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On my third day in BA, having seen some of the major districts, I thought it time for an off the beaten track adventure (city style that is).  In the guide ...

Friday night in Los Angeles consists of 8PM dinner followed by an hour or two of meandering: self-maintenance like eyebrows or nail polish while watching bad television, getting ready around 10PM, pre-club time by ...

This is the famous Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires, Eva Peron's final resting place. Chess news from Susan Polgar

During my stay in Buenos Aires, I decided to visit the historic "Club Argentino" chess club with over 400 members. This is where Alekhine and Capablanca played their WC match ...

This week and the last had had a rainy weather. Temperatures have been going up and down. Today we had such warm temperatures that I’ve seen people in T-shirts in ...

Some sort of music souvenir shop in San Telmo: from Gardel to Aznavour, you name them :=) View this Post in: English French German Italian Japanese Portuguese ...

My friend SaraEllen is visiting and today I was surprised at how warm it was - for being the middle of winter, it certainly was perfectly pleasant weather for walking ...

Hairspray. On Friday night my gay husband and I went to see the Argentine version of the American play Hairspray. This is not going to be a politically correct blog ...

The Music of Buenos Aires The bands of Buenos Aires don’t seem to play in typical venues or in typical numbers. A band in the US may consist of 4-6 ...

The 4th edition of the Pocket Films Festival has taken place at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, from June 13 - 15, 2008. 140 films made with mobile telephones were ...