Homesick for The Green Green Grass of Home
I’m no stranger to homesickness. When I was a kid I always had a hard time at sleepovers and Girl Scout camping trips. I would lie awake, unable to sleep, missing my home, my family and my bed. I...
View ArticleThe BEST Workout Playlist
High on the top of my long list of life’s simple pleasures is my 7:00pm Wednesday evening group fitness class at my local gym. A group of fifteen or so ladies joins together and jumps like no one is...
View ArticleWhats up, Thursday?
Why do songs sound SO good in Portuguese? And why is it that when I get started on this song, I cannot stop?
View ArticleThis Hopeless Romantic Has Lost All Control
Yes. This is really happening. This is your Thursday night sappy love song playlist. I’m glad I got to know you: Herp Albert. This Guys In Love With You How the thought of you does things to me: Nat...
View ArticleFive Favorite Devendra Banhart Songs
Devendra Banhart. What a name. What beautiful music. I don’t think they’ve coined the genre yet, so I vote for “Avante-Folk Spanglish Tone Poetry“. - Brindo - Quedate Luna - Seahorse - Hey Mama Wolf...
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Napoleon Hill’s Laws of Success: A Relevant Classic
The Law of Success In Sixteen Lessons is a lesson plan written by Napoleon Hill and published in 1928. It is a course designed to set in place a plan for achieving success and turning ambition and...
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Fortuitous Uncertainty of The Quarter Life Crisis
My quarter life crisis was not nearly as catastrophic as expected. In fact I’d like to propose that we rebrand this mid-twenties milestone. This year I got thrown a curveball. I was faced with...
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Five Favorite Juana Molina Songs
Juana Molina was a TV star in Argentina in the 1980s, famous for her parody sketch series, Juana Y Sus Hermanas. One day she left it all behind to follow her passion and make music. She now creates...
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Lulacruza Has Landed in Buenos Aires
Looking for some South American fusion music? Let me tell you all about LULACRUZA. LULACRUZA is a electronic folk due that knits together luminous songs, South American instruments and new digital...
View ArticleFive Favorite Julieta Venegas Songs
Julieta Venegas is a Mexico-based Spanish Singing Pop Rock Star … and she totally rocks my world with her love songs, which I love singing along to. Enjoy my five favorites. - Te Voy a Mostrar - Me...
View ArticleFive Favorite Juanes Songs
I totally love this chabon, Juanes. He’s like my new Chayanne – but more cowboy, less chamuyo. I made you a lil playlist of 5 of my favorite Juanes songs: - Es Por Ti (You’re going to want to stare...
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Pablo Malaurie and The Case of The Japanese Siren
Article by Kevin Vaughn. Photos by Brett Wishart. It was a Saturday evening in March of last year. The weather was a perfect no jacket kind of night. I was on my way to a pre-concert concert at the...
View ArticleThe Gaucho Cultural Center in Mataderos
Words and Video by Sharon Salt. Of all the fairs in Buenos Aires, Feria de Mataderos seems – at least to me – the most untouched by tourists, the most steeped in tradition. This probably has something...
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Daft Punk Gauchos
Thanks Sharon Salt for this great find! What happens when two Argentine gauchos meet Daft Punk? An asado, obvio, and some beautiful music.
View ArticleFive Favorite Shakira Songs
I don’t know why everyone idolizes Beyonce. Anyone who knows anything knows that Shakira is The Real Deal. She only seems to get noticed in the States for her undeniable sex appeal, but what else is...
View ArticleFive Favorite Maná Songs
Maná is the most famous Latin rock band in the world – but for those of us native English speakers, who didn’t grow up listening to latin rock, (or watching the Grammys) that information may have...
View ArticleMalena Pichot Taught Me Spanish
By Sharon Salt. Malena Pichot, Argentine comedienne extraordinaire, is basically my Spanish teacher. (Well, her and my boyfriend.) Having never taken a structured Spanish class, I was desperate to find...
View ArticleThe BAFICI Made Easy
Article by Kevin Vaughn. This is going to be the fourth time that I attend the BAFICI (Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival) and have learned from my mistakes. Choosing a solid list of...
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