Buenos Aires

The tour

April 5, 2010

This is our home, for the next few months.






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Simpler times

April 5, 2010

On Sunday afternoon, we decided to walk over to the Hippodromo Palermo to watch some horse racing.  Gambling on an Easter Sunday wasn’t exactly part of the plan but it was a great excuse to walk through the parks and get some sunshine. During the hour-long trek over, I thought a lot about why it […]






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Saturday in San Telmo

April 5, 2010

Easter weekend in this here Catholic capital was a quiet one. Those of us who didn’t run down to the beaches to catch the last rays of Indian Summer sunshine were treated to a ghost-town oasis in one of the most bustling cities in Latin America. An empty Baires is strange. It’s like running down […]






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On lifelong learning in Buenos Aires

December 15, 2009

Being in Argentina for so long gave me the opportunity to get to know some pretty great people. Culturally, it was such an enriching experience to spend proper time doing normal things, like grocery shopping, going on walks, hanging out at the park, working. I met people from all walks of life: businessmen, young parents, […]






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Ode to Argentina

December 11, 2009

Dear Argentina, How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways. I love you for your beauty: the ragged, raw, realness of your bittersweet glamour, your happy-tragic history, your painted walls and crackling curb sides.  I love your Figuero Alcorta grandeur, ancient purple-blossom trees, French architecture, green parks of happy spoiled dogs. I love […]






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Los tesoros de los barrios

December 5, 2009

“Buenos Aires es un quilombo!”. This is one of the first “slang” phrases I learned when I got to the city. Buenos Aires is a mess! I real mess! [The literal translation of “quilombo” comes from Africa and means “an orgy of a mess”]. And after living here for 8 weeks, I can understand why […]






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An evening at the milonga

November 28, 2009

There is no better way to experience authentic porteño life than to go to a milonga to watch the locals tango.  I wish I could describe this place: on some non-descript street just off Avenida 9 Julio, we walked into a grande tea room that was probably something magnificent in its height during the 1910’s.  Dark […]






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El clima de Buenos Aires es pesado y húmedo

November 25, 2009

You know that "wind knocked out of you" feeling that you get when you step into a sauna for the first time after taking a cold shower?  Well, that's what it feels like to walk outside today.  IT IS HOT AND HUMID HERE.  Sticky and wet.  The air is heavy and damp.  There is no […]






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