Buenos Aires’ Barrio Chino may only comprise two city streets, but it’s a bustling commercial area packed with people, restaurants, small shops, and, most notably, supermarkets that sell many of the items those with adventurous palettes long to encounter but have failed to find at major grocery chains such as Disco and Carrefour. Shopping highlights […]
Archives for January 2011
Porteño Corner: Marí Antúnez, Head of the Animal Protection Agency
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 […]
Mar de Ajó Hotels & Travel Information
Getting to Mar de Ajo –By bus from Buenos Aires: Mar de Ajó is a five hour bus ride from Buenos Aires and several major bus companies have multiple trips per day. -Chevallier Retiro Station Tel: 4000-5255 -Condor Estrella Retiro Station Tel: 4313-1700 –By Car from Buenos Aires: Take 9 de Julio south until reaching […]
Mar de Ajó — A Kitschy Atlantic Beach Retreat
Anyone arriving in Buenos Aires for the first time during the month of January will find themselves in an empty metropolis and questioning, ‘Where are all the people?’ The answer is that everyone clears out of the sweltering city in the summer and heads to the beach. The seaside city of Mar del Plata is […]
Fundación Proa: A Panorama of Contempo Art in La Boca
A colorful neighborhood history and contemporary art beautifully collide at Fundación Proa, La Boca’s most celebrated art gallery and culture center. This beacon of modernization is set alongside the otherwise traditional, working-class neighborhood’s rugged waterfront and is a few steps from El Caminito, its colorful tourist-friendly strip. Fundación Proa, or the Bow Foundation, organizes itself […]
