BETTER TIMES IN BUENOS AIRES! Every foreign wom…

October 31, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

BETTER TIMES IN BUENOS AIRES!
Every foreign woman who makes a habit of vacationing in the milongas of Buenos Aires has a book to write. (Me, too–THE CHURCH OF TANGO is the name of my memoir, currently being turned into a screenplay in Hollywood.)
Robyn Ash-Rose from Australia has written and published hers this month here in Argentina. And, what a surprise, she decided to use Ruben’s and my photo on the cover. It shows, she says, the spirit of her book. “Most tango pictures are so solemn and serious; I want to show the joy that can be found in tango and in Buenos Aires.”
The title is a take-off from the British journalist Miranda France’s, Bad Times in Buenos Aires, the 1998 report on how tough it was to live here, even for the two years of her assignment. The book starts off with a quote from Jorge Luis Borges: […]

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Baby Expo in Buenos Aires

October 31, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

The babies are in town…well at least tons of pregnant (embarazada) women. The Ahora Mama Expo 2006 begins on Thursday, November 2nd and ends on Sunday, November 5th. It’s being held at La Rural Av. Sarmiento (entre Av. Cerviño y Av. Santa Fe)in Palermo, and is open
from 14 hours (2:00 p.m.) to 21 hours (9:00 p.m.).  This is a great way
for parents who are expecting, as well as parents who already have
young babies, to see the latest trends, products, and information
available in Buenos Aires. Bring some cash too because products will be
available for purchase there.
It’s very different here in Buenos Aires than for instance the
United States. In the U.S. there is an abundance of baby stores and
products aimed at expecting parents, to the point where it’s
overwhelming at times to know what’s really necessary and what’s just
marketing hype. At the same time though, here it can be frustrating
because the selection of […]

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Argentines Rally in Support of Dictator?

October 31, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

I received an interesting question from a reader who read an Associated Press article about Argentines rallying “to support dictatorship.” Having seen the local coverage of this rally as well, I wanted to clarify for the international readers out there what is actually going on.

Reader’s Question

I just saw this AP article about a rally in support the 76-83 regime. I’m totally confused by it so I thought I’d get your opinion as a current resident of Bs. As. First of all, would you agree that this is a rather small group of people compared to those “counterpart” protesters that the article mentions (they didn’t mention how many people were in that group)? Since you live there, have you noticed whether there is some kind of renewed pro-military movement or something?
There was some discussion on your page previously in which there was pretty much a consensus that Argentines […]

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SOME RELATED LINKS Please let me know if you wou…

October 30, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

SOME RELATED LINKS
Please let me know if you would like to add a link to tangocherie.
http://casadepractica.com/2006Update/WebPages/Cherie.htmlhttp://buenosaires.tangoafficionado.com/batangointensive/
Here are a few of my dance articles that are on the web:
http://www.the-vu.com/travel.htmhttp://www.the-vu.com/solotango.htmhttp://www.bootsnall.com/travelstories/na/jun03havana.shtmlhttp://www.bootsnall.com/travelstories/na/may01cuba.shtml
And here’s a list of some other tango blogs:
http://milongas.blogspot.com/http://tangospam.typepad.com/tangospam_la_vida_con_deb/http://tangoinhereyes.blogspot.com/http://beckatangohouse.comhttp://www.mariatango.comhttp://finnishtango.blogspot.com
Some interesting related blogs:
http://baires.elsur.org/http://aestheticargentina.blogspot.comhttp://emac-adventure.blogspot.comhttp://movingtoargentina.typepad.com/

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i´m alive!

October 30, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

so about a week or so into my 3 week trip to the south and i´m loving it!!! i went whale watching a few days ago and that was pretty amazing…got some sweet pictures yesterday, i went to the world´s largest inland growing glaciar and it was simply beautiful! today we had free so i got to relax and went shopping with erica. tomorrow morning we leave here at about 4:30 am for an all day bus trip to Ushuaia (not spelled correctly since i´m in a hurry…) we are crossing through chile since it´s the only way to get to Ushuaia which is very close to antarctica!!! i´m excited! not to mention that we are going through the straight of magellans (also poorly spelled) too. i´t pretty cold here….guess i´m getting a taste of normal winter weather back home…but it´s hard to live from a suitcase for 3 […]

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random news/info

October 30, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

just some random updates:we have consolidated our 2 bible studies into 1. we were meeting on thursdays and saturday afternoon.. but now i think we will just meet on saturday afternoon.next weekend i will run in a race (they dont have many here, so id like to take advantage of the ones they offer)and then in 2 weekends we have another 7 on 7 flag football tournament here in cordoba. a team from rosario will be coming, and in order to give them a chance to play 2 games, we are splitting our team in 2. also, we are working on a tract/information about our church, so we can leave it with people that we talk to.chauscott

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mm mmm Muffins

October 30, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

Apple Cider Muffins with Currants!

Here is a nice little quick tip for fall-fabulous muffins. Take a basic muffin recipe, and substitute apple sauce for butter (I use Joy of Cooking).
Add 1 cup fresh chopped apples1/2 cup currants (I adore currants!)2 teaspons cinnamon1 teaspoon nutmeg1/2 teaspoon all spice1/2 teaspoon ground clovesOrange Zest from one orange
Cook in the usual way.

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CHERIE’S TANGO BIRTHDAY 2006 IN CLUB ESPANOL …

October 28, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

CHERIE’S TANGO BIRTHDAY 2006 IN CLUB ESPANOL

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TEACHING MILONGUERO STYLE TANGO My partner and I…

October 27, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

TEACHING MILONGUERO STYLE TANGO
My partner and I love to teach! There are so many people we watch dancing in the milongas, and we say, oh if only we could just correct her knees or his head or whatever, their dancing would vastly improve! But of course, we don’t say anything, and we wait for people to approach us. We don’t do the common thing of dancing with beginners in order to convince them they need our classes. We don’t paper the milonga with our cards. We don’t search out foreign people to talk them into learning our milonguero style technique from us. We dance, and we wait for people to approach us because they like how we dance. Many times we are pointed out across the salon by locals when people inquire about teachers. And so it’s a real understated way of enlarging our student base–mostly word of mouth and […]

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IV CAMPEONATO METROPOLITANO DE TANGO DE BUENOS AI…

October 27, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

IV CAMPEONATO METROPOLITANO DE TANGO DE BUENOS AIRES 2006

SEMIFINALS IN SALON ARGENTINA
SEMIFINALS

Here’s a photo of the big winners, and if you look carefully to the right below, you will see a picture of the “little winners”–Ruben and me!!!
FINALS IN LA RURAL
The first qualifying rounds for the Campeonato Metropolitano de Tango began early in May, 2006, at most of the milongas in Buenos Aires. Over a period of three weeks, more than 500 couples entered the contest in the qualifying rounds. At least one of the couple had to prove he lived in the city of Buenos Aires, because the winning couple in August would represent the city.
The Qualifying rounds were fun, with friends cheering the dancers on in a rather relaxed atmosphere.At this level there were three judges. There were some irregularities as you might expect–for example, one judge danced with the sexy young foreigner he had selected. One […]

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