We have a different outlook on things as of today. We’ve moved apartment to the other side of the pool for our last two weeks here in Buenos Aires. I guess all good things must come to an end (or do they….?) but we thought a breath of aire fresco might be in order. Funnily…

The Cementerio de la Chacarita over towards Villa Crespo is not just the largest cemetery in Argentina at 230 acres, but perhaps the most beautiful, certainly much larger and definitely greener than aristocratic Recoleta Cemetery, with no looming apartment blocks peeking over the walls. Chacarita is lush with mature trees and features wide cobbled streets…

More from the ‘Only in Argentina’ files comes a fantastical tale of fame, fortune and  worldwide adoration, a tragic plane crash, wild public grief and, in more recent times, highly controversial and scandalous revelations that perhaps unfairly tarnish one of Argentina’s national treasures. This is a story straight out of (yet another) Latin American telenovela,…

In the heart of neighbouring barrio Barracas is Pasaje Lanín, a small residential cobblestoned laneway with its humble houses covered in brightly coloured murals and mosaics – urban art in all its kaleidoscopic splendour! It’s essentially an open-air art gallery conceived by local resident and wonderfully named artist Marino Santa María. He decorated his own…

Direct from the ‘Only in Argentina’ files comes a tale of intrigue, passion, untold wealth, jilted love and despair, spite and ultimately, sweet cold-served revenge – straight out of a Latin American telenovela*, though this one set in the glamour of 1920’s and 30’s Buenos Aires. The story has become somewhat legendary in this city…

As you probably know, Argentina experienced a right-wing politically led ‘dirty war’ on its own people between 1976 and 1983 when anyone suspected of involvement in ‘socialism’ or other forms of political dissent were ‘disappeared’ by the Junta. Incredibly, Argentina was said to have ‘hosted’ over 520 clandestine detention centres, many of them of course…

‘I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said— “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these…

The Costanera Sur ecological reserve is the largest, greenest set of lungs in BA at around 350 hectares and a 30-minute walk from the house. I’ve written about it before as it’s a favourite place of ours for a long walk of a morning before the heat and humidity kick in. But now that we’ve…

What a packed Sunday. We had our friends over for lunch from MASH (the British Indian restaurant) which on the face of it was a risky move. I mean who’d willingly cook for a chef, and a difficult one at that. I think it went well, so well in fact that lunch blurred into dinner,…

We’ve had an incredibly hot week here in BA with temps pushing 38 degrees and a blistering sun, rendering it too hot to be out and about on the streets after about 10am. I reckon with the radiant heat coming off the buildings, roads and pavements it’s at least 5 degrees on that, so no…