So the summer camps finished and pretty uneventfully, I might add. The students – some of them – showed up for a very chaotic, disorganized performance on a Friday afternoon at 6pm. Good for rush hour traffic. It was still very exciting to see them pull through with what they had learned over the 6 [...]
I am working with Tango Mercurio in DC for another 3 weeks as 1 of the main teachers in 5 summer camps. We are sharing Argentine Tango with students ages 14 – 21. My colleague and I see the students 2x / week. And we teach at each camp at least once. There are 2 [...]
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We were fortunate to see the ballet Manon in the Teatro Colon. www.teatrocolon.org.ar/index.php We bought “expensive” tickets as I didn’t want to sit in the nose bleed section of the theater. It was pouring rain. We arrived with time to get situated. As we waited in line to climb 4 flights of stairs (at which [...]
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It has been amazing to be surrounded by the World Cup excitement. All the games are on TVs throughout the city constantly. You’re walking along the street and you come across a group of, what seem like, mis-matched people all looking in the same direction, workers, men in suits, older gentlemen, young people, and you [...]
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I think I have finally rested up!!! It has been nice “fall” weather here in Buenos Aires, reminding me of east coast fall, with the leaves changing, sometimes sun and sometimes rain or clouds… it’s nice! We have 11 days left here in Buenos Aires. This last week we have been running errands – checking [...]
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Here is the link to more of Delisa’s fantastic pictures…. www.facebook.com/album.php Here is the link to more of my pictures: www.facebook.com/album.php and more: www.facebook.com/album.php Wednesday night we went to a little local milonga hosted by Jose y Ana. It was great to see everyone using their new found tango confidence to dance with some locals [...]
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Tagged: argentina, Mendoza, Tango Tour
Why is visiting bodegas and trying wines so exhausting??? Yesterday we visited 3 bodegas with wine tastings and crashed Achaval Ferrer’s tasting room for our “picnic” lunch. The gang at Catena Zapata We have hired Walter and his 15 person van to take the 8 of us around for these 3 days. So yesterday [...]
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Will see if these work. These are the lovely Delisa Myles’ fotos that she has taken here in Buenos Aires. Totally worth seeing…. www.facebook.com/photo.php www.facebook.com/album.php
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Tagged: argentina, buenos aires, delisa myles, Tango Tour
I had another yummy meal at 1 of my local favorites: Origen. The corner of Humberto I and Peru here in San Telmo. One of tonite’s specials of the day was an amazing “Wok Hindu”. It had grain rice, bean sprouts, zucchini, sesame seeds, diced chicken, peanuts, and pears. IT was incredibly tasty – such [...]
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