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 [...]
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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They brought in a bunch of llamas for the parade. These might have been from the province of Jujuy.
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I have posted some pictures thus far to the following link www.facebook.com/album.php Last night this lovely small group (Delisa, Katie, Ryan, Rommel and I) went to a recommended restaurant in La Boca. There’s always a story otherwise the blog would be boring!!! The restaurant is called El Orbrero. It is located at Agustin Caffanera 64 [...]
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I’ve been in Buenos Aires for 2 days. I am in the noisiest place on earth. The Ostinatto Hostel looks good on their website but the atrium should have been the dead give away. Or maybe the word ‘hostel’!!! Fantastic architectural inventions the atrium. They let in lots of light, they give a spacious look [...]
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As some of you already know, I was teaching in Las Cruces / El Paso on November 20 – 23, 2009. I flew into El Paso and had a delightful lunch with Joanie (dancer, owner of El Paso Ballroom Dance Academy) and John (lovely student). Joanie had a great day planned for me: privates and [...]
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