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…)
Buenos Aires
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…
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,…
Style Moment | Caminito, Buenos Aires
“Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.” Jun’ichirō Tanizaki (1886-1965) Japanese author
Buenos Aires | Colorful Caminito
I usually stay away from the mainstream tourist attractions, but Caminito, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of La Boca, is a photo op that I couldn’t miss. I went there early in the morning, long before the throngs of tourists would clog up the “little street”. . . the English…
Buenos Aires | Eight Days, Four Hotels | Palermo Soho
In the hip, happening Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo Soho, there is a secret garden . . . and in the two houses on either side are the guest rooms of L’Hotel Palermo, one of the four hotels I stayed in during my eight day trip to Argentina. Palermo Soho…