Moving to and living in...Argentina

La Otra Dimensiona blog

I was introduced to a fun new cooking blog today La Otra Dimension. "Miss Cupcake" as she's affectionately known, is an expat living here with her Argentina husband. Check out her blog as she shares great foodie insights on life here as well as her thoughts on holistic treatments, organic foods, and a slew of other stuff. If you're a foodie or just want to read another viewpoint definately check her blog out.

S'expatrier en Argentine

For all you French readers out there, my husband has been keeping a blog as well, S'expatrier en Argentine, but in French. Unfortunately he doesn't get the opportunity to post as often as I do, but it is sort of interesting to read a different point of view. So, if you can read French, then have fun...

chau

Argentina On Two Steaks A Day

from Maciej's website Idlewords.com
 

The classic beginner's mistake in Argentina is to neglect the first steak of the day. You will be tempted to just peck at it or even skip it altogether, rationalizing that you need to save yourself for the much larger steak later that night. But this is a false economy, like refusing to drink water in the early parts of a marathon. That first steak has to get you through the afternoon and half the night, until the restaurants begin to open at ten; the first steak is what primes your system to digest large quantities of animal protein, and it's the first steak that buffers the sudden sugar rush of your afternoon ice cream cone. The midnight second steak might be more the glamorous one, standing as it does a good three inches off the plate, but all it has to do is get you up and out of the restaurant and into bed (for the love of God, don't forget to drink water).

For the complete story click here...

* What a great story...akes me thrilled that I'm lucky enough to be here enjoying all these yummy foods!!! Maciej also has several other great stories on the site, be sure to check them out.

Americans flock to Buenos Aires to tango

By Jack Chang

Knight Ridder Newspapers

DIEGO GIUDICE, KRT

Deby Novitz, of Oakland, California, dances tango with Argentine artist Guillermo Alio in the traditional tango district of La Boca, Buenos Aires. more Tango

BUENOS AIRES - With his eyes closed and a tall Brazilian woman in his arms, Renaldo Leon danced as if this tango were the most important thing in the world.

Leon, 60, had come more than 6,000 miles from Walnut Creek, Calif., for this, and for two and a half weeks he danced almost nonstop. On this night, six other Americans shared the dance floor with him at the Club Gricel.

They're part of a growing tango migration that's brought thousands of Americans to Buenos Aires to feel the passionate embrace of Argentine tango, adding fuel to Argentina's red-hot tourism industry.

"You come here to burn out, to saturate, because this is the source of this music," Leon said. "This gets into your blood, and you share it with your partner. It's about the embrace. It's about holding people and being held."

Click here to read the full article from KRWashingtonBureau.

* My footnote:

You can read more about Deby and her experiences here, in her blog La Vida con Deby which I also have listed in my sidebar links of other blogs about Argentina.

Wallys Argentine Colloquialism and Culture

I found a great blog tonight that will help you traverse the differences between the Spanish you might have learned in school vs "porteno" Spanish found in Buenos Aires.

The site is Wallys.org, essentially an online dictionary of words commonly encountered here in Buenos Aires. I highly recommend you check it out!

chau!