Archive for July, 2007

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

Last Night in Photos (Two Night Addition)

So sadly, my blogging over the next 3-4 weeks wil be much more brief as 3 visitors are coming from the US to grace my humble abode. The first is here and we went to Recoleta to show him around in the wake of Harry Potter mania and his love of fine beer. So here […]

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Friday, July 20th, 2007

Mus(ic)ings: La Bomba del Tiempo

While I am certainly not the first person to write about the band La Bomba Del Tiempo I just couldn’t help but commenting on the show I saw last Monday thanks to a porteño friend of mine who had introduced me to Gustavo Cerati, Soda Stereo and the Reggae album “Album Verde” which consists of […]

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Friday, July 20th, 2007

Copa América Tragedy

As it goes without saying (and it seems that generally that it has not been talked about) Argentina lost against Brazil last Sunday. Their third time up against Brazil in the series unfortunately came to a loss and we feel sorry about over here. At any rate, still thought it would be nice to show […]

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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

A Little Tongue Twisting

For people that want to pronounce their “sh’s” in words of Argentina (and there are many that we would normally pronounce as “y” in the US) I have a little exercise (a tongue twister) for you.
Ellas Leyeron sobre quesillos en villas Uruguayas
Para personas que quieren practicar sus “sh’s” en las parablas de Argentina. Tengo un […]

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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Más Peliculas: Learning to Use Voseo

As many of us know who have been in the country for some time, the use of Vos as the personal form tú is common. Recently, as a way of teaching the form, my tutor has been showing my clips of a film that basically includes everything about in its title No Sos Vos, […]

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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Breaking News: Fires in Subways!

I took the picture below leaving the Plaza Italia stop from Palermo. I don’t know if this was common, but it got plenty of weird looks, not to mention coughing from pedestrians? Anybody know why this happened?

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Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Rest ‘Raunt Review: El Gato Negro or Good Feelings on a Sick Day

A short review here. I went to El Gato Negro as my fever was doubling or tripling because I desperately wanted some tea for my throat. The place is in every guide book, fairly easy to access via subte and so off I went. I found the tea quite passable and varied. El Gato Negro […]

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Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Tangoing with the Stars

So our karaoke friends had, while at karaoke, invited us to La Viruta a tango milonga located in, of all places, the Armenian Cultural Center in Buenos Aires. They had been recommended to the place by their young hip tango instructor who said it was one of the few places where you could find authentic […]

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Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Yesterday in Pictures

Hopping around San Telmo, I managed to find some rather interesting storefronts and sites. Here are just a couple that I found particularly interesting:

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Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Rest ‘Raunt Review: Osaka or How I Learned to Stop Fearing and Start Loving Costly Food

Well in our first installment of Rest ‘Raunt Review, we took a look at the delectable, if not somewhat expensive sushi at Azul Profundo. To continue with that general theme, I traveled to one of the hippest spots in town, featured very prominently in the Timeout: Buenos Aires, Peru’s contribution to the world of fusion: […]

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