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Category Archives: Buenos Aires
Happy Birthday to me!
Saturday was my birthday!  Hip, hip for me 🙂 Leslie made reservations at a wonderful restaurant that she is familiar with from her many travels to Buenos Aires, it is called Cabaña Las Lilas and is in the fashionable reclaimed … Continue reading
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Tagged Buenos Aires, Cabaña Las Lilas, Faena Hotel + Universe, Puerto Madero, Rojo Tango
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Caminito
Tuesday I took a ride on the Buenos Aires version of the “Hop on, Hop off” bus. It is cleverly called “Buenos Aires Bus”! Someone call in the marketers! B.A. is huge, and has a population of about 13 million, … Continue reading
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Tagged Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Bus, Caminito, chile, Cusco, La Boca, New Orleans, Palermo Soho, peru, Sao Paolo, Valparaiso
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Graffiti
They love murals in Buenos Aires. Â Here are some photos from around town.
More maté anyone?
I told the receptionist at my hotel that I loved the little matĂ© they served me yesterday and she gave me one as a souvenir! I picked up another funny one in Caminito earlier today (a funky, dicey neighborhood in … Continue reading
Who made you the boss?
Also in Palermo Soho earlier today, I walked past this funny little whole-in-the-wall bar called “You have no power over me”. I got a kick out of the name, but a bigger kick out of the irony that there is … Continue reading
Speaking of dogs…
I came across a furniture shop in Palermo Soho that had the funniest little wooden figurines of cats and dogs. There heads have magnets on the back and you can tilt the heads or move them up, down, or to … Continue reading
Who let the dogs out?
I’ve seen a few of these dog-walker guys. Â Or maybe its the same guy? Â Anyway, I find it entertaining, he has at least 12 dogs! However, what is not entertaining is that I saw too of these dogs do “number … Continue reading
The call of the city
OK! Enough already! I had steak for dinner last night at a place called “Lo de Jesus” in Palermo Soho, close to where I am staying. Two gorgeous, thick, succulent pieces of ‘lomo’ (i.e. filet mignon) with a mushroom and … Continue reading
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Tagged Buenos Aires, filet mignon, Lo de Jesus, lomo, Palermo Soho
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Diccionario!
My goodness! Â Who would think that finding a Spanish/English dictionary in Buenos Aires could be so difficult! Â I finally found one, and here is the Pablo, at the front desk, on the phone to different bookstores asking if they carried … Continue reading