tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20293509297330682792024-03-13T13:49:48.331-07:00studiodiotravels around Buenos Ariesstudiodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03586759138484411304noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029350929733068279.post-69577006472395531502010-12-05T03:04:00.000-08:002010-12-05T03:04:20.068-08:00Tres Bocas in Tigre and a fond farewell.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Paula and I took the one hour train ride to Tigre and then a water taxi to the Tres Boca area.....I had been here before on a day trip and thought it would be a good place to stay....a little community with path ways and bridges....sure enough, while we were standing on this bridge taking this picture, a local directed us to a place that had cabins for rent....<br />
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and here is the cabin we rented!<br />
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Kitchen, living room, bedroom, patio with barbe.....all for less than 40 bucks a night!<br />
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The owner and her son have two cabins for rent and lots and lots of bees.....<br />
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Here is a typical older house in the delta....<br />
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It felt so different from Buenos Aires, and only an hour away...<br />
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The owner of our cabin introduced us to her neighbor, who has lived in the Delta for years. He took us for a boat ride up some of the canals and told us the history of the place....<br />
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Then he took us back to civilization and the town of Tigre.....<br />
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There are two trains that come into Tigre from Buenos Aires.....the regular train out of Retiro station, and the "tourist" train that goes along the water and fancy neighborhoods....we took the tourist train back and spied your art shot for today at the station in Flores....its a mural done by one of my drawing teachers, Sr. Ragazonni.....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_y2kFnNqO81I/TPts0eyQqDI/AAAAAAAACiI/pxvFs89VqPk/s1600/P1010945-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> The Jacarandas are in bloom again.....they reminded me that it has now been exactly two years since I moved to BA and started this blog....and it seems like a good time to stop with entries ....I will be traveling back the long way for a visit in the USA....three weeks in Spain, 6 weeks in Thailand, then Oregon and California before returning back to Buenos Aires. So, to all the viewers out there, I thank you for your attention and support, and would love it if you sent me some words or pics about how YOU have figured out how to spend your time on this planet..here is my email: studiodio@yahoo.com</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span id="goog_775470542"></span><span id="goog_775470543"></span>studiodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03586759138484411304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029350929733068279.post-84487834734073599002010-11-26T02:07:00.000-08:002010-11-26T02:07:37.197-08:00Rosario and back to BA.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Paula and I took a bus down from Colon and met up with Dave in Rosario. We were jazzed to see Luis Salinas preform and had got tickets two months in advance...we were also jazzed to stay at Palermo Art Hostel in the old part of town. The hostel had great art throughout the old place....but that first night, kids playing what sounded like trash cans and drums kept us awake till 5 a.m. , so we moved down the street to an old nice hotel that was far quieter.....then got all dressed up for our big concert, only to find that the show had been cancelled! Dave and I have visited Rosario three other times, and always thought that it might be a city we would move to with Buenos Aires got to hectic.....but this time, it didn't look so great.....The thing that Paula disliked most was all the stray dogs slinking around looking ill. The thing that bugged me the most was that none of the side streets had traffic or pedestrian lights, so it was a nervy crap shoot to decide when it was ok to cross any street....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and here is Paula's favorite place!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l_Dml6xHJ0dKsND9vk5y1tohE00naqYD0_2friYaOmYGtq3mHG6SI8ee3Z0c86BQU23ziVG9A94eksHksDK_Al5gGg1RZKKNsIx_FoLJDJo-avm1HB_T4zX3J_Xkq6H8COMcWMG_bRZY/s1600/P1010880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l_Dml6xHJ0dKsND9vk5y1tohE00naqYD0_2friYaOmYGtq3mHG6SI8ee3Z0c86BQU23ziVG9A94eksHksDK_Al5gGg1RZKKNsIx_FoLJDJo-avm1HB_T4zX3J_Xkq6H8COMcWMG_bRZY/s400/P1010880.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unlike Buenos Aires, where there is little public access to the dirty ole river La Plata, Rosarians use their river alot...canoes/kayaks/ rowing sculls....lots of restaurants and play areas are all up and down the shore...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if you look behind these handsome guys, you will see the giant freighter going past...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y2kFnNqO81I/TO5Xy165MKI/AAAAAAAACfQ/IOTnJhgndcQ/s1600/P1010887.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y2kFnNqO81I/TO5Xy165MKI/AAAAAAAACfQ/IOTnJhgndcQ/s400/P1010887.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We found the Museo de Arte Decorativo by accident, housed in a great old mansion...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6R4DV5MLOofjF0VAXkMmvz1ReVfZDsC5tfaHHT5C5N8cF79XqOawB_MHNp6Y_SsojV5glTv1d2FfhkoX2WlHx-FiEWVjh0uMI68pSlD9WdXOAYewzX3Frk6UkW4SdkkVL0-Rox0XxPxPv/s1600/P1010890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6R4DV5MLOofjF0VAXkMmvz1ReVfZDsC5tfaHHT5C5N8cF79XqOawB_MHNp6Y_SsojV5glTv1d2FfhkoX2WlHx-FiEWVjh0uMI68pSlD9WdXOAYewzX3Frk6UkW4SdkkVL0-Rox0XxPxPv/s400/P1010890.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there is nothing like having out of town guests to get you off your rear and see stuff you always meant to go to but never did....the Japanese gardens in Buenos are few blocks away form us, but we just never got around to seeing them til Paula came to town ....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your food shot for this week is taken in the central courtyard of favorite italian restaurant, <b>Prosciutto.</b>..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">besides a ham decor, they have grand food! (on the corner of Salta and Venezula, in Montserrat).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Cqgdw9e-T_9R45pUn-qFZsXwue4S4WVm-n87DF9gGZZiFqfCvdgzX7arJwMutjAp7PcHG2qSguewVBeFjrcld2n0nmGaqRwsozEpIMyGwJyZGM24fi74sZRa3modiBtSrpoAmZ-Gi-Zw/s1600/P1010895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Cqgdw9e-T_9R45pUn-qFZsXwue4S4WVm-n87DF9gGZZiFqfCvdgzX7arJwMutjAp7PcHG2qSguewVBeFjrcld2n0nmGaqRwsozEpIMyGwJyZGM24fi74sZRa3modiBtSrpoAmZ-Gi-Zw/s400/P1010895.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>studiodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03586759138484411304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029350929733068279.post-39871293282139045052010-11-13T04:54:00.000-08:002010-11-13T04:54:27.626-08:00Colon ArgentinaWe took a long bus ride west from Montevideo across inland farm country to the Uruguay/Argentina border, and crossed the Uruguay river via taxi to the spa town of Colon. Colon reminded me a bit of Florence, Oregon maybe 50 years ago...the main industry is summer vacationers from Argentina and Uruguay, who come for the miles of river swimming, fishing, the thermal hot springs in town, and the near by Parque El Palmar. We went to the park mainly for bird watching....<br />
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But the big surprize were the carapinchos (or capybarras) we got to see...the largest member of the rodent species, in the guinea pig family....<br />
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and they were BIG! they can weigh up to 150 pounds....shy, slow moving guys....<br />
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We hiked along the river in the park, through willow and swampy areas, feeling like we were explorers in the jungle, when we came around a corner and found a photo shoot going on.......<br />
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Your food shot for this week is from an outdoor lunch we had on the plaza in Colon........<br />
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Paula and I decided to make a get away from bustling Buenos Aires, and took the Buquebus (a fancy hydrofoil ferry) across the huge La Plata river to Colonia, Uruguay, then a local bus to the small town of Colonia Suisa. The owner of Hostel El Galope took us to his spread in the countryside. Note the traditional reed roof on his house, and the surrounding fields with a few sheep, horses, and LOTS of birds....I was disappointed that the horses at the place were only for "expert" riders (I had taken classes in riding in anticipation of this trip...still no way was I an expert)... but the hike to the little town, all the variety of birds we tried to identify, and the appearance of 100's of fireflies at night made up for no riding....<br />
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We read books, cooked simple meals....<br />
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The owner's dog and cats kept us company as we watched good sunsets...but after two nights we were ready for city life again and took a couple hours bus ride to Montevideo, the biggest city in little ole Uruguay squished between giants Brazil and Argentina....Uruguayians seem to be very proud of the fact that they broke away from Argentina, seem to see Argentina as chaotic, crime ridden, and full of themselves....<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We found a basement Jazz club....the music by Las Cabas was a great mix of blues, celtic, tango, jazz...with sit in artists playing everything from pan pipes to bag pipes.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The taxi driver didn't want to take us to Palermo Art Hostel, in the "bad,black" part of town....but we had no trouble there....had a great time with all the young kids....<br />
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And the art throughout the place was great! Here is a Mardi Gras kid that greets you....<br />
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Street art is alive and well in Montevideo...lots of the sidewalks all over South America have missing tiles (home owners own the sidewalks in front of their place, not the city)...I found lots of this artist's work of filling in missing tiles with mosaic...what a grand idea! .....<br />
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And here is our best dinner in Montevideo found down at the Montevideo port market....great tenderloin about 3 inches high with 4 cheese sauce, or wild mushroom sauce...Paula's served on a bed of onion rings, mine on a bed of grilled potatoes......<br />
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We got off the bus in the Boca neighborhood......<br />
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And found some great little places tucked away in alleys....<br />
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Made a stop at the former home of artist Benito Quinquela Martin.....here is my favorite painting of his of La Boca during its hay-day as the main port of BA ....<br />
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We also went to Fundacion PROA museum in Boca to see some contemporary art... Ruben Borre's stuff was pretty great.....<br />
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We also went to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and, although I have seen their permanent collection many times, I had never spotted this cartoon strip by Picasso....<br />
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And here is the plate we shared of my favorite desert, "Volcan..."<br />
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Kinda like the county fair, but much more macho,,,,(you can see all the gauchos working with the horses way over the great hardwood fences in the distance)<br />
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this young guy had a very fancy belt he was proud of....<br />
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The above photo was taken among the concession stands....a stand that did big business was one that had all sorts of plastic play guns and machine guns made in China...it was the big hit among the kids...note that each boy has a plastic gun....<br />
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The pampas in Buenos Aries Providence are beautiful.....so flat, so green, millions of birds....and clumps of beautiful shade trees and border planted Poplars and Eucalyptus.... and I found out that every tree you see has been planted (no native trees in the Whole country of Argentina!!!!). Perhaps that is why they are much more respectful of trees and do not cut them down because they might "make a mess""....<br />
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OK your food shot for this week is Grand!!! The true Argentine Asado at the Rodeo....there is beef in the foreground, amazing strings of sausages grilling in the background, and spread eagled lamb cooking in the middle....so goood!<br />
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The parks are filling up...this guy did amazing dances around all those paper cups on the road....<br />
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I got invited to a fashion show put on by the wives of the embassys here....much better than I thought...each country paraded their native costumes, did dances or sang or carried on .....<br />
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The countries of Africa seemed to know how to dance and party best....<br />
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And my what-is-this-about? weird prize goes to the United States entry below....<br />
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Dave has been a focused artist dervish of late He's been working on this Happy Buddha Pig that he wants to cast........<br />
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I have been focused on grand lunches...I found this little mid eastern snack stand in Almagro...<br />
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and fancier fare at the <b>Tea Connection </b>in Recoletta. There are several of these throughout the city, with exotic organic fruit/tea infusions being sipped by fancy city ladies...I had lemon/green tea/ginger/honey and a great "tortilla" (potato/carmelized onion/egg in layers and baked)<br />
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And by the end of the lesson, I was not only cantering all over, but able to do it without using the reins! I won't tell you how my whole body felt for the next two days...it doesn't matter...it was worth it....<br />
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I include this next video for the ending......<br />
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This week, Central Cultural Recoletta had an opening for showing of works by Argentine political cartoonists active in the 60's and 70's....dramatic times down here then....the folks gathered for the opening made us think of Oregon (lots of grey pony tails)......<br />
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I have spotted El Pici before on a Santa Fe street corner....He turned up again while I was reading a book at an outdoor cafe and I watched this guy for 30 minutes or more...he never turned on his microphones or did any kind of act....just waved at cars and talked to people who came up to him....does any one know what his deal is????<br />
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This week, you get three food shots! I tried a new restaurant for lunch...<b>Vinos y Sabore</b>s, Laprida 1805 in Recoletta.....my favorite thing is to eat my biggest meal at lunchtime...taking advantage of Menu Executivo"...(much cheaper than the same thing at dinner time)....this place even had an entrada (starter course) of spinich with a big sun dried tomato/three types of olive on a toastee.....<br />
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Main course of Caesar salad with chicken and cheese rolls....<br />
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with aqua con gas....total 35 pesos....<br />
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Ballet Contemporaneo del Teatro San Martin continues to wow....We saw three diverse pieces...with my fav being the haunting <b>Syracusa</b>....<br />
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I have been taking Spainish lessons with Maria for over a year ...and now we spend an hour a week with her grandmother painting pics...Grandmama is housebound and getting preety drifty, but still remembers how to hold a paintbrush and how to make a joke.....<br />
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This week's food shot is from a great little cafe for girlie lunches and pastry on Azcuenada near Las Heras....curried chicken wrap with a fine little salad...<br />
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This guy Milo Lockett seems to have made the big time...he had a huge center space and sponsorship by Honda and Hewlett Packard, among others.....<br />
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These ladies are totally carved out of wood.....<br />
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If I could vote, I would give "best of show" to the sculptor below.....each piece was about 5 feet tall....<br />
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<b>Drinking Liberally</b> club is up and running again (the southernmost outpost of Drinking Liberally International, for liberal thinkers of all types, "no fear, just beer").....every monday night, starting at 7:30 pm at<br />
<b>Danila Restobar</b> , Bernardo de Irigoyen 82. Despite the cold, over 20 people showed up this week...portenos, yankees, people from all over the place, including Texan Larry Rogers, who has started a salsa company (El Tejano, eltejano3.blogspot.com) down here for all the folks who miss HOT on their food....We ordered chips and wings and he slathered on the sauce.....<br />
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Here is Drinking Liberally founder Mike with Larry the salsa maker<br />
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After all those rowdy guys, I was ready for some woman time, and met friends Mia and Roxana for lunch at <b>Viejo Agump</b> (Armenia 1382) That's Roxana, a Porteno pharmacist returned from working at the U.N., drinking some yogurt concoction (I had a beer in memory of Drinking Liberally). They serve grand Armenian and Middle Eastern food in Palermo Soho area. Its just the way I love to eat...lots of different tastes in little plates, followed by kebobs... Up til now I have kinda avoided Palermo (I think of it as where all the tourists live), but I may reconsider.....tree lined streets with single and two story houses, and lots of restaurants and designer fashion stores to gawk at....<br />
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On the micro level, below is a shot I took from our balcony of a protest group in front of the hospital across the street. The hospital workers are striking for higher wages.....Public protest is alive and frequent, despite the average Porteno being somewhat fatalistic about government and the possibility of change (no wonder, they have been through the wringer for the last 20 years).. Every Porteno I have had a political conversation with wants a new head of government, but when I ask WHO they want instead of another 4 years of a Kirchner, they don't have an answer...Next year and the election could be interesting times down here.....<br />
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Well, now onto lighter stuff...My big outing this week was down the street a bit to a neighborhood restaurant for lunch....<b>Cabillito</b> on Las Heras...my new neighborhood is much more upscale than past barrios, and this woman in her white cashmere coat caught my eye...(a white coat for me would last less than a day I bet)...<br />
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My lunch special was sauted vegetable crepes in a three cheese sauce (with wine and desert-28 pesos-7 bucks)...<br />
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I was stuck inside all week with the flu...so you only get more photos of my view....<br />
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I still can't get over the difference from all my past home windows, which usually looked out on nature at ground level......<br />
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And your food shot for this week is one dinner that Dave made me to speed on recovery....<br />
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Even a conga line at the end....<br />
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I loved this guy's look....<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the music this week that knocked my socks off was by Federico Fico de Castro...I first met him as a tango teacher at Hostel Sol several months ago....Dave and I went back last Monday for a class and afterwards spent some time with him...He hasn't been teaching tango long, but has played music all his life, makes his main living playing at some of the big old tango clubs in town...also has done jazz, rock n roll.....he talked of his new project of using multiple looping, and invited us to his second preformance using this technique....note the board with 8 pedals at his feet....he kept adding lines and it was truly amazing....I made a video and have been stymied by trying to download it, even tried first loading it to youtube....but finally gave up....you will just have to imagine it till I can master videos.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgyKA0t_RqVS619O7hz8L7G3s_4y642-6BIpyiJuYBWiWWcGZgEamy83ZNPSXkCDIBAWcV0zwUe7D86SHvrUH3ZPBC2AgE7DMwADOPyg7VtqK2w5qEFZUIVX52Ppz8sJTq6VpBeAEThIx/s1600/P1010560-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgyKA0t_RqVS619O7hz8L7G3s_4y642-6BIpyiJuYBWiWWcGZgEamy83ZNPSXkCDIBAWcV0zwUe7D86SHvrUH3ZPBC2AgE7DMwADOPyg7VtqK2w5qEFZUIVX52Ppz8sJTq6VpBeAEThIx/s400/P1010560-1.JPG" width="316" /></a></div><br />
We have spent much time this week in our apartment due to the cold windy weather....but the views entertain nicely.....I spied these guys on the 15th floor on the next building...what a job!<br />
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the top floor of the building in the foreground intrigues me ....There appears to be some sort of workshop on the left and the elevator shaft on the right.....<br />
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Your food shot for this week is lunch at the Museo de Arte Decorativo....great food and service...in the foreground is a mild chicken curry inside a puff pastry , great onion soup on the side, and wild mushroom risotto in the back...yumm!!<br />
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After all that elegance, we decided we needed some nature and wide open spaces to contemplate it all, so we cashed in Dave's coupon he won at a silent auction for a day and night at a polo resort an hour out of Buenos Aires....<br />
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The resort was a bit of a disappointment for me....the food and room and drinks were great, but I had pictured myself galloping around on the polo fields, maybe whacking a ball or two, mingling with polo folks....instead one was only allowed to slowly WALK older horses around the perimeter of the polo fields....<br />
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Besides her, the other thing we loved was all the squawking coming from the giant parrot nests in the eucalyptus trees around the place....<br />
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Your art pic for this week is a teaser for next week's blog entry of our time in the nearest town to the resort, Lujan...Alejandro Boim and three other artists had a great show at the Lujan Museo de Belles Artes<br />
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And for your food pic, Dave's birthday meal of a typical parilla plate.... barbecued steak, pork, chicken, sausages and other assorted meat served with lemon and chimichuri sauce, kept warm over a brazier. I wish this pic was scratch and sniff for you....<br />
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The view out our kitchen window with the river and Uruguay on the horizon....<br />
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Back towards city center...<br />
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We did finally leave our new view and visited friends Robin and Eric's apartment view above Recoleta Cemetery:<br />
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We also got out to see the Mapplethorpe exhibit at MALBA...<br />
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And had lunch at MALBA's fancy restaurant ....this was a small starter taste of shrimp au gratin....<br />
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That night, I had a "submarino" (hot milk served with a rich bar of chocolate that one mixes in) at a fancy coffee bar near our new place....One big screen TV had sports on, and another had fashion ....so everyone was entertained.<br />
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Dave wanted to see the last world cup futbal game at a Holland bar he found, so we went a couple of hours early to get a good seat...but we were <b>way </b>too late! this is the scene outside the pub, complete with TV crews and lots of people in strange orange costumes...<br />
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Friends Robin and Eric from Canada were down to visit BA again and inspired us to do a night on the town...We finally got to go to <b>Torquato Tasso</b> for a show....we had gone several times before to find shows sold out....we got to see a great double billing, with <b>Mariano Otero</b>'s jazz group to start it off. He is a wild base player, also head of the Jazz music department in Rosario...<br />
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<b>Sexteto Mayor</b> followed..what amazing tango music! and the two very old violin players were my favorites...<br />
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But the star by far of this week is the first night's view from our new apartment! the apartment is pretty tiny, but the balcony makes up for it...we are on the top of the building, 15th floor....I have never lived above the second floor in my life!<br />
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To celebrate, we went out to dinner with friends Mike and Alicia despite 0 degrees Celsius (it even snowed the next day in parts of Buenos Aires Providence) !<br />
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This was a return trip for all of us to family run <b>Dobar Tek</b> (San Juan and Bolivar in San Telmo), and it was just as yummy and hearty as the first time. Great rich Croatian food, with all kinds of home made streussels, sauerkraut and sausages.....The family closes this restaurant in the hot weather and opens up their Patagonia place so try it before summer.<br />
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We have gawked at the building behind the red cupula for quite some time, and decided to investigate...<br />
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this is the <b>back</b> entrance! <br />
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And this is the main lobby. Turns out it is the Palaco Barolo, now home of the facility of Architecture and Urban Design of the city....a fitting match I would say.<br />
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This is a church on Defensa right near our old apartment ....that's Christopher Columbus on the lower left.<br />
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Here are some building details from around town....<br />
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Now for Art....every year Buenos Aires hosts a huge exhibition of the top gallery's art with more sales happening in that week than the rest of the year combined (ArteBA). Last week I showed you the "best of show." These charcoal drawings were my second pick.<br />
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But my favorite place to see art is still Central Cultural Recoletta....they always have a great mix of up and coming plus established artists. This first piece is three dimensional, layers of photos and paint.<br />
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The other great thing about Central Cultural Recoletta is that the place is huge, with lots of rooms, so each artist gets a lot of space for display...<br />
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Food shot for this week: Forget the fancy restaurants! nothing beats a barbecue on the 4th of July! Friend Kevin invited us out to his country place for asado on the grill to celebrate with other Yankees. <br />
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First course: The small glasses had "hot and cold" soup...(the top was a warm squash soup, with cold mandarine splash in the bottom)... The bent spoons held two kinds of pate, duck and beef. The rock on the left held different shaped chips of mandioca with pimento de murcia cream in the cone shaped ones.<br />
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Second: A "breakfast course of poached egg in an amazing sauce, with mini hash browns, ristreto and bits of ham "parma," accompanied by a mini toast and jelly sandwich...<br />
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course 3: It was so amazing, I forgot to take a picture! Rabbit cooked basque style for 8 hours at a very low temperature, with pine essence and other amazing stuff that I can't remember 'cause I don't have the pic to jolt my brain....<br />
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course 4: "Salad of the sea," bits of salmon and other seafood in grapefruit rosado, toped with sea foam...<br />
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course 5: this plate was making all sorts of sounds when it was delivered...turns out there was a blazing hot rock on the plate that sizzled the langostinos in Sauvignon sauce to prefection.<br />
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course 6: Black Merluza fish from Patagonia waters ....<br />
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Course 7: the pork course with a fruit sauce<br />
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Course 8: The asado course...one of the best bites of tenderloin I have ever had , accompanied by sweatbreads, a strong garlic roll, grilled vegatables..<br />
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Course 9: the first desert....<br />
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Course 10: the second desert....(the crumbled bits were super cold (done with dry ice?) pistachio<br />
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And a bonus course of spun sugar with frost of cardamom, homemade marshmallow on a stick, and a chocolate drop to finish ....<br />
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Here is the staff of <b>Aramburu (</b>since they were so creative with my meal, I decided to take creative liberties with their photo)....I hope you can visit soon....email me and I will go too!<br />
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Where the passion has been this week is <b>Futbal!!!</b> Dave watched the German England game with limey friend Daniel at the Sugar Bar (that's the Germans in front...they wooped England)<br />
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In finale, is my pick of the best showing at ARTEBA2010, the yearly presentation by the best art galleries in Buenos Aires. Reportedly, they sell more art here than in the rest of the year combined. Nicola Constintino's project lasted more than 9 months, from finding out she was pregnant, to delivery of the baby. After she found she was pregnant, she made an exact replica of herself with moving parts.... made a movie and still shots....truly amazing...google her up to see more (and excuse my poor photo with light reflections off the glass)<br />
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can you tell which is the artificial nicola?<br />
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The trees are now bear, days of thunder, lightning and downpour, and i have even worn my longjohns a few days....the winter blas hit me and I watch far too much TV... but then the sun comes out and I continue apartment hunting. This time we are setting our sights higher, holding out for a place with a view, lots of space, fully furnished, for under $1,000 a month all utilities included......<br />
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This place also had a terrace to use full of cages of parakeets a flight up on the roof , but the apartment was really small...<br />
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The outdoor drawing class had already left for the park when I finally arrived....I never found the class, but I did find these remote controlled sail boats, and an exhibition of installations at Palace de Glace that was outrageous!...one of the prize winners was a TV setting on a stand....with an artist working in his studio on the screen....I walked up and the artist looked up and waved at me, and held up a sign saying hola! we talked for a while.....<br />
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The singer in the hat is our new friend Mickey, who had a show at jazz club <b>Notorious </b>celebrating his 75th birthday, not only did he have a great voice, but he sang some old haunting ballads that I had never heard before....<br />
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We got back from Salta just in time for the week of celebrations for Argentina's Bi Centennial...The star of the shows was The Colon Opera House, just opened after 4 years of stalled renovations. I can't wait to get inside this building! <br />
The main biggest street in BA, 9th del Julio, was closed to most traffic for more than 10 days, with bandstands, exhibits, and parades with a 12 block long flag of Argentina! The Immigrant parade was amazing...groups and bands from almost every country in the world costumed up and dancing down the streets...but what was with the USofA not having any entry? Was the US embassy too paranoid about terrorism, or booing, or what? anybody out there know?<br />
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A great hour long program of the history of Argentina was projected onto Teatro Colon...<br />
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After the Bi Centennial, we started the search for our next apartment, hopefully in a new barrio, and high up with a view....something in this building would be nice.....<br />
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This week's art shot is this pop out picture of restaurant <b>Empire Thai</b>, owned by friend Kevin...<br />
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Along with very artistic puppets from the Puppet Museum in San Telmo<br />
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We tried a new Japanese restaurant that had amazing decor...but mediocre food....<br />
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So this week's food shot goes to our old Montserrat neighborhood standby, <b>Prosciutto</b>. Broiled Merluza white fish in an almond sauce, and brochettes of shrimp, both served with a great rice concoction and calamata olive bread.....<br />
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We stumbled onto this church dripping with decoration (the white drapes above the doors are carved out of marble)....<br />
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The architect seemed to like combining many styles...<br />
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Here is the only graffiti I saw in Salta, and it's on a wall across from an art school....<br />
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Our last night in Salta was a gallery walk night...this was Dave's favorite piece..<br />
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And this was mine......<br />
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But my favorite shot from the tram was right before we got back down, peeking into people's back yards, yes yards! (Buenos Aires doesn't have too many...)<br />
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We also spent time near our hostel, which was more off the tourist track..with great neighborhood restaurants and parks full of folks into the night...<br />
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Dave got this girl to pose by buying her candies....<br />
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At the big modern art museum on the main plaza, we found an exhibit of Silvio Fischbein, a Buenos Aires artist. We had seen one of his pieces before, at Palace de Glace, but this time we got to see a whole room full of his stuff....if you look closely, you will see that he mainly uses millions of plastic tiny baby dolls....all different colors...<br />
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My favorite was this free standing piece, with stacks of old books and baby dolls sleeping between the pages...<br />
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I wish I could remember what this is I am cutting into!...I know there was lamb in the center of this big brown ball, and I know it was delicious...note the sauce containers...most restaurants up north serve at least two sauces with each meal, a green one and a hot red one...usually made on site...we filled our suitcases with pop bottles full of the ones we especially liked and were able to buy....Buenos Aires has many of the things I love, but no hot sauce except sometimes a bottle of Tabasco.....<br />
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