On April 22, 2009, Santiago Gori, a taxi driver from La Plata (a coastal city just south of Buenos Aires), showed the world that Argentines are just as capable as anyone of doing the right thing. After discovering a backpack with $32,500 in cash in his back seat, the taxista knew he had no
I´ll be back next week with more Buenos Aires-based taxi adventures. In the meantime, I cordially invite you to spit out doom and gloom and sink your teeth into a few delicious tidbits about ladies-only taxi initiatives around the world. Remember the feminine revolution in Tehran taxis I mentioned back in December? It seems
Although I have yet to meet a female cab driver on my Buenos Aires food quests, I still hold out hope that it will happen someday. In the meantime, a group of 700 ladies in Tehran have taken the bull by the horns and started their own taxi service by women and for women.
Often when I tell people about these taxi quests, they’re surprised that I would surrender my food fate to a stranger. “Isn’t that a little dangerous? Don’t you ever worry about being driven in circles? Or robbed? Or worse?” Nope. After taxi adventures in three countries and counting, cabbies continue to surprise me with
Thanks to a new city proposal to ease traffic congestion and cut down on rush hour chaos, cabbies and bus drivers are at war in Buenos Aires. Bus drivers favor the new measure, which would create dedicated right-hand lanes for buses and occupied taxis. However, the statute would require unoccupied taxis to drive in
I come from a family of butchers, bakers, great cooks and failed farmers. Food is the way I make sense of a place, the way I connect with its people, the way I tell their stories. Food is also the way that Gabriela Kogan, a Buenos Aires-based photographer and graphic designer, introduces us to
Translation: Due to recent events that the public is aware of, generated by the depletion of the meat (i.e. beef) sector, we are letting you know that the products we’re serving today from the grill are the following: Chorizo (sausage) and blood sausage Kidneys and sweet breads Pork flank steak Grilled pork tenderloin BonelessTG Cities
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