http://www.saltshaker.net/20050720/different-sides-of-the-tracks Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:13:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050720/different-sides-of-the-tracks#comment-530 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The New Kid Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:00:17 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050720/different-sides-of-the-tracks#comment-530 [...] Buenos Aires - There’s a new kid in town, a second English language newspaper, the argentimes. It’s written by and for the “youth market” with an emphasis on social and political issues and eco-tourism. I missed the first issue in early June, but picked up the second issue yesterday at the restaurant I’ll be reviewing next. It’s a well written, well edited paper, and definitely has a viewpoint different from The Buenos Aires Herald, the long term, fairly staid English language paper here. For a paper based in Buenos Aires, and with its aims, I found some of the content odd - two of the three political and social issue stories were about Bolivia (maybe because the two editors have spent the last few years living in Bolivia and can’t get that beat out of their minds?). On the other hand, I got a solid sense of some of what’s going on there. There was also a fascinating piece about the history and some new social programs in Villa 31, which turns out to be the name of the shantytown behind Retiro station. The restaurant review was of a North American run expat sports bar - possibly interesting news for any expats who don’t already know the place, but given the paper’s stated aim of “dedicated to increasing awareness of the cultural, economic, political, social and environmental sides of Argentine life”, I find it an odd choice. [...] [...] Buenos Aires - There’s a new kid in town, a second English language newspaper, the argentimes. It’s written by and for the “youth market” with an emphasis on social and political issues and eco-tourism. I missed the first issue in early June, but picked up the second issue yesterday at the restaurant I’ll be reviewing next. It’s a well written, well edited paper, and definitely has a viewpoint different from The Buenos Aires Herald, the long term, fairly staid English language paper here. For a paper based in Buenos Aires, and with its aims, I found some of the content odd - two of the three political and social issue stories were about Bolivia (maybe because the two editors have spent the last few years living in Bolivia and can’t get that beat out of their minds?). On the other hand, I got a solid sense of some of what’s going on there. There was also a fascinating piece about the history and some new social programs in Villa 31, which turns out to be the name of the shantytown behind Retiro station. The restaurant review was of a North American run expat sports bar - possibly interesting news for any expats who don’t already know the place, but given the paper’s stated aim of “dedicated to increasing awareness of the cultural, economic, political, social and environmental sides of Argentine life”, I find it an odd choice. [...]

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