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I'm an Indiana native, seasoned in San Francisco, now living in the heart of Los Feliz. I spend my free time exploring people and places when I'm home and when I'm on tour with my band The Donnas. I love factories and seeing how things are made, and I document everything.
November 2008 Archives
Dude, have you ever heard of Alfajores? I hadn't either until I went to Argentina. By the looks of the corner bodegas, you'd think that's all they eat. They're like a cookie sandwich with dulce de leche, dipped in chocolate, not quite health food. Jorgitos seem to be one of the most common kinds...
...also the favorite of the nice lady working at the corner store:
The thing that's so remarkable about them is the sheer number of different kinds. Every kind of cookie or candy seems to have their own alfajor version:
There are fancy ones, "healthy" ones, and mini ones. Even Oreo has one!
It's a South American Snack phenomenon!
Fresh from a 2 week tour in Brazil and Argentina and I'm full of new favorites, one of which is this clothing and shoe company out of Buenos Aires: Cover Your Bones.
http://www.coveryourbones.com/
The styles and patterns are a well balanced blend of then and now. They have Converse, Keds and Dunks-like styles, and patterns like Warhol bananas, Pacman ghosts, and splatter paint. They make shoes that match their wallpaper!!!
We were lucky enough to go to the warehouse and check out the new stuff: sunglasses, huge shoulder bags, and their new Flashdance inspired LA Gear style mid-hightop. Just the artwork on the box is enough to give an Irene Cara fan a heart attack.
These guys know how to make a shoe for a child of the 80's!
The graphics blew our minds and we were a little nauseated, in a good way, possibly due to the after-effects of our raging party the night before at Mundo Bizzaro, a fun bar somewhere in Buenos Aires that made us feel right at home with Guacamole at 3 am!
http://www.buenosaires-argentina.com/nightlife/Mundo-Bizzaro.html
I wanna go back right now!!
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