Mar

Sad :-(

Posted by Tina Published in Tango

After receiving an e-mail from Miss Tango, I ran over to Tangospeak to read the sad news that Club Espanol, one of my favorite milongas in Buenos Aires is shutting down. I am very, very sad - though I only went a couple of times, I have quite fond memories of sitting with […]

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Mar

“Las callecitas de Buenos Aires tienen ese que se yo, viste?”

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, Culture, Tango

I feel like I learned as much if not more about Tango outside of the milongas than inside the milongas. Take the cafes, for instance. I don’t think that there are cafes anywhere in the world like the ones in Buenos Aires. You cannot really say that they remind you of Europe […]

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Mar

Linguistic Follies, or Tina hears funny things

Posted by Tina Published in Spanish language

Mi Amor’s Mother: “Queres haaaayla. tina.”
Me: “?”
Mi Amor’s Mother: “Haaaayla. tina.”
Mi Amor: “Yellow.”
Me: “?”
Mi Amor: “Yellow, Tina. Yellow.”
Me: “?”
Mi Amor’s Mother: “Haaayla. tina.” (Leaves the room to get what it is that she is offering me since I obviously don’t understand.)
Mi Amor: “You know what it is. Yellow.”
Me: “Yellow?”
Mi Amor: “Yes, you have it in […]

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Mar

Estancias, Comme il Faut

Posted by Tina Published in Culture, Shoes

A Day At The Estancia
Sunday we went to an estancia (ranch) about an hour and a half outside of the city. It was just like being in Oklahoma, my friends! We were shown around by some friendly gauchos, rode horses, met some nice dogs, ate food that was all made on the ranch (except for […]

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Mar

Picada and Blues in San Telmo

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires

Sometimes you need music that isn’t Tango.
So, we found ourselves in San Telmo at a restaurant, eating salame and cheese, drinking malbec, and listening to a live blues band!
These guys were good. Really good. So good in their style, in fact, that I was *almost* convinced that they were from the States - […]

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Mar

Girls afternoon out

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, Culture, Tango, etiquette at milongas

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the afternoon milonga at Club Español, with the lovely Miss Tango. What a gorgeous place. All sparkly and shiny and elegant. I’ve only been to milongas in the company of Mi Amor, so it was nice to go with a girl and be available to […]

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Mar

The Princess Who Could

Posted by Tina Published in Love

Once upon a time, the Princess of Perugia flew all the way to Argentina to be with her love, the handsome Prince of Buenos Aires. They had been apart for a couple of months because they each had their respective kingdoms to tend to. The Princess had convinced her friends to take care […]

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Mar

Palermo - No, not the one in Sicily

Posted by Tina Published in Uncategorized

My darling readers in Italy have become confused ever since I posted about going to a party at a friend’s house in Palermo. Palermo is a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, my dear friends… I am sorry to have confused all of you
Stay tuned for a spooky story tomorrow…!

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Mar

Taking the Subte alone

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, Spanish language

“You’re sure you know what stop it is?”
“Yes, mi amor.”
“And you know where to go when you get out of the subway?”
“Yes, mi amor.”
“And you have my phone number just in case you need anything?”
“Yes, mi amor.”
“And you’re sure you know how to get there. And that you’ll be okay.”
“Yes, mi amor. I […]

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Mar

Dependency

Posted by Tina Published in Culture, Love

It’s very, very different for me to be here.
In Italy, I on my own, spoke the language fluently, had my own friends, my own schedule. I was independent.
In Argentina, I don’t have any of that. It can be challenging for both me and Mi Amor. He’s from here, has has his childhood friends, family, cell […]

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