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Vintage Buenos Aires

Posted on February 9, 2012 | Leave a comment

Being in fashion means for many people looking at the latest trends and checking what to wear each season, but there is also another large group that has its own parameters, and identify with vintage or retro clothing as a style in itself. Finding stores where to buy the best vintage clothing, can be quite a challenge.

In Buenos Aires there are several shops and boutiques that sell retro or vintage clothing:

Juan Perez (Marcelo T de Alvear 1441) is one of the first shops of vintage clothing in Buenos Aires. The clothes are sorted by color in long racks and there is even a VIP section, where can find luxurious international brands clothing completely original.

Hidden in the Promenade Gallery, located in the charming neighborhood of Recoleta, there for ten years a place called Vintage BA (Av Alvear 1883 – Loc 30), an emblem regarding vintage clothing. But it has an interesting feature: clothing sold exclusively international brands from other seasons.

Hoy como ayer (Thames 1925) is a small building that was born more than four years ago and is located at Palermo Soho.

More vintage shops in Buenos Aires:

Galeria 5ta Avenida: Avenida Santa Fe 1270 -Recoleta-
El baúl de Valentina : Godoy Cruz 2657 -Palermo-
El Buen orden:  Defensa 804 -San Telmo-

Three tips for buying vintage clothes:

  • Try on clothes, remember that there is no possibility to return them.
  • Check the garment from top to bottom, from the buttons to the zippers. If you find any damage this can help to fight the price.
  • Look for something according to your style.

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Carnival 2012 @ Buenos Aires

Posted on January 31, 2012 | Leave a comment

This year 112 murgas (a form of popular musical theatre performed both in Uruguay and in Argentina during the Carnival season) will shine in the 37  “Corsos” (Buenos Aires Carnival celebrations) organized in the districts of the City of Buenos Aires.

Starting Saturday February 4 Carnival celebrations will run every weekend, including Monday 20 and Tuesday 21st.
Every Saturday the party starts at 7pm until 2am and on Sundays from 7pm until midnight.

The corsos are held in all districts, each calling for residents and tourists. Murgas origin typically have a neighborhood and look through humor and irony to make a social critique of the country.

Here is a list of corsos close to the hotel:

  • Abasto: Cordoba between S. Bustamante and Agüero.
  • Almagro: Corrientes between Medrano and Bulnes.
  • Caballito: Avellaneda between Nicasio Orono and F. Sarmiento.
  • Colegiales: General Lacroze between Martinez and Freire.
  • San Telmo: San Juan between Chacabuco and Tacuarí.
  • Villa Crespo: Scalabrini Ortiz between Corrientes and Velasco.

Also, a grand celebration of Carnival will be held at the Avenida 9 de Julio, on Saturday 25, Sunday 26 and Monday 27 February.
Latin American street musicians, carnival groups from  Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia and Bolivia were invited by the Government of Argentina to participate in these celebrations,where musical performances and shows will be performed.

Also, there are Carnival celebrations all over Argentina. Check here where: Carnival 2012 @ Argentina

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Buenos Aires by Bike

Posted on January 24, 2012 | Leave a comment

Bicing is the name of a ‘community bicycle program’ in Barcelona inaugurated on March 22, 2007, similar to the Vélô service in Toulouse, and Vélib‘ in Paris.

This Bicing system is also working in Buenos Aires: the city government lends a bicycle for free for a period of up to two hours. They can be removed in Bicing stations and be submitted in another city Bicing station. This system is not yet available for foreigners, but are planning to do so.

For now, the option for tourists to visit and discover a different Buenos Aires is to rent a bicycle, for example with La Bicicleta Naranja or Bike tours. They have a large fleet of bicycles, perfectly suitable for street circuits. This service includes safety helmets and locks.
They also organize tours where you’ll be immersed in history, culture and current affairs of the city through the eyes of the locals.

However, whether renting a bike or touring, it is interesting to know which streets are those with greater exposure to risk. And based on the same, determining routes or walks. The most dangerous streets are the avenues Rivadavia, Corrientes, San Juan, Cordoba, Belgrano, Santa Fe and 9 de Julio.

Check in this map where to ride safely: Ciclovias.

And make sure to wear sunscreen :D

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Chinese New Year @ Buenos Aires

Posted on January 12, 2012 | 1 Comment

The Chinese New Year is a chance to leave the problems of the previous year behind. It is important to start the New Year fresh.

This 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, and there will be a special celebration on the evening of January, 21st to 22nd, at BA’s Chinatown located in Belgrano, an attractive and elegant green area north of the city of Buenos Aires.

Every year, visitors enjoy the famous dragon dance and find along the streets the community stands where chinese immigrants show different aspects of their culture.

There will also be tango shows with live orchestra, choirs of young singers and Chinese artists who will sing traditional and modern themes.

The celebration will end on Sunday evening when, simultaneously, Argentina and Asia will toast for a prosperous Year of the Dragon.

Where: Barrio Chino [ Arribeños entre Olazábal y Juramento y J, Belgrano ]
When: Saturday Jan 21st,  from 15.00 up to 22.00. Sunday Jan 22nd, from 10.00 up to 20.00.

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Ernesto Neto in Buenos Aires

Posted on October 14, 2011 | Leave a comment

Born in 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, where he lives and works, Neto is one of the most important figures in the current Brazilian art scene. He is the heir to the Brazilian art movement known as Neo-Concreto, which for the first time places the spectator at the centre of the creative action, thereby converting physical interaction into a key aspect of his work.
The spectator is invited to touch, smell and enter the space created. The organic forms of his work are related to the observation of the body as a representation of an internal landscape and give an impression of fragility and sensuality.
His production is situated somewhere between sculpture and installation.

You can see his work at Faena Arts Center. A must see.

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Jazz Festival in the subway

Posted on September 22, 2011 | Leave a comment

The Jazz Festival returns to the subway scene: this classic encounter involves about 20 different prestigious bands, and provides an original show which brings together more than 7,000 spectators each year.

The festival will be held on Sunday September 25, starting at 4 pm. and different shows will be presented at various subway stations. Traditional jazz, country blues, acoustic blues, swing, gypsy swing, bebop, and other styles will be performed. Check the schedule here.

The closure will be at 8 pm with a duel of big bands, like the old custom of the 30′s. Sotavento Big Band and the Municipal Orchestra of San Miguel del Monte will be responsible for recreating this format show.

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ABSOLUT Art Gallery is coming to town

Posted on September 2, 2011 | Leave a comment

With the launch of the new campaign BLANK – a creative movement in which the brand positions itself as a catalyst for contemporary creativity, the Swedish brand of vodka ABSOLUT will open in Buenos Aires the ABSOLUT Art Gallery, a new art space.

This art gallery will show the work of 12 renowned and emerging local artists, who set out their vision of the Swedish vodka in a blank canvas: Liniers, Claudio Roncoli, María González Castillo, Augusto Saqueti, Alexis Minkiewics, Mariana Sarraute, Dani Lamarque, Dana Ferrari, Lucía Vera, Juanita Sanchez and Esteban Leiman.

This alliance between Absolut and the art is not new. Artists like Andy Warhol, Keith Flour, Damien Hirst and, most recently, Ellen von Unwerth and Spike Jonze, and worked before with the brand.

Tips:
Absolut Art Gallery: 858 Arroyo st

September 8th – Opening – Invitation Only
September 9th to 14th – Gallery open to the public (only closed on Monday).
Hours: 11 am to 20.30 pm.

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Get inspired!

Posted on August 31, 2011 | 1 Comment

Lonely Planet, one of the largest publishers of travel guidebooks, released the 2011 Top 10 cities for artistic inspiration list and…guess what? Buenos Aires made the 3rd place! .

Cafe Las Violetas (Almagro)

In Buenos Aires, Lonely Planet points out “the elegant cafes where the city’s best writers hung (and still hang) out”. One of the mentioned places is the Cafe Tortoni. In the first half of the xx century, writers Jorge Luis Borges, Roberto Arlt, Alfonsina Storni, Spanish Ortega y Gasset used to visit this café on Avenida de Mayo.

Bar o Bar (Retiro)

In the nearby café London (Avenida de Mayo and Peru), it is said Julio Cortázar wrote his first novel, Los premios. In the Recoleta neighborhood, everyone knows that the favorite bar of Adolfo Bioy Casares was La Biela.

Want to get inspired? Here are some of the notable bars of BA we like:

Las Violetas
Av. Rivadavia 3899, Almagro
www.lasvioletas.com

La Puerto Rico
Adolfo Alsina 416, Monserrat
www.lapuertoricocafe.com.ar

El Preferido de Palermo
Jorge Luis Borges 2108, Palermo

Clasica y Moderna
Av. Callao 892, Recoleta
www.clasicaymoderna.com

Cafe el Banderin
Guardia Vieja 3601, Almagro
www.elbanderin.com.ar

Bar o Bar
Tres Sargentos 415, Retiro
www.barbarobar.com.ar

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Museums in Palermo

Posted on August 10, 2011 | Leave a comment

Some of these museums are well known, some others can be quite a discovery for tourists. Either way, these are the Palermo museums we recommend:

Museo Evita
This place shows the life and work of one of the most important women in Argentine history. It is a modern place that uses technology to bring the past to the present. It presents a dynamic experience through which people can know, feel and understand a fundamental part of our country history with historical rigor.
Lafinur 2988, Palermo
(54 11) 4807 0306//4809 3168
visitasguiadas@museoevita.org
www.museoevita.org
Tue. to Sun. from 11am to 7pm

Museo del Automóvil Club Argentino
It houses late 19th century and early 20th century vehicles in an excellent condition, as well as related parts of those times. There are also sport cars used by our country greatest motorists in the last century
Av. Del Libertador 1850, Palermo
(54 11) 4808 4240
www.aca.org.ar
Mon to Fri from 10 up to 17.30

Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori
This museum focuses on Argentine art, it has an important collection of paintings, engravings, drawings and tapestry, its patrimony comprises more than 4200 pieces. It has works by Lino Enea Spilimbergo, Carlos Morel, Libero Badii, Antonio Berni, Emilio Pettoruti, among others, a closed “patio” (courtyard) of sculptures and an important specialized library.
Av. Infanta Isabel 555, Palermo
(54 11) 4778 3899
info@museosivori.org.ar
www.museos.buenosaires.gov.ar
Tue. to Fri. from 12pm to 8pm. Sat., Sun. and holidays from 10am to 8pm

Museo Metropolitano
It is located in the Anchorena Palace built in 1928. Its patrimony comprises a collection of engravings by Leonardo Da Vinci, printed in 1784 by Carlo Giusseppe Gerli and they are exhibited in the museum on dates to be determined depending on the itinerant exhibitions prepared.
Castex 3217, Palermo
(54 11) 4802 1911// 4803 4458
museo@museomet.org.ar
www.museomet.org.ar
Mon to Fri from 14 up to 20; Sat from 14 up to 18.30

Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo
Located at the mansion of Errázuriz- Alvear family, it has different rooms decorated by the most distinguished European decorators: the Renaissance Hall, the Louis XIV dining room, Regency styled Ball Room, Luis XVI Hall and the Study. This Museum has in its collection works by El Greco, Fragonard, Corot, Manet, Boudin and Fantin Latour.
Av. del Libertador 1902, Palermo
(54 11) 4801 8248//4806 8306//4802 6606
museo@mnad.org
www.mnad.org
Tue, Sat & Sun from 11 up to 19; Wed to Fri from 11 up to 16.30

Museo Xul Solar
The house of the artist Xul Solar has been recycled to become a museum. Apart from his paintings of different periods, it also exhibits personal objects, games and documents.
Laprida 1212, Palermo
(54 11) 4824 3302 // 4821 5378
info@xulsolar.org.ar
www.xulsolar.org.ar

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Villa Crespo: the new Palermo?

Posted on July 22, 2011 | Leave a comment

Villa Crespo’s restaurants have always been on the traditional side: “Napoles”, a typical pizzeria, italian “La Mamma Rosa” and Armenian “Sarkis” have been around for a long time and are still in business, still crowded every night.

Maybe because neighbor Palermo is extending its limits, Villa Crespo now offers a variety of ethnic restaurants, behind closed doors and vintage look cafes and little bistros. Some of this new places have the Palermo style: small & bohemian chic.
These are some new places we like in Villa Crespo:

Malvón
With a New York deli style this place specializes in pastry and bakery, all home made and ready to take.
We love the focaccia, the ciabatta, the cornbread and the bagels. Also, try the Hot Pastrami or Tuna Sandwich.
Serrano 789
Phone: 3971-2018

Cafe Crespin
Also inspired in the American cuisine, Cafe Crespin serves the best brioche toast with cinnamon and maple syrup.

Vera 699
Phone: 4855-3771
http://www.cafecrespin.com.ar

Almacen Secreto
This restaurant is hidden behind a white wall. Inside all is warm and pleasant: huge pictures on the walls and sculptures. The dishes feature mainly northern and central Argentina: tamales, humitas, or empanadas. Good choice for an intimate dinner.

Aguirre 1242
Phone: 4854-9131. Only with reservations.
http://www.almacensecretoclub.blogspot.com/

Hikaru

Japanese cuisine and sushi. The place is recommended: good product, good service and efficient delivery service.

Rocamora 4584
Phone: 4866-0046

Paladar

A closed doors restaurant, with a professional, personal and warm touch. Dinners are served Thursday through Saturday. The house is somewhere on Camargo street, address is unfold when booking.

Phone: 1557977267
http://www.paladarbuenosaires.com.ar/

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