Not much to say about today’s presidential election in Argentina, certainly no surprises. I don’t have a problem with a Cristina presidency. Indeed, all the top three candidates - Cristina, Lavagna, Carrió - seemed okay to me. I do have this theory that Cristina might give a further boost for tourism to Argentina just through the inevitable appearances she is likely to make on the E! channel based on her fashion sense.

The good folks at Three Percent have a couple of mentions about Argentine writer Rodolfo Fogwill whose novel Los Pichiciegos has just been released in English (translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson): Malvinas Requiem: Visions of an Underground War

Three Percent points to a piece in the Guardian which describes Fogwill’s book as “the definitive fictionalised account of the Falklands conflict“.

Rather interesting is a comparison of marketing material written for the U.S. and U.K. markets. Along the way are mentioned Bioy Casares and the TV show Lost. Now, I’m interested in digging up the ways that Los Pichiciegos was marketed here in Argentina.

I was looking through my photos from this month and it took me a minute to realize where this corner was located. In my “walking tours” around Buenos Aires I see so many enchanting corners and often fail to note the exact location. Then I remembered that this was taken one Sunday afternoon after taking the subte to Caballito and walking down Yerbal towards Flores.

Paysandu is a charming little street. More photos from this walk to follow.