Blogs from Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 258

The various stores in Buenos Aires are an interesting example of supply and demand. Who would ever have imagined you could be successful owning an entire store whose merchandise are hangers? Or how successful can you truly be selling umbrellas in months of very little rain? Unlike in the United States where the art of one stop shopping has been perfected such that every metropolitan neighborhood need venture only to a grocery store and Target or Walmart to obtain the supplies needed for daily life, Buenos Aires believes in specialization. Consider a random but typical American grocery store list: Milk Granola Scotch tape Bananas Cough drops Flowers AA Batteries Any American Krogers or Publix (both are likely located within a ten minute drive of your house) would carry all of these things. Here, in Buenos Aires, ... read more

Fuentes wrote that “May is the ideal month to talk, to make oneself heard, to seduce and be seduced in Buenos Aires.” And now that it’s June, looking at this city with the knowledge of departure, gazing through the window that is soon to be memory, I can see the subtle spell the streets of Buenos Aires have cast over me. I can feel her pull and taste her seduction. Buenos Aires is the long haired waiter with the muscular arms and graying hair dressed in his black apron standing behind his espresso bar staring at you while you drink your café; when you meet his eyes, the gaze is intensified not broken. Buenos Aires is the worn patch of grass between the palm tree and the broken lamp post where the winning goal in the ... read more

I have had a couple of breakthroughs in the search for Tango in Buenos Aires. The first was a mistake, but a good one none-the-less. I have spent the past several days walking everywhere like normal, but recently I have been listening to my little ipod to which I have uploaded the Gotan Project and Bajofondo Tango Club. Walking around Buenos Aires with the electronic tango music in the background is quite fitting--it really is the perfect soundtrack for a day around the town. There´s something about how the electronic side of these groups helps blend together the old and the new that just works so well with the Buenos Aires of today. My second discovery was the Armenian Cultural Center on Armenia Street in Palermo Viejo. Last night from ten until midnight the center hosted ... read more

Hello all, I'm writing this on our last night in Buenos Aires. As expected we have spent more time and money here than we had planned but like everyone says it is a brilliant city. We arrived Sunday morning after enduring a overnight bus ride where we didn't recieve blankets and the air conditioning was turned on permanently - pretty cool! We had decided to spend the first few days at a hostel in Palermo- the rich end of B.A exploring the city and getting a bit of sleep and then hit the centre, the milhouse and the crazy nightlife at the weekend. After taking a stroll in the botanical gardens, seeing how the well off relax at the weekends, we headed down to San Telmo the heart of the tango culture and a very cool ... read more

Dernière étape du voyage: La capitale En somme, une journée de magasinage et exploration de la ville, une journée de niaisage à l'ambassade canadienne pour un visa de Résident Permanent et une journée à faire le fou avec des nouveaux "amis" irlandais et suédois. La ville est belle, avec un quartier très Hi-tech (le micro-centro) et plusieurs autres quartiers avec une architecture assez Européenne. Je suis allé au Zoo et au jardin botanique (faute d'avoir trouvé le musée d'histoire naturelle, si il existe vraiment). La journée de mon départ, mes amis de la journée (Chris, Sven, et je me souviens déjà plus des noms des Irlandais) et moi avons loué une voiturette de golf pour se promener dans un parc et nous nous sommes vraiment bien amusé avec... ... read more