{"id":7139,"date":"2023-07-16T15:51:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T19:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=7139"},"modified":"2023-07-16T15:51:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T19:51:20","slug":"winter-in-buenos-aires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=7139","title":{"rendered":"Winter in Buenos Aires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"236\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0210d9d7-50c1-4269-a57f-e0f6d1887ded.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7140\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0210d9d7-50c1-4269-a57f-e0f6d1887ded.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0210d9d7-50c1-4269-a57f-e0f6d1887ded-300x221.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Massive gum tree in Recoleta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I love these trees in Recoleta &#8211; the internet says they are gum\/rubber trees (\u201cgomero\u201d in Spanish). They are massive! I stopped to photograph this one as we were walking home from a yummy vegetarian brunch at Marti, where Lea and I have gone a couple of times. It is chilly but sunny today, and lots of people are out at the weekend arts and crafts fair by the cemetery and at a gastronomic fair at the nearby French Plaza. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same was true yesterday &#8211; we stopped by the annual coffee fair across the street from the embassy. Lots of coffee shops set up tents to sell food and coffee &#8211; it was good people- and dog-watching. We also went to Villa Crespo neighborhood to walk around a bit &#8211; the leather stores were open but nothing caught our eye. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week it was cold and rainy, so the sun was welcome. We had a farewell event for my boss on Friday at Bosch Palace \u2014 champagne and cake \u2014 before he takes off next week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a great chat with my friend Nomi yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I binged on a podcast called \u201cScamanda\u201d this week (really? fake cancer to get donations?), and John and I are binging on the series, \u201cThe Lincoln Lawyer.\u201d We also watched this week\u2019s episode of \u201cHijack,\u201d with Idris Elba. I finished Jeannette Walls\u2019 \u201cHang the Moon\u201d and started \u201cThe Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable Life of a 109-Year-Old Man.\u201d And I was glad to see Alcaraz win Wimbledon today &#8211; I saw him play at the Argentine Open last December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love these trees in Recoleta &#8211; the internet says they are gum\/rubber trees (\u201cgomero\u201d in Spanish). They are massive! I stopped to photograph this one as we were walking home from a yummy vegetarian brunch at Marti, where Lea and I have gone a couple of times. It is chilly but sunny today, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7139"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7141,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7139\/revisions\/7141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}