Walking in Belgrano
Somewhere in the neighborhood Belgrano
Old carousel
One old-fashioned local carousel in Belgrano
Feria Belgrano
FERIA DE ARTESANíAS DE PLAZA MANUEL BELGRANO
Armando on his bike
The streets of Buenos Aires are often filled with people like Armando. Riding his bike, he uses the sound of a whistle so that people notice him. His job: knifes/scissors sharpener.
His job: knifes/scissors sharpener.
On the track
On the track
Cop on duty
Cop on duty
Universidad de Belgrano
Some time ago, someone asked me to take a picture of the University of Belgrano in the barrio of the same name. Here it is in today’s post.
Street vendor
I took this picture close to the Feria Artesanal Plaza General Manuel Belgrano in the barrio of the same name.
Armando and his bike
The streets of Buenos Aires are often filled with people like Armando. Riding his bike, he uses the sound of a whistle so that people notice him. His job: knifes/scissors sharpener. My dad took this picture, with a few words mixing Spanish/French, they both immediately sympathized.
Kiosko in train station
This is a re-post first published on May 17th, 2006.
Another kiosko but this one looks more like what can be commonly found in the city. I know I may be over writing about them, but the truth is that I really like them and they’re part of Buenos Aires landscape too. It is often not easy to find the magazine you’re looking for, ’cause they’re so many of them that it can look messy at first.
Metro Carranza
This is a re-post first published on April 21st, 2006.
I took this shot so that you have a better idea of how most of the newspapers kiosks look like in Buenos Aires. The seller usually stands outside or sit on a chair inside. Much comfortable than the one I showed you yesterday. That kiosk stands on top of the subte station Ministro Carranza (commonly named Carranza) which is on line D of the city’s subway network. This one is located at the districts’ limits of Belgrano and Palermo.
Asian comics
Feeling like reading authentic mangas [Japanese comics]? Head to the Barrio chino. I’m just not sure if those are in Chinese or Japanese.
A bit of Hsian Ting Tang
Hsian Ting Tang stands out in the Chinese barrio, but very few people know it. It’s about $5 pesos (average) more expensive than the other Chinese restaurants in the same area, but the food is more delicate, the rice’s aroma is way more flavored. All the dishes are meticulously prepared – the owner went to Taiwan improving the culinary art; and from what I read the dishes’ recipes come from their great-great-grandparents.
Stolen shot
Buenos Aires also celebrated the Chinese New Year over a week ago. As always, it attracted LOTS of people (locals and tourists) gathered around literally one block. Picture is not mine, credits go to the newspaper La Nacion.
Photo from LA NACION, by Mariana Araujo.
Back of a kiosco
Typical kiosco view from the back. This one is located at the corner of Arcos and Echeverria as indicated on top left hand side. Reparto a domicio means “delivery service”.
Front patio of the restaurant BuddhaBA. Peaceful and relaxing, they also have a great tea house on the side of the restaurant.
