Tag Archives: Argentina
El Ateneo-The Most Beautiful Book Store in the World
Posted on 29. Jan, 2012 by Steph.
Well I guess I can stop looking now. El Ateneo on Santa Fe Avenue in Buenos Aires is probably the most impressive book store I’ve ever seen. in the 1920′s it was a theater that could seat over 1000 people. It was later converted to a movie theater, then back to a theater and back [...]
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The Rules of Mate
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by Steph.
If there’s one practice that sums up everything that sets Argentina apart culturally from Europe, it’s mate. While Argentinean culture takes a lot from the motherland- a love of coffee, gelato and pizza for starters, the consumption of mate (pronounced mah-tay) is uniquely South American. What is mate? I’d never heard of the stuff before [...]
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So What’s Buenos Aires Like?
Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by Steph.
Unlike a lot of place I go, I know quite a bit about Buenos Aires already. This is in part because of my childhood obsession with Evita (I love Andrew Lloyd Webber and I’m not ashamed!) but mostly because my handsome Argentinean-American boyfriend has not shut up about the place since we met. This city [...]
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Good-bye, Argentina
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Steph.
Today’s post is the last in the five part series on Argentina by Alex Pollack. For more of Alex’s writing be sure to check out his personal website. Thanks again Alex for your great insights! Saturday. The sun falls in watercolors over the mountains, mountains I see only in shadows through the tint of airport [...]
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Who’s Running Away?: A Buenos Aires Birthday
Posted on 31. Dec, 2009 by Steph.
This is part three of Alex Pollack’s adventures in Argentina (my favorite installment so far). Be sure to check out parts one and two. It’s a black-blue December night and I’m sitting on a wide flanked step on the patio stairway of Milion, an elegant-spired mansion turned cocktail bar with French doors opening to a [...]
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Buenos Aires: Day One
Posted on 24. Dec, 2009 by Steph.
Today we have part two of Alex Pollacks adventures studying Spanish in Argentina. Click here to learn about Alex and read part one of his story. “I’ll be back after nine,” my host Alejandro said, smiling, a man on the go, tall and tan and fit with a want-to-play-futbol? twinkle to his eyes. We were [...]
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Argentina, Te Quiero
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Steph.
One of the first things I did when I began this blog is set up an interview with Alex Pollack, a college friend of mine and an awesome writer. Like me, Alex decided to go abroad after graduation (to teach in Korea), and like me, he caught the travel bug. This month, he’s taking a [...]
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