Surely if you’ve been here for a while, you’ve noticed the price of clothes rising constantly.  When I first came here five years ago, tops, skirts and dresses were reasonably priced for the quality of …

So here’s a little photographic tour of my highlights of 2009.  It’s where I’ve been, all the things I ate and drank, who was there and even a few of the things that I’ve baked.

I don’t know why sustainability isn’t a big thing here – we live in such a tropical climate that seems to get worse year after year.  But then again, the word “sustainable” often gets confused …

This friday there’s a new party cooking in town bringing electronic grooves to Bahrein’s basement, or “XSS”, as it’s know among local crowd. House, tech house, techno, with resident dj Mary Zander and guests. For …

okay – it’s still cold here, but it’s time to start looking for your summer bathing suit – ALREADY!

I thought I was creative with my clothes but this girl is super duper!!!
Check out the “Uniform Project“.  It started out in May where this blogger decided to participate in an exercise for sustainable fashion.  …

Meet Kirsty Noble.  She’s a garden designer, writer and photographer from Australia who moved to Buenos Aires and decided to start her own business.  She needed to find something that uses her eye for good …

Nueva coleccion Guapa Gloria Sobres
Originally uploaded by rakelchavez

mmm.. no I want them all…
http://www.guapagloria.com

RedLips

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I so want the Daft Punk purse.
Anyone seen these around here? This designer is from Venezuela but has some sort of connection to Buenos Aires… I WANNT!
Defo going …