Tag: Argentina
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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
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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 translation for Caminito. (Camino means…
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Eye on Design | Buenos Aires | Vertical Produce
I don’t know why, or even, in some cases, how, but the produce in Buenos Aires is stacked vertically.
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Argentina | Eight Days, Four Hotels | La Bamba de Areco Estancia
This is the scene that awaited me when the car finally pulled through the gates of La Bamba de Areco Estancia, after a long, dramatic drive on a road that had become a river. It is the staff of the estancia, waiting to greet me. Seriously, how cool is that? Eduardo, my driver, (remarkably unruffled…
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Argentina | Eight Days, Four Hotels | La Bamba de Areco Estancia . . . Getting There
This is the tractor that is coming to pull the car I am riding in, through six kilometers of deep mud and water, to get to my last destination, and most memorable stay of the trip, La Bamba de Areco Estancia. About two hours outside of Buenos Aires, I was dropped off at the end…
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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 is known for its trendy…
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Buenos Aires | Eight Days, Four Hotels | Recoleta
I love staying in hotels, but even I will admit that four in eight days, in one location, is a bit excessive. . . but what a way to get to know the diverse and fabulous Buenos Aires and its surroundings. My first stop was Hotel Mio Buenos Aires, in the chic neighborhood of Recoleta….
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Hello, Buenos Aires
With the soundtrack to the musical, “Evita”, running through my head, I stepped out into the myriad, colorful world of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The porteños, the residents of Buenos Aires, were approachable and good-natured. (Well, with the exception of a couple of taxi drivers.) They even humored my pathetic “Spanglish”, which kept sounding a lot…
