James and ‘Carmen’: star-crossed lovers on the dance floor

is it just me, or does our cousin James look incredibly comfortable with this tango dancer’s leg wrapped around him?

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i think most 15-year-old boys would be dying of embarrassment. but James is too cool for that.

a delicious start to the day

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if only every Thursday morning could start this way:

a sunken jacuzzi bathtub, orange juice and coffee on a tray, and National Public Radio.

(in the master suite at Noa Noa Lofts, Palermo Hollywood)

we’re BA-ACK…

… but not in a creepy way.
Wordpress has been malfunctioning quite a lot in recent weeks, and we’ve been traveling too, but now we’re settled again, both physically and technologically.

stay tuned.

Casa L’inc

and here is an image of the more recent project by Casa L’Inc – a live mural painting by various cartoonists and graphic artists.

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Bridget interviewed that middle chap, Ricardo Liniers, for her new book. like his pants.

the latest window venture

here’s some images (courtesy of mom) of my most recent window, in a leather shop in Palermo:

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more to come soon, luck willing!

champagne for breakfast

sunday brunch at Olsen to celebrate my completion of the drafts of the LP book.

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hmm, cool wallpaper in the ladies room…

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and then there was this tiny pup waiting outside.

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checking in: hotel chile

laura, mark, james & andrew are coming to buenos aires for five days in march! this morning we went to check out the Hote Chile on Avenida de Mayo to see if this suite would suffice.

the building is actually an architectural landmark.

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on the way upstairs in the tiny elevator..

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the view from the suite’s balcony: the stunning Palacio Barolo!

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and the cafe next door. yep, lots o’ local character.

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deadline.

today’s my text deadline for my book for Lonely Planet. i still have another week to finish the photo shoot, but that’s sort of the fun part compared to the nail-biting process of actually writing most of the text of a book…

here’s one of the maps i was working on:

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the lovely and talented Monica Galan, a film actress, pictured here on her terrace. one of several interviews i did for the book – she talked about theatre & tango.

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oh, lord. monica is comfortable, more than comfortable, in front of a camera, but i am not. this is from the ridiculous photo shoot for the head shot i have to provide for the book. hey, at least i was at the beach.

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old-fashioned photography

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liz is an artist.

i adore these.

hey, hermano

this post is dedicated to Patrick, who is having a “very stressful” last semester of undergrad and has a crazy Mexican professor that sent out a mid-semester email to the class. here are some highlights:

“Homeworks must be stapled.  If sheets get loose, you will lose”

“Some of you write very disorganized / dirty HWs.  You will be heavily penalized
if you continue this practice.”

“Some students chit-chat during lecture. This is very distracting and rude. If you keep doing this, your grade will suffer (5% participation).”

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what exactly is it that the HWs are dirty with? was one of Patrick’s HWs one of the filthy ones? also, i’d like to see a show of hands for who thinks that Patrick is one of the students chit-chatting during lecture.