Awhile back we were contacted by iFly Magazine from KLM looking for a local porteño perspective on Buenos Aires. We were happy to put them in touch with our friend Martin Lamelas and the video below is the result of that collaboration. It’s a great quick overview of Buenos Aires and some of it’s little secrets…
Come out and party with the US Embassy!
That’s right, the US embassy is hosting the first of a series of American night happy hours this Thursday, June 13 from 5pm – 8pm at the Hard Rock Café in Buenos Aires. Yep, Americans partying at the Hard Rock Cafe – not cliché at all.
No word on drink specials, but here’s the original announcement:
Consular officers from the U.S. Embassy will be present at an American Night happy hour at the Hard Rock Café in Buenos Aires, taking place next Thursday, June 13th from 5 – 8 pm. This will be the first of a series of American Nights that will provide a chance to meet and network within our expat community. The Consular Officers will be glad to help answer questions about services the Embassy offers to U.S. citizens, including passport renewal, determining if you transmitted citizenship to your children, documenting their birth overseas as U.S. citizens, and visas. See you there!
Just make sure not to use Google Maps to find the Hard Rock – the location is completely off and will put you in Vincente Lopez! The map below has the correct location…
Wow, you go away for a couple of weeks and so many new things happen… Sorry if you’ve already seen some of these sites and links, but I thought they were worth repeating. This might even become a weekly update…
First, the very funny expat-humored Tumblr blog “When You Live In Argentina” launched. The site features well captioned animated GIFs mostly about expat life in Argentina. Some of our early favorites include:
When you say Pele was better than Maradona.
When You Eat Beef At La Brigada
When You Try Fernet Con Coca The First Time
Head over and check out the rest of the site now for a quick laugh.
Next up on the new website front is The Bubble. The Bubble is an expat-themed, English-language news, events and pop culture site that puts a humorous twist on Argentine happenings. If the writing looks familiar to you, that’s because the founder, Adrian Bono, previously wrote the very funny weekly roundup for The Argentina Independent. Another site to definitely add to your Google Reader Feedly list.
Ready for some happiness? The new Mapa de la Felicidad (Spanish) attempts to map out how happy Argentines are. Fill out the survey or view the results. Spoiler alert – people are not very happy.
Now, ready to see how Hollywood views Argentina? Check out Part 1 and Part 2 of these video compilations for a good laugh:
Finally, if you’re not yet checking out the Argentina subreddit, you really need to. It’s a great place to follow some of the latest news stories and controversies. There’s also a Buenos Aires subreddit, but it’s much less active.
Happy browsing and be sure and send us any new sites you know about as well.
Want to see what the weather in Buenos Aires is like? Want to gaze longingly at the city skyline? Hoping to catch a reflection of me working in my boxers? Ok, maybe not that last one…
We now have our own Buenos Aires webcam set up in our office showing a view of the Buenos Aires skyline all in high-def 720p video glory. Be sure and go full-screen to see the detail.
We’ll have to see if anything interesting happens…
All video is courtesy of my new Dropcam, which is truly one of the better pieces of tech I have seen in recent years.
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