BEFORE YOU GO TIPS | Booking the trip
Before booking an international trip, there’s some research you can do to lay the foundation for success. This is a comprehensive list—I’m covering all bases. Take what you need from it. (more…)
Argentina
Style Moment | La Bamba de Areco Estancia, Argentina
“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.” —Anatole France (1844-1924) French poet, journalist, and writer; won 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature
EXCEPTIONAL EATERIES | Buenos Aires |Desnivel
In Buenos Aires, you must eat meat. There’s beef for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and it’s the best beef you’ll ever have. At Desnivel, you get the full monty. A word about Argentine beef, and why it’s so good: For starters, the cows spend their lives, happily roaming, and eating,…
People of the World
This is Bob Beveridge, in his secondhand violin / collectible shop in Falkland, Scotland. He is playing the prized guitar that was given to him by Roseanne Cash, when she and her famous father traced their roots back to this small village in the Kingdom of Fife. At the risk…
Style Moment | Estancia, Argentina
“Color! What a deep and mysterious language . . . the language of dreams.” Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) French post-impressionist painter
The World in a Little Blue Book
My passport is full. Each of the stamps on those little blue pages represents an encounter, an adventure, an education, an accomplishment, a story. I had to go to the passport office to have new pages inserted, and as I sat there waiting, I flipped through, and remembered. These are…
Eye on Design | Buenos Aires | Perez Sanz | Sculptural Accessories
When a metal sculptor focuses his talent on fashion and home accessories, you know they’re going to be incredible. While I was in Buenos Aires, I went back to Perez Sanz several times, just to gaze at the gorgeousness. Julio Perez Sanz has been crafting his “sculptures” since 1966. He…
Style Moment | MALBA Museum, Buenos Aires
“If one says ‘red’ and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different.” Josef Albers (1888-1976) German-born American artist and educator
Weird but Wonderful | Every Dog Has Its Day
Not a bad life for a dog . . . a nice long daily walk around Buenos Aires with your gang, led by a companionable human. (more…)
Buenos Aires | Taxi to a Tango
El Tango es el pulso natural de la muñeca de Buenos Aires. The Tango is the natural pulse of Buenos Aires. [Leopoldo Marechal (1900-1970) Argentine writer] Tango dancing is an integral part of Buenos Aires history, so I wanted to see a tango show while I was there. Real tango,…