The Buses of Buenos Aires
The buses of Buenos Aires are like old men in a bar – loud, smoky, rough around the edges, but dependably, they always show up – usually sooner rather than …
Colonia del Sacramento: The Uruguayan Getaway Across from Buenos Aires
Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, is a pleasant, historic and most importantly quiet little getaway that takes less than an hour to get to by ferry from Buenos Aires. With its …
Porteño Corner — Genoveva Grisolia, Homeless Poet
Genoveva Grisolia Homeless Poet/ Vendor of Hecho en BS.AS Age: 50 San Telmo Editor’s Update: We ran into Genoveva outside the Palermo shopping mall. She now has housing and is …
Libros del Pasaje: A Hip, Cozy Bookstore & Cafe
If you’re looking for a cozy spot to relax, nourish the brain or get some work done after a wild night of partying in Buenos Aires, check out Libros del …
Esquel: A Relaxed Pueblo in Patagonia
Esquel is a relaxed Patagonian town in Chubut. It’s refreshing change from the sometimes tourist-inundated bustle of Bariloche. Founded by adventurous Welsh immigrants who arrived in 1865, the little 28,000-person …
The Old Patagonian Express: Rolling through the Andes on ‘La Trochita’
In Patagonia’s hills, the quiet is broken at regular intervals by the piercing whistle and familiar chugging of the Old Patagonian Express. Affectionately called La Trochita by locals, (which translates …
Rolling through the Andes: The Old Patagonian Express
On the outskirts of Esquel, a tranquil town in the heart of Patagonia’s Chubut province, the quiet is broken at regular intervals by the piercing whistle and familiar chugging of …
Porteño Corner: Tomas Pytel, Krakow Bar Owner
Tomas Pytel Owner/bartender— Krakow Bar Age: 34 San Telmo Q: Where are you originally from? I grew up in Krakow until I was eight and then we moved to New …
Celetto–Argentine Fare with a Tuscan Twist
If you have been to visit the dead at Recoleta Cemetery, you will probably have been beckoned, cajoled or dragged into one of the many overpriced eateries that skirt its …
How to Take a Bus in Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires bus— so noisy, so smokey, but so darn affordable and practical they’ll get you anywhere. Here are the steps to take a bus in Buenos Aires: 1. …