Upcoming events in Buenos Aires, news, concerts, art, exhibitions, tango. All about Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As you may have noticed, there are 4 presentations planned for the Sticky and Sweet tour of Madonna in Buenos Aires. They are all given in the River Plate Stadium, 3, 4, 6 and 7 December 2008. As for the third show the tickets were sold out in a few hours, the ” world wide money crisis” is taken very seriously……… tickets offered by internet have the “Sticky” price of € 271 and up…till € 6.700!
Is this not “Sweet?”
When you are visiting Buenos Aires, you also will pass by some public places like restaurants or clubs where there is obviously a birthday party going on. Something which is so common all over the world, but in the same time a reflexion of culture, very interesting to observe if you want to know a bit more about the country you are moving around at that moment.
I just wanted to tell you something about the most important birthday for the young women, honestly I don’t know if this 15th birthday is celebrated only in South America, but for European citizans for sure it is unknown.
The 15th birthday of a girl is, like mentioned above, the most important one and is celebrated like a wedding, but without any husband involved. The 15th birthday is a symbol for the change of a girl to a young women. The young women is dressed in a long white dress and she carries flowers. There will be taken photos, a special 15th birthday cake, dancing in a “salon” with the company of the family and friends and she will shine and enjoy to be the center of attention at the most important birthday of her life.
To stay in Argentina has one obligation….asado!…because the Argentine meat is known as the best meat in the world! Of course there is the possibility to eat in one of the many excellent restaurants with a parrilla (the name of the grill) in Buenos Aires, but maybe you have rented an apartment with us with a parrilla. Most of the time you will find the parrilla at the terrace of the building which is for general use of the people who live there. The rules are simple: use the parrilla and leave it behind as you found it.
O.k., first you have to know what meat you can place on the parrilla. The meat has a typical cut here in Argentina, so we have to give you a shopping list for the butcher:
“Tira de asado” and “vacio”(cow), bondiola ( pig), morcilla and chorizo (sausages) and maybe you like chinchulín.
The classical Argentine “asado” comes with a mixed salad as the side dish ( lettuce, tomatos and onions) and of course a lot of bread. Then also the “chimichurri” should be on the table, a mix of oil and vinegar with garlic, cayenne pepper, oregano, salt, paprika powder….just give it your taste.
Don’t forget to buy charcoal to make the fire !
And now you should prepare the fire, take your time, watch out for the cooking points of the meat (rare doesn’t exist here, the list is “jugoso, al punto and cocido” which will be “medium, medium/done and well done”).
Enjoy it with good company.
Bon apetite!
Spring has arrived and we wish you a happy springtime stay in Buenos Aires !
Since this week when we go to the office there is a huge question running around in our heads…..DO WE HAVE INTERNET CONNECTION TODAY?
This makes us realize that, unless all the good will and mood we have to work, it is givin’ some ISSUE OF CONCERNS…because we are pretty depending on the internet connection.
So…if you can not reach us, or rather, if we can not reach you, don’t worry, we are working with full forces to reach a solution and you will receive a -probably delayed- reaction.
The only computer that is most of the time connected has the following skype:
sandra-stayinba
We hope that you understand our situation.
This is a typical street image in Buenos Aires.
Walking in a group is for dogs very natural, a must is that the dogwalker is a natural leader and has a special effection for dogs, is fiscally able to handle little problems in the group and leads them (mostly by voice) safely through town. Don’t be suprised of the size of the group of dogs, it can be be up to 20….it’s a job!
The dog-walker starts in the morning to collect his first dog and this is the lucky one, most of the time it will be the last to deliver after about 4 hours outside, before the dog-walker goes home. In this 4 hours working day, he or she is collecting the rest of the dogs, whom mostly are very happy to get out and meet their friend-dogs and go to the park to play a game or have a chat or just sit in the sun next to a tree.
“You are livin’ like a dog ” doesn’t seems to be an awful life…
No matter if it is red, white, sparkling, Argentine wine is enjoyed in more than 120 countries in the world. This itinerary offers the possibility of becoming acquainted with more than 200 hundred year of production.
The Rural will be hosting “Wine Week” this upcoming week. The exposition will be opening its doors to the public on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Many of the biggest wineries (Chandon, Zuccardi, Lopez) will be there as well as some of the smaller boutique wineries. In addition to wine tasting, the event will be featuring sushi and tapas bars, in addition to a cheese corner. For $25 pesos it should be quite an event (especially since you get a free wine glass!)
Where: La Rural, Palermo in Plaza Italia. Underground parking is available at Av. Sarmiento and Av. Cerviño 4444.
When: Open to the public on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
Price: $25 pesos (8 dollars)
The 8th edition of the International Film Festival with the subject Sexuality, which started yesterday in Buenos Aires, is dominated by shorts which break with the sex taboos, presenting items like abuse, desires, homo sexuality, jealousy and fantasy.
This year there are 45 shorts presented, most of them are Argentine productions, but also from Mexico, Spain and Belgium.
Where?
Complex Tita Merello
Suipacha 442 (almost Av. Corrientes)
tel:4322-1195
When the first ATM was introduced (see photo) there was an excitement about the idea of the unlimited withdraw of cash, of course depending on the amount present at your account. Nowadays the ATM’s in Buenos Aires are not so generous anymore, unless the balance at your account. Of course there are thousands or maybe millions ATM’s in our Capital Federal, but the chance to take out dollars is not so big, to say, just a few machines are giving dollars.
Also the amount of pesos to withdraw has it’s daily limit. About 500 until 1000 pesos is the machine willing to give you, but after that it applies to your creativity and patience, maybe you have an other card or you just wait until tomorrow…..anyway there is no use to get angry or make a claim at your bank, this only will cost you time and won’t give any results.
Just be prepared and if you are traveling a lot, inform the bank a few days in advance in which country you are going to use the ATM, so they know it is not a robbed card traveling from country to country, but it’s YOU, using your card and traveling from country to country!
So, to quote the words of Jason, an appreciated visitor of Stay in Buenos Aires…the bank knows better where you are hanging out than your mother!
If you just want to eat something that seems to be common, but which is worth while to eat here in Buenos Aires, start to think about the pizza. It sounds crazy, but in the period that all Buenos Aires was invaded by Italian immigrants, the pizza made it’s name. And to be honest, it is an awful fact that they are so bad according to the fat percentage and that they are so dammed tasty, nice, delicious and therefor so hard to ignore.
Here I can give you some names of the most famous restaurants to eat pizza, but I can assure you that if you ask to a Porteño where you can eat the best pizza in town, you will be in the middle of a discussion which starts between you and him or her and ends with a great amount of Porteños whom will all know the best, oldest, most historical and they are all in different places.
So just try it yourself and have fun!
Tip: you can eat your pizza with a faina and drink it with a moscato, a sweet white wine. Also it is a great adventure to eat one portion of each pizza. Just see for yourself, this pizzas are GREAT according to us from Stay in Buenos Aires and the restaurants are historical.
El Cuartito… Talcahuano 937
Las Cuartetas….Av. Corrientes 838
Banchero….Av. Corrientes 1300 y Talcahuano
Guerin …..Av. Corrientes 1368
Angelín…….Av. Cordoba 5270
