There’s a nice loft apartment for sale in my building on Av Caseros. It’s a nice, quiet place to live.

Priced at $160,000.

…at the computer. Actually, I’ve never been much to write at the keyboard (even though I’m an excellent typist). Anything thoughtful always meant pen to paper. I don’t mind. I prefer the slow way of writing.

But it’s a style that doesn’t make for very good blogging…that tat tat tat of fingers against keys that signals the processor to emit pixels forming one shape or another on the monitor while concurrently encoding data strings for manipulation by scripts on a server. Where’s my spontaneity?

When I’m at the PC I rather be working than blogging. There’s something about freelance work that keeps you more focused than a salaried position. Besides, my best thoughts about Buenos Aires come while I’m out in the city. For those moments, which seemed to have been rare lately, I carry a small notebook and pen for scribbling thoughts, fragments that later form posts on this blog about Buenos Aires.

…more posts to follow…I’m not stopping yet…

…for now, a photo for you…from the mercado in San Telmo…

Perhaps my friends in Miami at the Cuban Heritage Collection would be disappointed in me….yesterday while I was reading in Bar Britanico a deaf man, who sells pendants or stickers, came by my table … the last time I saw him in the Britanico I had no extra cash … I vowed to myself that I would buy from him the next time he came around … whatever he was selling … I expected something related to Boca Jrs or River football teams…rather, now, I have a set of Che Guevara stickers to adorn my belongings…