The Silver River

As I'll be leaving Buenos Aires and returning to London in just over a week I am going to stop posting to this blog. I've had a wonderful time here and have enjoyed delivering this blog. I hope you have enjoyed reading it. I have started a new London Photo Blog which you can check out here: London Daily Photo As a final post, I was delighted to discover the joys of Rafaella Carra the other night at Sitges. Where has this woman been all my life?

Labels on both sides to help you find the sauce you're best suited to. Predictably the mildests is best "For Argentines". Sweet.

Chris and I went to watch X-men Origins tonight... I know! Although it's not my kind of film I really enjoyed it. Fun and games. One Friday we are going to watch Hedwig, which they are staging here. I'm rather looking forward to that... we're going with Alejandro and Julio. Today Chris and I took the train up to Martinez and took a stroll down to the river, it was all very pleasant indeed. It's Chris' last week so I think this weekend will be quite busy, Julio is it town too.

Last night Chris and I went for dinner at Dada and I have to say that this time it wasn't great. My steak was really bad, fatty and stringey! Disappointing. After that we popped to Jamie's bar and had a couple of drinks, all in all a pleasant evening.

This used to be a theatre and as such is one hell of a bookstore. It's remarkable.

Last night I went to Standard in Palermo Hollywood for dinner and it was divine. I had the best pasta I've had in Buenos Aires, really delicious. It's also quite small and sweet, maybe a little too well lit, but gorgeous. It's odd that I have never gone there before now but will hopefully be able to squeeze in another visit before I leave. This weekend has been quiet and slow, I have been working on my London photo blog, trying to work up a new template. I'm a bit thick with those things so it's taking a while. Tonight, Chris and I are taking Janer (our Peruvian friend) out for dinner at a Peruvian restaurant. I have to confess I don't know what Peruvian food is like, but am interested to see. I suspect it will be quite an early night, which is a good thing!

Last night Chris and I met up with Rienk and Elserieke for a quick drink or two at the Shamrock in Recoleta. That place is way too loud... or maybe I'm way too old. Anyway, we had a nice night, despite the venue. Chris and I popped to Rosario on Tuesday for one night. Although I'd been before, Chris wanted to see it. It's only a 5 hour bus ride, so really close. It's a sweet town.

Yesterday Chris and I took a long stroll. Along the way we came across and area (just near Abasto) with thousands of shops selling store manequins. It was very strange indeed. In this city it seems that stores of a type seem to be located in the same area... all medical supplies in one place, all wool shops in one place and now these.

Last night I went with a friend to watch La Fantasma de la Opera. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of the musical but it was fun to see. The art deco theatre (El Teatro Opera) was beautiful and the production was good too. Good fun.

Spotted this poster on my walk this morning. Three South African plays being staged next week at the Borges Cultural Centre. Will have to check it out .

I'd read about construction workers and the sort making impromptu asados wherever they fancied, but I didn't think it was true. As mentioned earlier, it seems to be the season for roadworks so I guess I'm more likely to witness this particular local custom now, while the streets are full of road workers. This guy (on Gurruchaga) was obviously expecting quite a rush.

Spotted this fella on Honduras.

What's with all the roadworks in Buenos Aires? Everywhere I look the streets and pavements are being dug up. Although, I also recall that around this time of year in London the same thing happens. Something to do with the end of the financial year and local authorities frantically using up their budgets. I wonder if it's the same story here. Annoyingly when they dig up the pavement here they tend not to replace the floor slabs they just removed with like, but instead whack down concrete. The pavement outside my building was pristine until two days ago.