mood has lightened considerably the last week. His once deeply furrowed brow has lightened to a mildly-pleasant arch….The sun is shining, birds are chirping, glorious spring is in the air. Unleaded is under 2.50 a gallon, and with any luck, in the near future mere mortals may consider international travel as a possibility [Continue]
The street we live on is relatively “busy” — it is divided by a median in the front, and it is one of the main arterials for moving about Montevideo. We aren’t on the water, nor do we have a view. However, I noticed while on the upper terrace (aka roof), that we have what US [Continue]
Confucious, from Rodo Park, looking out over the “rambla” in Montevideo GL and I took a couple of snap shots recently that I wanted to share with you all. The first is at the “base” of Rodo Park. Rodo park runs up from one of the waterfronts, and has several “carnival” areas, outdoor [Continue]
storm shutters half-drawn on one of our back windows Good News, everyone….Golden Lotus has informed me that our home is “zombie proof”. Uh….those of you that know Golden Lotus well know that she was being as serious as someone can be when announcing such a feature. Aside from having a heavy front door, living in [Continue]
Ok. Golden Lotus is feeling a bit under the weather lately. I don’t have too long to write, but I wanted to post some of the snap-shots we took in Montevideo. I’ll put some more “color” on these photos later, but for now, keep in mind that I wasn’t really doing a good job of “chronicaling” [Continue]
