Here’s a brilliant conference by Hans Rosling on how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. Besides being the most sui generis and amusing talk on economics I’ve ever seen, he presents viscerally the difference an extra $10 per day on income can have in the quality of life.
I was surprised that he […]
I first met Ernesto over 10 years ago, when he was running a tiny mexican food business out of an even tinier garage. He called the place Huaraches, after the mexican dish. It was impossible not to get caught up in his great attitude and fun demeanor - the fact that the food […]
It always gives me the same warm feeling of drinking a glass of Hennessy on a rainy afternoon when, instead of just saying it would be good to have so and so, one of my friends actually does something about it.
Dan started JiffyBill as a pet project, to help us distribute the charges for our […]
So it was Tatiana’s birthday on Thursday, and a group of friends attended her summons to a place in Tres Ríos called either Café Arte or Taller del Artista (depending on which sign you read). I was going to write a full review for Barflies, but I thought that a warning would suffice.
Their only […]