http://www.saltshaker.net/20051114/gauchos-anyone Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:07:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.saltshaker.net/20051114/gauchos-anyone#comment-373 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Searching for Gaucho Boots Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:08:20 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20051114/gauchos-anyone#comment-373 [...] The picture above is purely artistic, at least in my mind. We were coming back from Barrio Mataderos where we’d gone to try to find some gaucho boots for Henry that he needs for a dance class. There are three very nice little handmade leather and metal goods shops that purport to offer authentic gaucho-wear just off the corner of Lisandro de la Torre and Dos Corrales, the corner where the Feria de Mataderos takes place on weekends. What they offer turned out to be a bit too touristy in quality for what he needs, but we did pick up a couple of nice handtooled leather belts, and the prices are cheap! And that’s how we found ourselves in a remis heading back along the autopista when the sky was just lit up this way. It was too bright on its own, but the remis had tinted windows and the picture through the window just plain looked cool. We’ll title it Sky Over the Autopista… [...] [...] The picture above is purely artistic, at least in my mind. We were coming back from Barrio Mataderos where we’d gone to try to find some gaucho boots for Henry that he needs for a dance class. There are three very nice little handmade leather and metal goods shops that purport to offer authentic gaucho-wear just off the corner of Lisandro de la Torre and Dos Corrales, the corner where the Feria de Mataderos takes place on weekends. What they offer turned out to be a bit too touristy in quality for what he needs, but we did pick up a couple of nice handtooled leather belts, and the prices are cheap! And that’s how we found ourselves in a remis heading back along the autopista when the sky was just lit up this way. It was too bright on its own, but the remis had tinted windows and the picture through the window just plain looked cool. We’ll title it Sky Over the Autopista… [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20051114/gauchos-anyone#comment-78 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Fairs, Fairs, Fairs… Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:00:13 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20051114/gauchos-anyone#comment-78 [...] Buenos Aires - I’ve mentioned a few times the weekend fairs that seem to occur in almost every park in the city. Following up on last weekend’s trip out to the Feria de Mataderos, I thought I’d give you a small taste of a few of them that we’ve visited recently. Even for locals, its a common past-time on weekends to spend an hour or so at a fair somewhere, just wandering, even if leaving the trinkets to be bought up by the tourists. [...] [...] Buenos Aires - I’ve mentioned a few times the weekend fairs that seem to occur in almost every park in the city. Following up on last weekend’s trip out to the Feria de Mataderos, I thought I’d give you a small taste of a few of them that we’ve visited recently. Even for locals, its a common past-time on weekends to spend an hour or so at a fair somewhere, just wandering, even if leaving the trinkets to be bought up by the tourists. [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20051114/gauchos-anyone#comment-66 dan Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:58:26 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20051114/gauchos-anyone#comment-66 Welcome to SaltShaker doc! We actually did try the ice cream, it was quite good! Welcome to SaltShaker doc! We actually did try the ice cream, it was quite good!

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20051114/gauchos-anyone#comment-63 dr__dawggy Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:12:19 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20051114/gauchos-anyone#comment-63 Good overview of my favorite Feria in Buenos Aires. Next time try the ice cream from the stand on the diagonal in front of the entertainment area. Huge portions for two pesos. Good overview of my favorite Feria in Buenos Aires. Next time try the ice cream from the stand on the diagonal in front of the entertainment area. Huge portions for two pesos.

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