The Expat: Rick Powell
Rick Powell still takes visitors on art tours of San Telmo despite recently completing chemotherapy. CV: Rick Powell Born: Indiana, US Age: 50, yesterday Profession: Art tour guide for San Telmo Art...
View ArticleThe Expat: Allie Lazar
CV: Allie Lazar Born: Chicago (northern suburbs) Age: 26 Profession: Professional eater, editor and blogger for Entaste Education: Political Science and Latin American Studies at University of...
View ArticlearteBA 2012 Contemporary Art Fair in Buenos Aires
From Friday 18 May until Tuesday 22 May, arteBA 2012 dusts down its canvases to begin the 21st edition of the art collectors’ fair that gets Buenos Aires, if not Argentina and Latin America, buzzing....
View ArticleWining On: Drinking with the big boys
Although Buenos Aires predominantly, and logically, most frequently holds wine-tasting events, there are relatively few food-tasting events which are accessible to the average wallet. Last month saw...
View ArticleWining On: Top of the pots
Although a certain amount of prep work went into organizing a trip to Colombia — essentially, the booking of hotels and domestic flights between the capital, Medellín and Cartagena — when I actually...
View ArticleWining On: A, B, D,
A fire worth fighting for. Pick a warm spot at Olsen.And so there were three Herald ladies out for dinner, a simple affair, definitely nothing fancy or pricey, and what better a simple, unfancy,...
View ArticleWining On: Burger me
Just recently, I finished compiling a fairly substantial restaurants list for a guide and, I’m proud to say, it all came straight from this horse’s mouth. I was given a starting list of around 90...
View ArticleThe ultimate cow news (2)
Competitions take place every day and kick off bright and early at 9.30 in the morning, just 30 minutes after the doors open. With livestock, equine, bovine and avian breeds all given a chance to...
View ArticleThe ultimate cow news (3)
La Rural is a vast space which takes up 12 hectares in the heart of posh Palermo. Functioning as an auction hall then latterly an exhibition and events arena since 1878, in 2012 it also hosts the...
View ArticleAnother hand of God
It was a bit of a crazy week last night. A new pope was elected – and he’s Argentine. Monday had started off wonderfully, with a fish-and-chips tasting session, and Tuesday involved pool-side wine and...
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