por las calles de san telmo ya se ha perdido el candombe...

new apartment, new life here in buenos aires, where i'm now living in the barrio of san telmo. walking through san telmo is like being in a dream, or a circus, or back in time... with tango music playing in the street, you have to walk a little slower and take in the sultry, heavy air. for me, san telmo is the root of all of the sensuality of buenos aires... hopefully while i'm here a little can rub off on me~

PLUS+++ i'm back with mauri! my leading man :]

i don't know when i'll be back again

flying back to buenos aires today... actually i really LOVE flying because it gives me a chance to just be still and think, plus, can you beat that view? i don't think so!

no one's porch beats mine on a sunny summer morning~ oatmeal, tea, my neighbors and me

introducing ranger

when i travel, ranger is what i miss the most :)

the little ladies can't sit still

my sisters l.k. and tallulah on my aunt's trampoline at our family reunion last week





playing with my little sisters reminds me how blissfully fearless children are... my little sisters were born deaf and now wear a device attached to their cochlear implants. however, to jump on the trampoline, they had to take the device off, so they couldn't hear. i was SO nervous that they would get hurt, but they taught me that it's way more fun to fall, get up, and look cute doing it!

reel around the fountain

some nights the heat from the city, the summer, and the wine can only be calmed by doing something a little crazy! i recently joined my big sister for the last leg of her east-coast road trip, and after dinner on Boston Harbor, the mood was perfect for a run through this fountain. thanks to my sister's roommate krista for joining me!

ladies' night in

my big sister leanne came home for one night with her college roommates as a stop on their east-coast road trip. after some delicious wine on the porch, my little sis tracey challenged us all to some wii sports! and naturally a ridiculous photoshoot ensued...


"aliens are attacking"

"socialized medicine"

"rock star"

"cold"



and my pretty sisters (we're SO crazy about each other!!) (kind of)

my friends manuel and kenji were visiting the city this week from mexico, so of course i was happy to show them around manhattan... i just don't think they realized how much walking would be involved. i can walk for blocks and blocks and blocks, but after hiking from the upper west side down to the financial district in the hot summer sun, m&k were pretty toast...

excuse me miss señorita disculpa

this july i'm the spanish teacher at an enrichment program in bethel. me dicen señorita maggie, estoy para contestar cualquier pregunta chee (definitely teaching them all castellano argentino)

it's pretty good to be back in bethel again~ i missed my big tea mugs and my baby sisters and my big old bed... missing my familia argentina but i know i'll be back there soon :]