Photography by Samantha Demangate Words by Matt Dursum It’s spring and Buenos Aires is in a party mood. This season of fiestas, asados, and ferias will last until the blustering winter arrives—all 50° F of it. For now, everyone is living their best lives, gearing up to go out and stay out until dawn. It’s October 1st. My girlfriend and I head out to the Food Fest Buenos Aires to partake in the ceremonial start…
Words and Photos by Matt Dursum San Telmo radiates history. Its buildings and alleyways have witnessed some of Argentina’s most significant and, at times, unsavory historical events. A once working class neighborhood, it’s one of the birthplaces of Argentina’s national dance Tango. Today, the neighborhood juggles its gritty charm with a booming tourism industry and somehow keeps its soul intact. To get to know the neighborhood better, I take the bus to its busy outskirts…
Photography by Samantha Demangate In this article, I’d like to spew some anger. I’m taking this opportunity to belittle gas and electric grills and how MOST people do BBQ in the United States by introducing the art form of the parrilla. Now, I know people are busy. And yes, of course, eating red meat is horrible for the planet and we should all get used to sautéing insects by now. But, if we’re going to…
Photography by Samantha Demangate Polo, parks, gardens, and high-rise apartments are what many first-time visitors to Buenos Aires associate with the Palermo neighborhood. In reality, Palermo is all of this, and so much more. Palermo is the largest of Buenos Aires’s 48 neighborhoods. The once sleepy, middle-class barrio became riddled with creative entrepreneurs, entertainers, restaurateurs, baristas, and other individuals, art collectives, and businesses that bolstered its ascension into hipsterdom. Like every other corner of Buenos…