Porteño Corner: Victoriano Prieto
Victoriano Prieto Owner, Victoria Hotel Age: 87 Lives: San Telmo • You’re originally from Galicia, Spain. How and why did you come to Argentina and how old were you? In those days you traveled in a boat. I was 27 years old. It was a 16-day trip and I landed [...]
Porteño Corner: Jonathan Evans
Jonathan Evans Owner, Buenos Aires Local Tours Age: 40 Lives: Barrio Norte • Why did you chose to come to Buenos Aires instead of Asia or say another country in Latin America? I came here on a two-week holiday in 2007 — 10 days in Buenos Aires and [...]
Porteño Corner: Daniel Karlin
Daniel Karlin Entrepreneur Age:32 Lives: Las Canitas Q: You’re from Portland. What were you doing before you moved to Argentina? I went to film school at USC then became a personal trainer. A very linear progression. Q: Why did you decide to move to Argentina? [...]
Porteño of the Week
Malu Canton Translator/painter Age: ‘Very old’ Lives: Palermo Soho • Do you actually refer to your neighborhood as ‘Palermo Soho’ or ‘Palermo Viejo’? I prefer ‘Palermo Viejo.’ Now they have all sorts of names — Palermo Soho, Nuevo Soho. There was once a [...]
Porteño of the Week
Eduardo Yoshida Doctor/Owner Salud Nikkei Age: 39 Lives: Florencio Varela Q: You opened your alternative health center, Salud Nikkei in 2003, why? I studied traditional medicine at the University of La Plata. My dad was involved in oriental medicine and I never really paid much attention or gave it much thought, but [...]
Porteño of the Week
Sebastión Giménez Melo Co-owner, La Cigale Bar Age: 41 Resides: Chacarita Q: Where did you grow up? Palermo, but I also lived overseas growing up, in Mexico and Yugoslavia — when it was still one country — and Portugal. Before we opened the bar, I lived in Paris for seven years. • How did [...]
‘Urban Animal’ of the Week
Ashco Iana Recycle artist Age: older than 40, younger than 100 Resides: Plaza Dorrego, San Telmo Q: You’re Guaraní and from the province of Chaco, what was life like growing up? I was raised by a pig in the Impenetrable (‘impenetrable’) jungle. I was abandoned by my mom. I hated that she abandoned me but, [...]
Porteño of the Week
Marí Antúnez Department Head, Animal Protection Agency of Buenos Aires/APRA Age: Do I have to say?.. 47 Resides: San Telmo Q: You worked as a solicitor and now you are head of the newly formed Animal Protection Department of the City of Buenos Aires. What are the objectives of this new program? We have three [...]
Porteño of the Week
Jonatan Duran Cartonero (Garbage recycler) Age: 24 Resides: Villa Fiorito Q: You’re from Villa Fiorito, where Diego Maradona is from. What is it like? It’s peaceful. I like it. My mom and sister live there too. I think it’s nice but other people go running when they hear ‘Villa Fiorito.’ • You have two kids [...]
Porteño of the Week
Geoffrey Hickman Owner/Walrus Books Age: 37 Resides: Palermo • Why did you guys decide to open your bookshop in San Telmo? We live in Palermo and originally the bookstore was in our home in 2004-5. We were looking for a nice place and Palermo was just too expensive but we were able to purchase this [...]
