May

People who stay

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires

I met a girl from the States the other day who had been taking lessons with my old friend. We connected right away and chatted about the things we love about Buenos Aires, etc. I asked her how long her stay here was going to be, and she responded, “Well, actually… I was supposed to […]

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May

GET YOUR SKIN CHECKED

Posted by Tina Published in health

A departure from my usual topic…
I checked an old e-mail address today that I don’t check anymore, and received the very sad and sobering news that a friend of a friend (who I didn’t know personally) died at the age of 40, from metastatic melanoma. (Uh, that’s skin cancer and it’s not good.)
It made […]

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May

Joy…Pure joy

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, Tango

I set off on a new adventure while in Cachirulo on Saturday, opting to dance to “Cafe Dominguez” with someone I had never danced with before. That’s tough for me to do, when it comes to D’Agostino, especially Cafe Dominguez. Not just anybody can dance to that. Not with me. But, I really really really […]

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May

Autumn in Buenos Aires II

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires

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May

Why do you blog?

Posted by Tina Published in blogging

A favorite fellow blogger in Rome wrote this interesting post in response to a NYT article, that I thought I’d share. There seems to be a sentiment (among the comments that respond to the NYT article) that bloggers are just narcissists who carry on about nothing, have no lives, and spend hours in front […]

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May

I’m here :-)

Posted by Tina Published in Uncategorized

Just busy!!
My aunt is in town this week and we’ve been running all over the place. Buenos Aires is being very kind to her and I think she likes it.
I’m also full of translation work right now.
So bear with me as it’s a little hard to write in here for the next few […]

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May

New milonga - Asi se baila el Tango

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, Tango

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May

Taking a walk

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires

As the taxi got off the freeway and drove through Boedo, I had that strange excited feeling that I get when I’m in Italy. Buenos Aires had Italy energy today.
It was very nice and a relief to unpack my things, arrange my tango shoes on my shelves, and just chill. It felt good to come […]

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May