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• Critique the Beginning of My Memoir

  

  Painting of my tango shoes by Mexican artist Santiago CorralPlease help me by critiquing the beginning of my memoir, The Church of Tango: Death, Dance, Destinyb... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2011 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Milonguero

  

  Lots of time is spent discussing and arguing in English over various terminology in tango--especially by Americans, and especially on the internet via tango... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2011 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tangofoot!

  

  (repost)Before leaving on a trip to Buenos Aires in 1999, when I still lived in Los Angeles, I had been worried about my sore and painful feet. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2011 CULTURE

• Los Reyes Del Tango!!

  

  The first time I heard them was in 1998 or 1999 in Torquato Tasso in San Telmo, and I went crazy. Now many years later I still am crazy for The Tango Kings, eve... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Book Crazy

  

  I am a trained information specialist, a librarian. I worked all my life with books and the organization of information. Why then am I stumped with how to... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2011 DIARIES

• Volcanic Eruption in Chile Affects Bariloche

  

  El Nahuel Huapi May 29, 2011Timing is always everything, isn't it? And fortunately the timing for us to visit the spectacular scenic area of Argentina's... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Patagonia--Land O'Lakes 'n Chocolate

  

  Plaza in San Carlos de Bariloche and Lago Nahuel Huapi Pristine waters, snow-capped mountains, fresh, clean air, piney forests--I had been dreaming about it... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2011 DIARIES

• Milongueando En Bariloche!

  

  Ruben and I just returned from a fabulous week of nature and clean air, good food and relaxation in Patagonia.But the first thing we did in San Carlos de... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2011 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT

• B.A. Tango Guide #207 Download Here!

  The one tango magazine that lists everything tango in Buenos Aires from bandoneonistas and shoes and shows to milongas and teachers--and is bilingual. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2011 CULTURE

• Where Everybody Knows Your Name

  

  Sometimes you wanna goWhere everybody knows your nameAnd they're always glad you cameYou wanna be where you can seeOur troubles are all the sameYou wanna be... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• What a Difference a Decade Makes!

  

  I left Los Angeles to live in Mexico in 2001 with lots of luggage, a cat, and several boxes shipped UPS at great expense.Ten years later, it would have been so... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2011 TECH

• The Universe Speaks!

  

  Anyone who knows me is aware that I am so not a New-Ager, or Self-Helper, or Pie-in-the-Sky Pollyanna. Well, I'm not. I don't read my horoscope, or seldom... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Margareta's Tango Passion

  

  Margareta (right) with the Swedish Ambassador Charlotte WrangbergI met Margareta Westergard in 2000 when she made her first tango pilgrimage to Buenos Aires fro... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• La Virgin De Los Dolores

  

  A repost from 2007Today is Our Lady of Sorrows' special day.La Virgin de los Dolores is very dear to me. I really feel the pain of mothers who watch their... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2011 CULTURE, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• More On the Codigos

  

  Due to much interest in this topic and a debate on Facebook, I'm reposting the links to my previous blog posts on The Codigos. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2011 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT

• Codigo Fallout

  

  Don't get me wrong, I love the codigos of the milonga.But sometimes they can backfire.For example, when I first saw Ruben dancing years ago in the milongas of L... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2011 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT

• Simplifying

  

  I just came to a realization today that I've been spending a whole lot of time on emails and phone calls from people I don't know. Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2011 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT

• Hoppy and Ruben: Affairs of the Heart

  

  As anyone who knows Ruben knows, he has a happy personality--not the sad, nostalgic, "she done me wrong" mood of the tango, or your typical Argentine. He finds... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2011 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT

• Gaucho Fair at Mataderos Opens Again!

  

  The Mataderos Fair is open again! Hooray! My favorite way to spend a Sunday in Buenos Aires! Check out the website for information on all of the activities,... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2011 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT

• Tango Gods Part 2

  

  I too had my idol growing up as a tango dancer during the last 15 years. Living in L.A. and traveling a lot in those days in order to dance, I took classes... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2011 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT