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Jumbo Supermarket in Palermo – Buenos Aires’ Answer to Walmart
Standing next to the largest mosque in South America is an equally enormous “big box store.” The Jumbo and Easy, both Chilean imports, are the South American answer to Target and Wal-Mart. For those...
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La Plata, Argentina is Worth a Second Visit
La Plata, located only 60km south of Buenos Aires, has more to it than meets the eye. My first trip to this apparently sleepy town was uninspiring, and I decided to leave before lunchtime. The next...
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Argentine Soccer – Watching El Superclasico with La Barra Brava
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7texCNjhzk] April 15th was one of the days that everything stops in Argentina. Yes, it was a Sunday, maybe that had something to do with it, but I doubt it....
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La Bomba del Tiempo at Ciudad Cultural Konex
I am still a block away from my destination when the balls of my feet and my belly start to vibrate, but the neighborhood offers no other suggestion as to the nearby hippiefest. Finally, I see a small...
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Monica Due – the Best Homemade Italian Gourmet Pasta is in the Heart of the...
The Patagonian Andes have become universal symbols of exotic beauty and of adventure. San Martin de los Andes, an idyllic enclave set at the foothills of the Chapelco Ski Resort and on the northern...
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San Antonio de Areco – Gauchos, Pulperias, and Amazing Chocolate
Just a two hour bus ride from Buenos Aires and a few centuries back in time, there is a bona fide gaucho pueblo. San Antonio de Areco, 112 km from the capital city, is by presidential decree a...
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Serendipity in Salta
It’s strange to think that not more than five months before I was sitting at my father’s table engaged in a heated discussion on Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of...
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My Buenos Aires Tango Adventure
About a year ago my wife and I went to the movies to distract us from a difficult period in our lives. I had no way of knowing then that one day I would end up in a shoe shop in downtown Buenos Aires...
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Caseros Prison in Buenos Aires, a Sobering Reminder
The Caseros Prison in Buenos Aires is not just a regular jail. Used to lock up political prisoners during La Guerra Sucia (Dirty War) of Argentina, it is the cause of much controversy and criticism....
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The New Cost of Living in Argentina
It’s no secret that at the end of 2001, Argentina suffered an economic collapse that no one fully understood. The government openly put the blame on the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank....
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