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The New Brighton: A Quiet Cafe On Sarmiento
I would have ignored Sarmiento 645, The New Brighton Restaurant, if I had just been out for a walk. Something about its large ornate doors and old fashioned wooden interior conjured images of an overpriced and painfully tourist trap, meaning soggy milanesa rounding...
A Portrait of Lila On the Eve Of Her Fifth Birthday
This is my Lila just before she turned five years old. It’s a time capsule, something I’ll return to read year after year. Each time, I’ll tell myself, “Wow, I can’t believe how much has changed.” Or “see how pieces of her personality persist no matter what.”
It’s easy to forget what happened and change the images we once had. In part, I write to remember.
You Don’t Have To Leave The House To See the World
I sit here today on the cusp of signing a one-year-lease on a little house in Salta. Can you imagine? One whole year living in one place? It seems almost unimaginable after more than two years of constant travel. But wait! Does this mean I can no longer call myself a...
How To Pay For Two Years Of Travel — Part II
Picking up from last Friday´s How to Pay For Two Years of Travel -- Part I. When you have no choice but to pay for the night! Sometimes, you´ll find yourself stuck and will have to pay by the night. There are always cheap options for this as well. I have not yet...
How To Pay For Two Years Of Travel — Part I
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I’m Sorry. I Love You, But I Just Can’t See You Anymore
Photo by Rob Young Today, I sat in a park off Avenida Libertador waiting for Pat, a friend I met through Couchsurfing, Sunday evening. She and a group of others had a plan to walk through the Almagro neighborhood of the city handing out pan dulce to homeless people. I...