News of Friends, Fellow Foreigners, Others

We always knew Goodairs friend Horacio Petre (AKA Petre) was a talented illustrator; we didn't know how talented until he started a blog to show off his work. Beyond cool personal works like the "Sin Pan y Con Trabajo" (above), he's posted many of his for-cash works (hey, the kid's gotta eat). You designed the Siga La Vaca logo? All the Trapiche packaging? Not bad...

We also note that expat Scottish writer Peter Robertson sent us an interview with him in ReadySteadyBook. We don't know Peter, but we're always happy to mention former linguists for the IMF and the World Bank who now translate Argentine poets into English. Long live the unpredictable career trajectory, we say!

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Che, cae una nevada tremenda...

Snow?! A friggin' nevada in Buenos Aires? Considering my current location (in New Jersey), I feel a deep sense of loss at having missed an event that hasn't happened in Buenos Aires since June 22, 1918. Happily, our peoples at Clarin (1, 2) and WUBA have posted a bazillion fotos of the event. I dig the pictures of the confused kids, but even more I'm rocked by the picture of the snow-covered parrilla.

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The Times and The Trib

Due to chance scheduling (as opposed to, say, a devious plan to show the range of stories I write), yesterday I had both a review of the Buenos Aires hotel 248 Finisterra in the NYT and a political analysis piece on the Cristina Kirchner presidential candidacy in the Chicago Tribune. Next: makeup tips in Cosmo! Errr, maybe not.

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