Un paseo por San Telmo

VaVoom!

Sarah in her post cut glory.

The last day Sarah was here we managed to squeeze in a haircut with Canadian expat Ryan Oakley- who we had read raving reviews of on an expat forum and have also heard through the grapevine that he is outstanding. Since they are pretty fond of the razor here- hence my hack job where are I got about five layers of bags, we figured it was worth giving Ryan a shot. He lived up to all his rants and raves- incredibly gregarious, dramatic and talented. We heard quite a few times that it's going to be "all about the waves this summer in the states." Sarah's hair looked celebrity status post cut. She has just about the thickest, shiniest, prettiest hue of auburn hair that I've envied since grade 1, so it would have taken a real screw up for it not to look great. Nonetheless, she was definitely struttin' the streets of Buenos Aires afterwards with some beautiful long layers and serious VaVoom !

The Lovely Sarah Corrigan.

Sarah and Nestor. Nestor is my English student who is Argentine but loves everything about India. He owns an Indian vegetarian restaurant in our neighborhood. I bring him articles to read about spices in Indian cooking and the sitar (he plays the sitar.) He asks me great questions like the meaning of the expression "Whats up?" We had dinner at his restaurant which turned out to be probably the biggest highlight of our weekend. Sarah joined me the next week for one of our conversation classes, Nestor couldn't understand her very well and I concluded that it could be due to a Boston accent she has acquired after living there for the past five years.

Some photos of a very memorable ice cream eating experience at a place called "Scannapieco"- an old joint that's been around since 1938 and owned buy two Italian brothers. Its said to be the best ice cream in Buenos Aires which is a tough claim for a city that's known for its premium heladerias. This one really did it for me, I'll be stopping by here more often.

I should have known that when I saw Sarah the summer before I left and she said she was going to come visit me in South America, she would. She is one of the most loyal friends of all time and I've loved her since first grade and all the way through 12th, even through middle school when she was still wearing stretch pants with stirrups. Sarah has the best memory of anyone I know and she had me cracking up all week about so many people and events I had long forgotten about. We did a lot of late nights on the town, she got to meet almost all of our Argentine friends, hit Palermo for some serious shopping- she purchased this leather coat which made me consider purchasing one and going home a month early, and tasted some superb cuisine. I tried my best to convince her to stay and she almost did due to a huge demonstration that had the city on lock down the day she was scheduled to depart. I miss her already and am so glad that when we're old and elderly and still friends, she'll be able to recount our time together in Buenos Aires like it was yesterday.

Katrina por Vogue.

This is an a.m. photo I shot of Kate's "bed head" which is clearly worthy of its own post. Hair like that is hard to come by. I love how the crease is right where the color change happens.

"A man needs to travel. By his own means, not by stories, images, books or TV. By his own, with his eyes and feet, to understand what he is. To some day plant his own trees and give them some value. To know the cold to enjoy the heat. To feel the distance and lack of shelter to be well under his own ceiling. A man needs to travel to places he doesn't know to break this arrogance that makes us see the world as we imagine it, and not simply as it is or may be. That makes us teachers and doctors of what we have never seen, when we should just be learners, and simply go see it."
- Amyr Klink

Arte BA

Mauro's best impression.

Georgie's best take.

noteworthy signature that is a piece of art in itself.


under each is written "made by slaves for free people"

photograph I've seen more than once here and happen to really like

this piece was interesting- it was made with small slats of wood- almost appears as if it is woven

all tiny army guys.

Recently went to ArteBA (http://arteba.com/) which was an outstanding five day contemporary art fair that is held annually here in Bs As. It stretched about three blocks under one gigantic building and is said to be the largest art fair in South America attracting some of the best Latin American artists as well as a wide variety of emerging young talent. Pretty much every medium imaginable was represented and there seemed to be a lot of art being sold. My friend, Jorge "Georgie," who I met in Floripa, was in town on his way to Bolivia and so he came along with his friend Mauro. We all kept saying we were ready to go, but ended up staying for about five hours since leaving without attempting to see it all proved difficult. I felt pretty inspired, overwhelmed and in serious need of some paints, wood, a sewing machine and space afterwards.

R A W bars.

Nay and I have been doing some serious experimenting making Lara-esque raw bars/balls/squares- they're so simple y son ricisima también! I don't know why I haven't been making them all along.

Here's some killer combos I enjoy...

"choco coco": dates. cashews. walnuts. dark chocolate. coconut. flax seed.
"la tierra": dates. cashews. walnuts. dried apples. cinnamon. nutmeg (oats. raisins- si quieres)
or you can just keep it basic with a "sueno pacana": pecans. dates

* the only helpful hint I found is to mix equal parts of dates and nuts. I'm sure almonds would be delicious, but since they're a bit more expensive than other nuts here, I opt for cashews and walnuts instead