Lugabe Apartments

Reachin’ Out …can you help the 2012 Buenos Aires Chili Cookoff?

de Lavalle VI S.A. — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:25:57 +0000

Here´s the deal: the Cookoff Commission found a great venue for the 2012 Buenos Aires Chili Cookoff …but the venue has backed-out.

We´re looking for a place that can keep about 12 cooks and 300 chili-eatin’ fans out of the chilly Sunday, July 1st weather.

Since the event is for charity …we need the biggest crowds we can. That means we are only looking for places in Palermo Hollywood/Soho.

All 300 chili eaters need to be inside at the very same time …but we´d like to avoid having any big lines of people waiting to get in.

All the other groundwork has been laid …we just need you to give us a hand with the hall.

Please spread the word and let the Wisdom of Clouds do its magic.

Da Commission has a couple of backup locations …but we only have about 7 weeks until Chili Day 2012.

Please mention this to everybody …you never know who knows who.

Thanks,
Mike

International Show Jumping Competition "Gran Premio Sol de Mayo 2012"

de Lavalle VI S.A. — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:14:32 +0000

The annual show jumping competition “Gran Premio Sol de Mayo” will take place between May 16th and 20th of 2012,
at Club Hipico Argentino, with the participation of the best
national
and international riders. This is one of the most important tournaments
of the annual show jumping calendar in Argentina.

The the “International Preliminary World Cup Competition” will take place on the afternoon of May 18th. The main event will be the “Gran Premio Sol de Mayo” (1.5m), that will take place on Sunday, May 20th, from 2:00 pm.

There will be activities for the whole family,
like the presence of marching bands, vaulting exhibitions, free pony rides.

Location: Club Hipico Argentino. Av. Figueroa Alcorta 7285
Dates and Hours: May 16, 17, 18, 19, 20: 8 am to 6 pm
Free entrance every day. Not suspended for rain.

International Show Jumping Competition "Gran Premio Sol de Mayo 2012"

de Lavalle VI S.A. — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:14:32 +0000

There will be activities for the whole family,
like the presence of marching bands, vaulting exhibitions, free pony rides.

Location: Club Hipico Argentino. Av. Figueroa Alcorta 7285
Dates and Hours: May 16, 17, 18, 19, 20: 8 am to 6 pm
Free entrance every day. Not suspended for rain.

10 tips for Raising Grassfed Cattle in Argentina – #7- Coffee

de Lavalle VI S.A. — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:14:31 +0000

When in Gaucholandia, I do as the gauchos do …I drink mate. As delicious as mate is on a morning in the pampas, however, I sometimes feel a little under caffeinated. On those occasions, my thoughts turn to espresso.

But how to prepare off-the-grid espresso? I usually don´t bother.

I could fire-up my trusty stove-top espresso maker …but getting it up to a full boil and the clean-up involved just seems like a lot of bother compared to just having some extra mate.

If only espresso could be as easy as mate!

Well, now it is. Courtesy of my friend Alan Crabtree, from Coffee Capital Seattle, our ranch house is now equipped with an Aerobie Aeropress …a gizmo that puts beautifully brewed coffee into your cup with what has to be the most hassle-free method around.

On any ranch anywhere around the Río de la Plata, there is always hot water for mate in a thermos or in a kettle on the woodburning stove. As per mate tradition, the water is never allowed to reach a full boil …so you´ve got the perfect temperature for brewing without unecessary bitterness with the Aeropress.

Just walk into the kitchen, throw a couple of scoops of good grind into the Areopress, grab the kettle, pour and stir, slap a filter on the machine, flip and press. You´re done!

If you´re not too terribly groggy, the whole process could take about 60 seconds.

Clean-up? Just unscrew the filter-holder, and push the “puck” of grounds out of the cylinder. The perfectly air-tight plunger squeegies everything clean leaving you with nothing more than to wipe or rinse any remaining grounds off the outside …and you can easily reuse the filters!

Alan, you´re a genius! Thanks, man.

10 tips for Raising Grassfed Cattle in Argentina – #7- Coffee

de Lavalle VI S.A. — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:14:31 +0000

But how to prepare off-the-grid espresso? I usually don´t bother.

I could fire-up my trusty stove-top espresso maker …but getting it up to a full boil and the clean-up involved just seems like a lot of bother compared to just having some extra mate.

If only espresso could be as easy as mate!

Just walk into the kitchen, throw a couple of scoops of good grind into the Areopress, grab the kettle, pour and stir, slap a filter on the machine, flip and press. You´re done!

If you´re not too terribly groggy, the whole process could take about 60 seconds.

Alan, you´re a genius! Thanks, man.

arteBA’12 Contemporary Art Fair

de Lavalle VI S.A. — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:35:35 +0000

arteBA Contemporary Art Fair,
that will take place on May 18 – 22,
2012, is the most popular cultural event in the city of Buenos
Aires and the most important one of its kind in Latin America. arteBA is an art exhibition where art
galleries display their best artworks, offering the general public the chance to come face to face with
truly unique collectors’ pieces. It is also an opportunity for the
newer art centers from all over the region to present their younger
artists and reveal the very latest trends, which are simply absent from
other art fairs. 98 carefully selected galleries from Latin America, North America and Europe will exhibit works by the most outstanding contemporary artists at this great cultural event.

arteBA Foundation
called for the ninth edition of arteBA-Petrobras
Prize for the Visual Arts. Each one of the selected
projects will be awarded a determined amount of pesos to be used for its
realization and exhibition at arteBA `12. Once the winning projects
have been exhibited at the Fair, a second, International Prize-Giving
Jury will award a (non-acquisitional) Incentive Prize of $ 50,000 pesos.
The prize will be granted after the final in situ installation of the
works.
The second edition of U-TURN Project Rooms by Mercedes Benz will bring together the work of 24 artists from fourteen countries, represented by twelve galleries from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Denmark, Switzerland, Colombia, and Germany.
Young Argentine and foreign galleries that represent mainly Latin American artists will be present at Barrio Joven Chandon.
The OPEN FORUM 2012 will be held with open, free admission in the fair’s auditorium.

These are just a few of the many activities programmed for this year’s exhibition. For more information, visit arteBA’12 official
website.

Location:
La Rural Exhibition Center. Blue and Green Pavilions. Av. Sarmiento
2704, Buenos Aires

Dates and
hours: May 18 – 22, 2012 / 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Admission fees:

General: AR $50

Students
and Senior citizens: AR $25
2 day pass: AR$ 80
Unlimited pass: AR$ 100
Unlimited pass + catalog: AR$ 170

Children under 12: Free

Drinking Liberally Buenos Aires

de Lavalle VI S.A. — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:29:55 +0000

Every week since May 1, 2008, Drinking Liberally Buenos Aires has been meeting and saving democracy one pint at a time!

Join us any Monday, every week, always at 7:30, always at Bar Cilantro in Barrio Norte, Anchorena 1122.

Since May 1, 2008 we´ve been meeting with both long-time and short-time expats in Buenos Aires and we´ve developed into one of the most interesting and wonderful groups of regulars, part-timers and passers-by in town. One where you can be sure to find good company and interesting conversation about living in Buenos Aires.

Who is Drinking Liberally Buenos Aires? You name it! You´ll find artists, bakers, baseball players, bloggers, cooks, empresarios, explorers, farmers, pirates, poets, ranchers, writers, and just plain folks, both foreign and Argentine. If you´re a liberal, you´re among friends at Drinking Liberally!

on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DLBuenosAires

and at www.drinkingliberally.com.ar
and at www.drinkingliberally.org

See you this Monday and every Monday at Drinking Liberally Buenos Aires,

Yanqui Mike
Fred Badagnani
Larry “El Tejano” Rogers

Drinking Liberally Buenos Aires

de Lavalle VI S.A. — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:29:55 +0000

Every week since May 1, 2008, Drinking Liberally Buenos Aires has been meeting and saving democracy one pint at a time!

Join us any Monday, every week, always at 7:30, always at Bar Cilantro in Barrio Norte, Anchorena 1122.

on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DLBuenosAires

and at www.drinkingliberally.com.ar
and at www.drinkingliberally.org

See you this Monday and every Monday at Drinking Liberally Buenos Aires,

Yanqui Mike
Fred Badagnani
Larry “El Tejano” Rogers

The Rugby Championship 2012

de Lavalle VI S.A. — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:58:22 +0000

The Rugby Championship will be disputed for the first time in 2012. This tournament will replace the existing Tri Nations tournament, with Argentina joining the three rugby powers of the South Hemisphere (New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa).

The Rugby Championship will commence on 18 August, 2012 at ANZ Stadium. Each team will play a home and and away fixture against each opponent.

The Argentine team, Los Pumas, will dispute three test matches as locals during the tournament, against South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, in the cities of Mendoza, La Plata and Rosario.

The debut of Los Pumas in our country will be on Saturday, August 25th, against South Africa’s Springboks, at the stadium Malvinas Argentina, in the province of Mendoza.

The second match will be against the All Blacks, the current World Champions, at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, on Saturday, September 29th.

Finally, on Saturday, October 6th, at the stadium of Rosario Central club, in the city of Rosario, Los Pumas will play against Australia’s Wallabies, in the final match of the first Rugby Championship.

Tickets for all Argentina’s local matches are on sale through this website.

There are also tours available that include transfers from/to hotel in the local city, bilingual guide and ticket for the game. Contact me to inquire about this service.

Celebration of Vesak at the Chinese Quarter

de Lavalle VI S.A. — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:43:54 +0000

On Sunday, May 13th, 2012, the the ceremony of Vesak, also known as the Bath of Buddha, will be celebrated in the streets of the Chinese Quarter in Belgrano, on Arribeños Street, from Blanco Encalada to Juramento.

Organized by the
Buenos Aires Chinatown Association, Argentina Buddhist
Association I.B.P.S, and the For Guang Shan Buddhist Monastery
Argentina, this important ceremony will commemorate the birth of Sakyamuri
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) 2556 years ago.

The idea is to use bath
water to clean our own Buddha within, that is, to purify the body and
mind by the washing of Buddha. It is also a reminder that we must always
keep a pure mind.

Two stages with lights and sound will be mounted for the public
to enjoy a great event that will feature the traditional Dragon and Lion Dance, Oriental Martial Arts, and the Tea Ceremony.

The activities will take place between 12:00pm and 8:00pm.