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Wednesday, 04 March New Efforts To Repatriate Borges’ Remains[The Argentine Post] ... two weeks ago lawmaker Maria Beatriz Lenz opened a storm of controversy by declaring her intention to request that the writer’s earthly remains be repatriated to Buenos Aires ... Poking Fun at Expats...

Monday, 02 March Road Tripping Argentina: Mendoza City to the Andean Giants[Argentina's Travel Guide] The Mendoza province is a land of intense beauty. The landscape diversity of vineyards reaching out to the horizon and the mighty Aconcagua looming above creates a stark contrast of mountain...

Thursday, 26 February Mar Chiquita, an inland sea in the middle of Argentina[argentinalook] Mar Chiquita is a large saltwater lagoon that is located in the province of Cordoba in central Argentina. One of the biggest lake area of Argentina and one of the largest salt lakes in the planet...

Monday, 23 February Drought sucks life from Argentina's farms[BBC] A deflated bag of bones, the carcass of a bull, lies dried out on the banks of a river, baked by the sun. Normally green, the prime pastureland around lies silent and dry... Sunday, 22 February Is Buenos Aires Cheap?[Buenos...

Thursday, 19 February Nuestros Caballos 2009 (Our Horses 2009) Equestrian Exhibition[My Buenos Aires Travel Guide] "Nuestros Caballos 2009" (Our Horses), the most important equestrian exhibition in Latin America, will be held at La Rural Exhibition Center from March 24 to March 29, 2009, with...

Sunday, 15 February The Peron pattern[Washington Times] The disastrous path on which America is currently embarked was tried in another country - in the Western Hemisphere: Juan Peron's Argentina. During the 1940s until a 1955 coup ousted him from power... They dance all night in gay Buenos...

Monday, 09 February More on the Burger Battle[SaltShaker] Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so ... Sunday, 08 February “America Is...

Tuesday, 03 February Major Newspapers in Buenos Aires[Buenos Aires Tips] The two main Spanish-language newspapers in Buenos Aires are Clarín and La Nación (The Nation). I find the depth and quality of journalism of both papers to be very high. I do, however, prefer... More Argentine...

Thursday, 29 January The Well-heeled Friends of Art[Buenos Aires, City of Faded Elegance] A few days still remain to catch the Amigos del Arte exhibition at MALBA . (… till February 9.) Curators Patricia M. Artundo y Marcelo E. Pacheco have excelled at the extraordinary challen... Women...

Saturday, 24 January I Am Sir Edmund Hillary[micheleandtom.com] Tom and I put ourselves in the shoes (or crampons) of an adventurer and mini-trekked on Perito Moreno with Zoe (who just made the age limit by the skin of her teeth). In truth, our ice hike was n... Friday, 23 January Diseno...

Tuesday, 20 January Lookout Perito Moreno[micheleandtom.com] I contemplated entitling this post, “best bathrooms at a national park…” Don’t worry, I won’t elaborate further! The first portion of our visit to Southern Patagonia... Monday, 19 January photos: graffiti art[Yillabean] Last night...

Friday, 16 January Always a Bridesmaid[SaltShaker]  Hear, mortals, the sacred cry: “Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!” Hear the noise of broken chains... Broadway’s New Maria[Argentina's Travel Guide] Director Arthur Laurents was looking for his Maria for the upcoming Broadway revival of...

Saturday, 10 January delivery please[Yillabean] I've heard rumors that you can get cigarettes delivered in Bs.As. There is ice cream delivery; they bring it with a moped that has a cooler on the back. You can get your groceries delivered; yo... This Wine Smells Like Dirt[micheleandtom.com]...

Tuesday, 06 January Holiday scenes from Parque Lezama, 1898[Buenos Aires, City of Faded Elegance] I always will have great memories of Parque Lezama. I’ve spent many hours strolling around the park. Sure, on weekends it’s rather dusty and crowded but wonderful during the week. Here ar... City...

Friday, 26 December Lunfardo Lessions In HD: Coima[The Argentine Post] Here is the latest installment of the Scooping Argentina lunfardo lessions. This one involves the word “coima,” which is a noun meaning “a bribe.” As a verb,... Fiscal Chaos Aside, Start-Ups Bloom in Argentina[NY Times]...

Friday, 19 December How Would We Pack for BA Now?[micheleandtom.com] THINGS WE’RE GLAD WE PACKED 1. Tampons (I laid in an 8 month supply!) 2. Pans (We brought two All Clad pans with us, a stock pot and a frying pan.) Festival Buen Día[Buenos Aires through my eyes] Hi there. I don feel...

Friday, 12 December Wide Open Spaces[SaltShaker]  A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I’m afraid of widths.” - Stephen Wright, comedian The Bells of Buenos Aires Concert[My Buenos Aires Travel Guide] The government of the City of Buenos Aires announces a Bell Concert, as...

It has been a while since our last dinner and we thought it would be nice to have another one before this year is over. So, we hope that everybody can meet at 8pm next Thursday, Decepmber 18th at Taj Mahal restaurant, Nicaragua 4345 (close to Scalabrini Ortiz, Palermo Viejo). This is a new...

Tuesday, 09 December The Dakar rally 2009 Argentina - Chile[My Buenos Aires Travel Guide] The 2009 Dakar will take place in Argentina and Chile from the 3rd to the 18th of January, in an amazing course of 9000 km including 6000 of specials between Buenos Aires, Valparaiso and Buenos Ai...

Friday, 05 December Is that too much?[Buenos Aires Daily] Oh my god! Look at the size of this tarta [cake]. This must be the biggest cake I’ve seen. I have no idea what it’s called, so if anyone know its name and what it has inside, please ... Mendoza: ola de asaltos a turistas...