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May 1st, 2009

Terrell, the Temporary Porteño: planning for a good long trip down south

I’m about to wrap up a two year gig in Texas that has kept me anchored really close to home. It’s time to bust out and I decided to do it big time. I want to stay awhile so I needed someplace inexpensive. I want to be in a city so there will be lots to do without having to travel continuously. So…I’m heading to Argentina for three months! I chose Buenos Aires for several reasons: it’s a long ways away, I’ve never been there or anywhere else in South America, it’s got a hopping cultural scene, it’s one of the most “European” cities in the Americas and it’s way cheaper than Europe. I speak enough Spanish to get by and I look forward to being much more fluent by the time I get back. Best of all, I’ll be trading Dallas summer heat for a mild winter climate. So here’s how the planning has gone so far… (more…)

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May 1st, 2009

Terrell’s Front Table Books

I can tell it’s not summer yet. The sky is still gray. The temperatures are still below sixty. And while Opening Day and the log boom ritual may be scheduled for this weekend, the quality literature arriving on the Front Table tells me that we still haven’t reached beach reading season. We’ve got one more month to enjoy thought provoking novels and informative non-fiction before the arrival of the sun distracts us and lures us to more frivolous pursuits. (more…)

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