Jun

Barrio Once (poema Lunfardo)

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires

It’s amazing what you can find when you’re surfing through todotango.
Like this poem, by Carlos de la Púa
Para vos, Barrio Once, este verso emotivo
con un cacho grandote de cielo de rayuela.
Yo soy aquel muchacho, el fulback de Sportivo
Glorias a Jorge Newbery, que alborotó la escuela.
Yo soy aquel que al rango no erraba culadera,
que […]

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Jun

Walking through Congreso in the winter light

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires

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Jun

As winter sets in…

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, belly dancing

Boy was the milonga quiet yesterday. There were plenty of people, sure. But the energy of the place was a bit… bajo. Low. And the floor was too slippery so it was hard for people to totally relax when dancing.
I was chatting with a friend I usually dance with, and he […]

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Jun

Milonga - Asi se baila el Tango

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, milongas

Asi se baila el Tango - Thursdays - Peru 571 - 8pm to 1am -
organized by Pedro Sanchez and Alejandro Gee
The new milonga hosted by my dear friends Alejandro and Pedro has been going on for several weeks now. They’ve been working hard to get this thing started, and I must say it really […]

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Jun

My dream vacation - Peacock Pavilions

Posted by Tina Published in Me, nomadic life

Someday, when I can, I’m going to go to Morocco.
And when I get to Marrakech, I’m going to stay here.
That’s all for today.

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Jun

Another reason to be in love with Julio and Corina

Posted by Tina Published in Julio y Corina, Tango

My dear friend at Tangospeak forwarded this to me after someone had shared it with her, and I just couldn’t resist posting it. Isn’t it cute??
(more on this youtube channel).

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Jun

Milonguero style - beyond technique (an opinion)

Posted by Tina Published in Tango

A friend who dances more “nuevo” said something over lunch that kinda sorta rubbed me the wrong way a few weeks ago - he apparently finds the “milonguero style” to be the “easiest” because, according to him it has “no technique”. Hum. Well, if that were the case then I think a bunch […]

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Jun

Helping tourists - how much is too much?

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, Me

Of course, now that I’m living down here, I get lots of e-mails with questions about visiting Argentina. Lots of invitations to meet for coffee in order to get tips from me about getting around in Buenos Aires. Lots of questions about where to do this, how to find that. Requests to […]

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Jun

Bell’ Italia - not quite like the rest of Europe

Posted by Tina Published in Italia

“Italy seems to me like a very well organized country,” said the man at the milonga in the middle of our tanda.
“Italy? Huh? Organized? What makes you say that ??” I asked him.
“Well because it’s in Europe.” was his response.
I laughed and said, “not exactly the same…”, before embracing him for the next song.
Maybe he […]

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Jun

I’m a very, very bad girl (more shoes)

Posted by Tina Published in Shoes

As if these weren’t already enough…

…I had to fall in love with these:

These are Raquel shoes. Arenales 1974, 3rd floor. The first time I went I wasn’t really feeling the “Feeling” with any of the shoes, but this time around… it was love.
I wore these at a milonga over the weekend and LOVE how they […]

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