29 September 2007
24 September 2007
You`re looking at toffee stawberries on a stick, covered in popcorn. In the spirit of experimentation, I tried one. Yup, it tastes pretty strange.
Sunny day at the San Telmo market, and the tango orquestras were out busking in force. I took this picture just as the guys started playing Comme Il Faut 
Tango dancers were also out busking. I`ve seen a bit of tango-for-a-buck-on-the-streets now, and it`s all been pretty ordinary. Given the surfaces that the dancers have to work with, this is not surprising. One group of dancers at the San Telmo market had stopped dancing for the day, and instead were charging tourists a few pesos to pose with them in photographs. Prodding the client into a tangoesque pose is all part of the service.
18 September 2007
The mate aisle at the supermarcado takes up slightly more room than the dulce de leche aisle, but only because the packets are bigger.
18 September 2007
No wonder they had no idea what I was talking about at the supermarket when I asked for tofu.
Siempre Verde is one of the few vegetarian restaurants in all of Buenos Aires.
14 September 2007
Buenos Aires hot chocolate. A glass of hot frothy milk, with dark chocolate on the side. You add the chocolate to the milk, and stir in with a long spoon.
14 September 2007
Most of the stenciling in BA seems to be either political, or includes wordplay on popular culture or advertising.
Mate is a traditional Argentine drink that´s served in a hollowed out gourd about the size of a cappucino cup. It´s and drunk through a special metal straw and is prepared by stuffing the mate leaves into the gourd, and covering with hotwater. Mate gives a caffiene kind of buzz, and tastes very bitter. Argentines love it.
San Cor is a manufacturor of dairy goods.
11 September 2007
In this supermarcado there are are about three other similar sized bays of dulce de leche (caramel), one of which is fresh dulce de leche in the refrigerated section. Yep, it´s true. The Argentines really love this stuff.
