Category: The Tango

• below the equator X: A farewell to the people of buenos Aires & a new friend

  Don’t cry for me, Argentina The truth is, I never left you All through my wild days, my mad existence I kept my promise Don’t keep your distance ~~Don’t Cry for Me Argentina. Songwriters: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice On an afternoon, sometime close to the first days of December, we sat in our…

  patrickjegan

  January 30, 2025

  #argentina, Blogging, Buenos Airies, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, New York City, non-fiction, Public Parks, Real Personal History, The Equator, The Tango, Travel Writing, Travels

  #amonthinbuenosaires, #argentina, #goodbyeargentina, #sayingfarewelltobuenosaires, #thecaarnivalinmontevideo, buenos-aires, south-america, tango, Travel

• below the equator IX: looking for carlos gardel and getting lost in the other cemetery.

  [The Entrance Gate. Video is mine] Only in Buenos Aires can the wealthy and powerful elite keep their status after death. Argentines are a strange bunch who tend to celebrate their most honored national figures not on the date of their birth, but on the date of their death (after all, they’re nobody when they’re…

  patrickjegan

  January 27, 2025

  #argentina, Blogging, Buenos Airies, buenos-aires, cemeteries, Melancholy Thoughts, The Equator, The Tango, Travel Writing, Travels

  #argentina, #carlosgardel, #charcarlitacemeterybuneosaires, #findingagrave, #tangosingers, #tangosongs, buenos-aires, south-america, tango, Travel

• Below the equator vII: at the acam bistro mariam dances the tango

  [The musicians at the Acam Bistro. The piano and the Bandoneon. Both gentlemen can sing, dance and play each other’s instruments. Photo is mine] ** I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young. ~~Pope Francis I’m a bad walker but I can dance the tango. ~~Melody Gardot ** It was a…

  patrickjegan

  January 21, 2025

  #argentina, Buenos Airies, music, non-fiction, Real Personal History, The Equator, The Tango, Travel Writing, Travels

  #argentina, #dancingthetango, #milongainbuenosaires, #myamazingwife, #sundayafternoonsinbuenosaires, #tangobuenosaires, buenos-aires, south-america, tango, Travel

• Below The Equator V: At The Flea Market in San telmo/ Knives, Bola Balls & Street Tango

  [The street where the artists sell their…art. Photo is mine] Is it me or is the temperature 90° F? ~~Patrick Egan (January, 12, 2025) “Oh, you simply must go to the Flea Market at Plaza Dorrego in San Telmo,” said our landlady, Flor. She has an appropriate tat on her right forearm. It’s a beautiful…

  patrickjegan

  January 16, 2025

  Buenos Airies, non-fiction, seniors, The Equator, The Tango, Travel Writing, Travels

  #antiquefleamarketbuenosaires, #argentina, #bolbballs, #buenosairesfleamarket, #sundayafternooninbuenosaires, buenos-aires, Food, south-america, Travel