Dub be good to me...

Are you prancing around in semi-states of undress, quaffing Pimms and rose and playing frisbee? For 5 minutes? Until it pisses down? Then you must be in the (y)UK  – and yes, that’s what we do – we quaff.

Are you moaning about it being cold even though it’s 15 degrees and blue skies? Staying in? [...]

Manzanita: sophomoric misogynist?...

Well, today’s been emotional and educational. I learned more from your comments than I might have wanted to. I’ve been called a misogynist and sophomoric (twice) which at my age I think is awesome (although its awesomeness was diluted by the fact I had to google it).

Anyways, thanks to you lot this is what we’ve [...]

Introducing Guest Editor ‘Manzanita’ – porn-voiced chorizo-chomper…

Hola gringos,

I’ve somehow blagged my way into taking over as Guest Editor for ‘Bueno, entonces…’, so let me introduce myself. I like to think of myself as a Puriri moth – a creature which survives in a cocoon for decades until it finally burrows out to explore the world.

It only lives for 24 hours.

And it [...]

Stalkers Exposed: A Review of Bueno, entonces…Spanish Lesson #24

We’ve finally reached the end of week four, therefore, class 24 was the standard end-of-the-week review. Don’t be lulled to sleep though – Bueno, entonces…learn Spanish worked its usual magic by introducing many new concepts, even more than they generally do. In addition to reviewing por vs para and ser vs estar, we also learned [...]

Review of Bueno, entonces…learn Spanish Class #21

Well, a class with an abundance of information and a little sad, but comical, story to go with it and thus provide some much needed entertainment when learning Spanish or any other language. Apparently the hapless student had a torrid time at the Telo the previous evening along with his vecinita Mariana, with the room [...]

¿Quií©n habrí¡ sido el pirata que perdií³ este tesoro?

Argh, matey! Someone stole me amor!

A Review of Bueno, entonces…Learn Spanish Lesson #5

For the fifth class, a Friday, I decided to break my usual routine of working from a cafí© – loaded up on caffeine – and instead watched the ballad of David and Jimena during dinner at home, and after several beers. It may have been the alcohol, but I was actually looking forward to the [...]

test 4

aaaaak

Estí¡s mí¡s buena que comer dulce de leche con el dedo

Argentina-ing it up today, big time. Why? ‘Cause of the contest to win a trip to Buenos Aires. Obvvvio.

So, we made a valiant effort in trying to translate the above piropo on our Facebook Page, but damn, buena and dulce de leche s

Estí¡s=You are–>Estar=verb ‘to be’
mí¡s=more
buena=good/hot/yummy, etc. (all things good)
que=than (que can mean various things [...]

Corta con tanta dulzura.