The President and Patio del Liceo

My favourite new discovery in the city is Patio del Liceo and the little design, art and book stores within. I went to this place in search of the new store The President (photo above is the outside of the shop, the two photos below are from the inside and taken from their facebook page because they were not open when I went back for a second visit!).

The President is a tiny store that stocks basically a cool range of the owner´s favourite things from their native South Africa as well as Europe, including magazines, perfumes, fabrics and clothing. The interior of the store is entirely covered in paper leaves hanging from the ceiling and walls and printed paper covers the rest and the floor. I was rather excited because they stock some English language magazines like The Gentlewoman, my personal favourite that is not available anywhere else in Buenos Aires. You can read more about The President on this great write up by a local journalist here.

I also found an uber-cool little art bookstore called Purr that stocks lots of indie publications and I finally got my hands on the beautiful little locally made but internationally sold Correspondencia magazine.  It is hand-bound and published in both Spanish and English (finally a local mag with an international voice!) and features some great photography and artists.

It´s refreshing to find some independent boutiques that I can actually afford to shop at and that are not only for the USD-carrying tourists, yipee!

Balcarce Street, San Telmo

Blue guys on a wall in San Telmo.

The Fluro Palace

 

The Casa Rosada, fluro style, just before dark.

Women´s Help Line

After an exhausting stint of Christmas shopping around the Plaza Serrano market in Palermo, I found this advertisement for a women´s help line run by the government. Brilliant.

Street Arte BA

Street Arte BA is an independent graffiti event in Buenos Aires. This year the focus is on "the art in the street vs the street in the art". They have decked out a huge space in the neighbourhood of Once where many artists have come together to make their art both on the walls and/or on a canvas for sale. This picture is from the artist DOTZ who has an awesome Flickr that shows off his work.  He credits graffitimundo with the photo who work with local artists and run graffiti tours in Buenos Aires. More details on the Street Arte BA Facebook!

A Wall in the Suburbs

There´s nothing like a freshly sprayed wall in the suburbs! This mural came to life last Sunday after 12 hours of creative goodness in the neighbourhood of Nuñez. One of the guys involved is a friend who goes by the name of COF, check out some of his other work here. He said the locals really got into it and one neighbour even brought them snacks and refreshments :)

Street Corner - Palermo

 

Today I had brunch at Oui Oui in Palermo Hollywood, delicious! Scrambled eggs, pancetta, green salad, chunky cut potatoes and limonada, mmmmm.  Just a block away on the corner of Arenal and Amenabar I had previously spotted this little long-nosed creature and loved his style. Great colours too!