Great Career Advice From Indiana Jones

Yesterday, my husband and I walked to the local theater here in our Buenos Aires neighborhood to see the new Indiana Jones movie (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull).  It was a fun movie, very Spielberg, pretty much what we expected.
My favorite parts, though, were a couple of one-liners tossed out by [...]

College Freshmen Are Studying Abroad, Spending Way Too Much For It, and Drinking A LOT

In this article in the Wall Street Journal, we learn about the growing trend of college freshmen studying abroad for their fall semester before they move into dorms on campus for the spring term.  There isn’t a huge number of students doing this, but there are more and more colleges offering this option.
 One reason is the [...]

Thanks, Tim Ferriss (author of “The 4-Hour Workweek”) For The Inspiration To Write This Book

Well, in my last post I talked about how amazing Buenos Aires is and that creative folks from all over the world are coming here to check it out for themselves.
Tim Ferriss, author of the best-selling book on lifestyle design called The 4-Hour Workweek, spent time here in BA back before he wrote his book.  [...]

Education Reform? Nah. Get Ready For An Education Revolution!

A lot of people ask me how I can write a book on American education while living in Argentina.  Well, you see, all kinds of things are possible with the internet.   I mean, I got an agent and a publisher entirely through email–not even a phone call was required.  These are exciting times.
Not [...]

Study Abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina–the Smart Way

Many American university students are coming to Buenos Aires to study.  Most come here through programs they were referred to by their own universities.  Some come on their own and save tons of money while participating in the very same programs.
Yale has a big crowd here in Buenos Aires.  NYU will begin sending students here [...]