Archivo para December, 2007Tourism in Argentina: Ku Restaurant in San Martin de los Andes, a True Argentine Asado ExperienceThose Argentineans sure do know how to cook their beef. The first time I tried the Argentine asado I was hooked…maybe even addicted. The cravings would come back to me on random occasions. Just one whiff of the incredible meat being cooked would kick my senses into gear and I found my eyes wandering and [...] Posteado en December 21, 2007 Categorizado Argentina | Deja un Comentario Tourism in Argentina: Tango Festival at El Tasso with La ChicanaIn the heart of San Telmo, across from Park Lezama, lies the elegant tango room El Tasso. El Centro Cultural Torquato Tasso – commonly known as El Tasso – is a supper club with tango orchestras, tango classes, and performances. This month El Tasso hosts their fourth annual Tango Festival with live bands and dance [...] Posteado en December 21, 2007 Categorizado Argentina | Deja un Comentario Argentina Music Festival – Personal Fest 2007Personal Fest is Argentina’s answer to California’s Coachella or England’s Reading. Sponsored by Personal, a wireless service, it featured local bands like No Lo Soporto and international names like Fischerspooner. It also brought in some big names like Chris Cornell, The Happy Mondays, Tego Calderon, and Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg in Buenos Aires? It doesn’t [...] Posteado en December 21, 2007 Categorizado Argentina | Deja un Comentario Tourism in Buenos Aires: Less Polish, More Shine, Tango at La Catedral in Buenos AiresTango is a buzz word in Buenos Aires tourism. The promise of authenticity often is combined with a price too high for someone living in the city to pay more than a few times a year. Ironically, the price of authenticity eventually degrades that authenticity, as more and more tourists watch this cultural activity turn [...] Posteado en December 20, 2007 Categorizado Argentina | Deja un Comentario Tourism in Buenos Aires: Kosher McDonald’s in Buenos AiresAbasto Mall, a huge shopping complex on Corrientes, is the largest shopping complex I have seen in Buenos Aires, or at least the most prominently visible. Built in the 1930’s to serve as a marketplace for all of Buenos Aires, the mall now houses a wide variety of fairly mainstream clothing stores in its tall, [...] Posteado en December 20, 2007 Categorizado Argentina | Deja un Comentario
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