British pop punk band got a sold-out La Trastienda in a whirl, an intimate venue in Buenos Aires neighbourhood San Telmo.
Author: Sorrel
The Expat: Hugh MacDermott
After trying — and failing — to be a stunt double in the UK, Hugh MacDermott worked on two estancias then ended up riding around Argentina with his horse Pancho — for two years.
Latin lover Emerson drives Pacha’s decks
Essex-born DJ Darren Emerson isn’t sure whether he’s coming or going. Chatting over a few pints of London Pride conveniently enough in a pub in the British capital, he says: “I think I’m playing Buenos Aires at the end of June.”
A good case of wine flu
Times have been tricky thanks to a national lockdown on socialising and swine flu during winter 2009, and I have been wracking my brain and burning the midnight oil to come up with some fabulous ideas to keep you amused during these complex times.
Will they pass with McFlying colours?
Pop-punk boy band McFly played La Trastienda in June 2009. Concerned that these youngsters hadn’t finished their secondary education, I set them a quiz about Argentina. How did they fare?
Whale watching begins in Puerto Madryn
Spectators in the Peninsula Valdés in Chubut province welcomed the southern right whales at the end of May when they reached their winter migratory destination of the Puerto Madryn and Puerto Piramides coast line.
Staying in: it’s the new going out
Feel like you’re in Ibiza via online TV
A stomping good night
A little piece of Spain that’s not even in Buenos Aires’ Little Madrid neighbourhood
Feeling fashionable
Charity fashion fundraiser at the Uruguayan embassy