San Telmo

The Saturday before Christmas, I ventured into San Telmo and found it blissfully empty. The old neighbourhood south of Plaza de Mayo is usually full of tourists, cooing that they want to live… Continue reading →

Pileta & Jacaranda

Thank you for la pileta, the pool on the roof of our building… Birds chirp and swoop overhead, insects potter about on the edge and sometimes make the fatal leap into the twinkling… Continue reading →

Cacerolazo

A cacerola is a saucepan and a cacerolazo is a fantastic pan-banging protest. Those who don’t get out onto the street to do it, hang out their windows to add to the din.… Continue reading →

Facultad de Ingeniería

…Faculty of Engineering at the University of Buenos Aires. We sped here last night on the Falcon motorbike, as JP is getting ready to graduate. It was my first time in the building, and… Continue reading →

Apricot lilies

These were a wonderful surprise for me this evening. Gobsmackingly beautiful, perfect even. Heavenly scent. To drink in these delicate creatures when car engines, fumes and brash buildings surround us is… life-affirming! I… Continue reading →

Cultural tendencies & street art

There are some cultural tendencies I notice here in day-to-day life that I continue to register after living in Argentina for four and a half years, but perhaps should be second nature by now. I’ve… Continue reading →

Jubilee cake

The queen would have appreciated the cake I made in her honour over the Jubilee weekend. I’m certain of it, although… I did hear on the radio that same weekend that she eats… Continue reading →

Mist & colour

We’ve been submerged in mist for over a week now, with some very English drizzle and bone-drenching damp in the mix. There have been a couple of cracker storms, that are famously fantastic… Continue reading →

Indoors

Down in this corner of the world we are settling well into autumn, like a dog circling round and round in his basket to find the snuggest spot for a snooze. Thoughts of… Continue reading →

London

London is my favourite city to be a tourist in. Living there for years summons fantastic memories but nearly always framed by a monstrous overdraft that became like a incurable growth that one… Continue reading →