Porteño of the Week
June 2, 2010 by ande
Filed under Porteño Corner
Bárbara Ramos Student/Starbucks Barista Age: 19 Palermo Viejo Q: What are you studying? I’m studying to become a math teacher. • How did you decide you wanted to become a math teacher? Since I was young numbers fascinated me. I was able to solve the problems pretty easily and helped other kids with theirs. I really [...]
Mark’s Deli-–N.Y. Style Sandwiches in Palermo Soho
May 29, 2010 by ande
Filed under Buenos Aires, Cafés
Mark’s Deli and Coffee House brings a taste of the Big Apple to the upscale confines of Palermo Soho. Here you’ll find stacked made-to-order deli sandwiches on home-baked breads, an interesting variety of salads and specialty coffee drinks being dished out to a constant flow of cash splashing Palermo elite and guidebook-toting foreigners. The refreshing [...]
La Cabrera — A Sizzling Steakhouse in Palermo
May 28, 2010 by ande
Filed under Buenos Aires, Restaurants
In a city renowned for reasonably priced, top-quality beef, La Cabrera sets the bar high. With more than two dozen cuts of meat on offer and a smorgasbord of accompanying sides, a trip here is worth the extra pesos. Located at the corner of Thames and its namesake street, La Cabrera is one of many [...]
La Viruta — Buenos Aires’ 1st Stop for Tango Virgins
May 15, 2010 by ande
Filed under Activities, Dance, Tango
La Viruta, a milonga that promises you’ll enter walking but leave dancing, is one of Buenos Aires’ most welcoming places for newcomers looking to test the tango waters. Tango classes of various levels are held every evening except Mondays and Tuesdays. From Wednesday to Sunday there is a milonga, (dance party) beginning around midnight that [...]
Home Hotel Video
May 5, 2010 by ande
Filed under Buenos Aires
Produced by Geobeats, directed by Ginger Gentile and hosted by Ande Wanderer (yours truly). →Click here to read about Home Hotel
Palermo
March 11, 2010 by ande
Filed under Buenos Aires, Neighborhoods
Palermo is Buenos Aires’ largest barrio and also one of its most walkable, with quiet tree-lined streets dotted by casas chorizo, long, narrow single-story houses built in the late 19th century and now highly coveted for renovation. That’s because these days, Palermo is trendy, slick and a bit expensive. Over the last 15 years development [...]
Bar Uriarte –Italian and Mediterranean Cuisine with a Serving of Palermo Cool
October 20, 2009 by ande
Filed under Bars, Buenos Aires
Editor’s note: Bar Uriarte closed in April 2010. Bar Uriarte typifies the modern Palermo Viejo dining experience. The restaurant is owned by the same folks who El Dazon and Sucre, two other hot spots popular with the fashion crowd. At night it’s a bustling trendy place to have dinner, during the day it’s relaxing place [...]
