2144 more tips for Buenos Aires, shopping, apts, classes
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:49:50 -0800
From: Stella <smling@MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: more tips for Buenos Aires, shopping, apts, classes
Sorry this is appearing a bit late, but I had no time to edit it before the New Year's marathon at Nijmegen.
Buenos Aires Dec 2003
I had a week free that I hadn't counted on so jumped on a plane and took off for my favorite dancing city.
This time instead of a hotel, I stayed at my friend Lalo's apartment. His apartment is in Barrio Once, at Viamonte and Pueyrredon, an area =
that I had not had much chance to explore previously. The apartment was clean, tastefully decorated, with microwave, juicer and huge wooden =
dance floor in the living room where I was able to take many of my private lessons. This area has a large Jewish population so it was not =
unusual to see kosher butchers and bakers and orthodox Jewish men walking around with large felt hats, but with the macho swagger of the =
Argentino (very cute). Great "verdulerias" and "fruterias" for buying fresh produce. In addition, his brother Ernesto still lives in BA full =
time and is very helpful in orienting you and offering interesting tips of non-tango things to do. If you are interested in renting Lalo's =
apartment you can write to him at lzarch@yahoo.com.
I discovered that the studio of Mora Godoy, (Mora was the original star of "Tango por Dos" and partner of Miguel Angel Zotto, and recently =
starred in and choreographed the hit show "Tanguerua") was located only 2 blocks from the apartment. Classes there were only 9 pesos and I took =
several excellent classes.
I also discovered a new, very inexpensive shopping area located on Paso St., between Corrientes and Cordoba. There were both outlet stores as =
well as boutiques mixed in together.
My friend Jean had also given me a recommendation to go to her favorite shopping mall located on Al Corta St. in Palermo. It was great! I =
ended up going there three times in one week. They have many boutiques there which specialize in Argentine made clothing and designs. The =
styles are cutting edge and great to wear at milongas.
Thank you Jean also for telling me about a museum that I hadn't gone to before called MALBA. It is also located on Al Corta and specializes in =
contemporary Latin American art. Beautiful museum with excellent curating.
I also spent more time in Recoleta than I had in previous trips. This is a charming residential area of town with many parks and trees, =
outdoor restaurants, well-maintained sidewalks. I discovered a fantastic "tenedor libre" there named "Comer" on Guido St. For only 12 =
pesos you can gorge to your heart's content on parrillada, pasta, salads, desserts and 5 huge tables of entrees. This was by far the most =
attractive and classiest of all the "all-you-can-eat" type restaurants that I have seen so far.
In general in the past I have usually gone to the biggest most popular milongas at night. This time I made it a goal to try a new milonga =
every night (meaning that I tried to go to two milongas per night, a new one and an old fave). This really worked out well most times since the =
popular milongas ended up staying open a lot later than publicized. For example on Thursday I went to Dr. Tango in Belgrano a milonga that my =
friend Shirley had raved about. It was a small neighborhood milonga and I had so much fun there that I stayed until 3:30 a.m. I almost decided =
not to go to Nino Bien because it was supposed to close at 4 a.m. But I went anyway and it was still going at 5 a.m. Another milonga with old =
time milongueros was El Pial or La Baldosa which is located quite far from the center of the city. However they had live music and great =
demos. I ended up staying until 2:30 a.m. on a Friday night before taking off for Canning. It was a good decision since that particular =
night Canning's air conditioning had broken down and the smoke was especially dense. On Saturdays the outdoor milonga Calesita has begun =
again. It was packed and with lots of great dancers. I met some nice tangueros that I had met previously at Dr. Tango and we hung out =
together. The air was lovely and fresh and the night very beautiful. On Tuesday I went to the new milonga "el Cachafaz" which is held in the =
same location as Nino Bien. It was similarly packed with all the familiar tango faces. Javier and Geraldine danced beautifully and there =
was also live music.
What a great week! My only regret is that I had but one week to devote to tango.
Stella
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Subject: Shopping
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Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:52 PM
Subject: Shopping
AVISO
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COSTO DE ENVMO , DE ESTA MANERA NO VEMOS OTRA OPCISN QUE ENTREGAR LA
MERCADERIA EN URUGUAY.
DE SER ASM LE ROGAMOS NOS INDIQUE POR ESTA VMA LA DIRECCISN POSTAL
A SUS ORDENES
R i c a r d o C o r n z L a p o r t
Coordinador D e p t o. Comercial
TEL. (0 5982) 903 1981* int. 215
S h o p p i n g E l P a m s S . A .
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:52 PM
Subject: Shopping
AVISO
DEBE INGRESAR PAIS DE DESTINO EN LA OPERACISN PARA QUE EL SISTEMA CALCULE EL
COSTO DE ENVMO , DE ESTA MANERA NO VEMOS OTRA OPCISN QUE ENTREGAR LA
MERCADERIA EN URUGUAY.
DE SER ASM LE ROGAMOS NOS INDIQUE POR ESTA VMA LA DIRECCISN POSTAL
A SUS ORDENES
R i c a r d o C o r n z L a p o r t
Coordinador D e p t o. Comercial
TEL. (0 5982) 903 1981* int. 215
S h o p p i n g E l P a m s S . A .
