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Traveling neighborhoods: a different kind of group trip

December 30th, 2023

I've discovered a group trip format that I really love, and I wanted to share it with others because (a) you might find it fun to host or join something like this in the future and (b) selfishly, I would like more people to organize trips like this so ...

Misreading Milei: The American press can only see Argentina through US-colored glasses

December 12th, 2023

It's been frustrating to see the US coverage of Milei, Argentina's new president. They are deeply misunderstanding (or misrepresenting?) what's going on. It seems the American press can only understand Argentine politics through the lens of the US, whe...

Inside Argentina's currency exchange black markets

September 10th, 2022

In Argentina, your money is worth double if you skip the airport currency exchange and instead go to one of the many black market exchanges hidden throughout Buenos Aires. These illegal exchanges are called "cuevas" (the word for "cave" in Spanish), an...

Buenos Aires recommendations

March 6th, 2022

I wrote a Buenos Aires guide with recommendations and tips for a group of friends I was traveling with in December 2021, and I figured it might be useful to other people too. I adore Buenos Aires and spend about a month each year there, so I'm always t...

Inflation propagates unevenly

January 1st, 2022

Inflation hits some parts of the economy harder and faster than others. It's obvious once you say it, and yet the way pundits and academics talk about inflation glosses over this reality. As a result, most people who haven't had direct experience with ...

What Argentina can teach us about money

December 10th, 2021

People say immersion is the best way to learn a language. Well, spending time in Argentina is the equivalent for monetary theory. There’s a lot we can learn from Argentina right now in particular. Cryptocurrencies are growing and USD inflation is acce...

Unconventional strategies for learning Spanish

November 29th, 2018

Language skills are highly multi-dimensional*, so while learning a language, it's important to come at it from lots of different directions. Here are some of the tricks I've used to practice Spanish that I haven't heard so many other people use. (They'...