We ate at “Las Empanadas de la Abuela” twice already. One time for lunch. Another time for dinner. We can’t go again. Not that the food isn’t great, more that I’d rather try some place different.

We walk past “Las Empanadas de la Abuela” and see the patrons relaxing warmly in the inner...

1. People are super nice no matter how horrible your Spanish may be.

2. Selling wares is a very viable job on the subway and trains...literally on the subway and trains.

3. "Mexican" Spanish sounds quaint compared to Argentinean Spanish

4. Empanadas are delicious no matter what is in them.

5....

Shopping isn’t for the faint of heart, particularly in the street markets of Hong Kong. The odds are overwhelmingly stacked against me. It is humid and raining, basically gross. I can barely keep my eyes open against the pounding rain. The merchants’ booths are cramped together much too close for...

On my second day in Beijing, China, I had a hankering for some good ol’ American television. Unfortunately, the only two television shows I don’t watch with regularity back home were my only choices in Beijing – CNN and Bloomberg. Not entirely interested in watching ticker symbols roll...