Archive for the ‘Street Scenes’ Category

Posted on August 30th, 2008 by by jen

domo arigato, señor roboto

It being another lovely Saturday, and tragically, our last for awhile in Argentina, we decided to hit up one of the few places left (within walking distance) we’ve never been - El Jardin Japones.
It was such a funny feeling after watching Vonnegut & SSG Millie’s trip from afar to then wander into a microcosm of [...]

Posted on August 27th, 2008 by by jen

soldiers for different armies

We’ve actually taken off two weekends in a row recently to do nothing but be tourists in our adopted home town…for us, this is extremely rare; the events of the past month have made us slow down a little bit and appreciate what we have all around us.
This is me on Avenida 9 de Julio, [...]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by by jen

a study in wintertime contrasts

It’s now July, the Buenos Aires equivalent of Deep Freeze. Yet, even in winter, the city remains verdant, or more precisely, half-so - one block may feature a towering row of sycamores, stripped naked to their mottled skins, still dropping their last leaves. The next? Jungle-dense with glossy, larger-than-life greenhouse plants and thick intricate fig [...]

Posted on June 30th, 2008 by by jen

Vignettes from Kyoto

 

So, Vonnegut, Jr. (aka my baby brother) and SSG Millie (his long-time girlfriend) are going to be in Japan for the next couple of months shooting a series of short documentaries for our nonprofit.

All of the photographs used in this post were taken by them.

If their films are half as good as their photos, [...]

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by by jen

Post the First

El Oso and I are in Buenos Aires for the next three months working on the books. We’ve been here a month already this year. It seems like it’s been winter forever. We spent the Northern Hemisphere’s winter in rural Pennsylvania, freezing our asses off. Now, as the corn is growing and the sun is [...]