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Instagram Special: @moodandmystery TANGO posts

The hardest part of tango is the intimacy with strangers. 😳 “Tango is not in the feet, it’s in the heart.” ❤️ I translated a song verse from “Smoking, I Wait” (1922) to remove the mystery... 🚬 Smoking is a pleasure fantastic, sensual. Smoking I wait for the man that I love, behind the glass of cheerful windows. 🎵 All of my tango posts are here: #moodandmystery_tango ✨ #tango #tangomusic #tangopassion #tangolove #instatango #tangopassion #asi_es_buenosaires #love_buenosaires #lovebuenosaires #mibuenosaires #loves_argentina #amobuenosaires #travelbuenosaires #likebuenosaires #buenosairesoftheday #ig_buenosaires #visto_en_buenosaires #loves_buenosaires #conociendoba #amobuenosaires #cityporteña #wonderlustbuenosaires #mimiradaporteña #buenosairestravel #travelblogger #tourguide #travelexperiences #travelblog
Mario has a small shop in Pasaje de la Defensa, once home to the wealthy Ezeiza family, later converted into a conventillo where hundreds of immigrants lived. 🏠 Mario told us about Lunfardo, a slang that developed among the immigrants in these conventillos. 📚 Tango was the new music with lyrics about love, broken hearts, sex and sometimes violence. These tangos were full of lunfardo words, too. Later on, Argentina’s and Uruguay’s best poets were writing tangos! 💃 [ What are conventillos? #moodandmystery_conventillo ] 🎙 [ Want more tango posts? #moodandmystery_tango ]
My last post about Bollini Alley was just the beginning of the story. 🎤 Yesterday, I met Cecilia, a famous tango singer from long ago (2nd photo with her son)! 🍷 It was Cecilia who opened the cafe back in 1983, changing the vibe of the street. One of her regulars was her friend, Jorge Luis Borges, the famous Argentine writer. 💫 And why did she open her cafe on Bollini Alley? Her husband was Bollini! The street was named after his great grandfather! ✨ We sat with Cecilia and watched last night’s show! . . . . . #tangoshow #tangomusic #asi_es_buenosaires #buenosairescity #love_buenosaires #lovebuenosaires #mibuenosaires #fotografiaurbana #loves_argentina #amobuenosaires #fotografas_latam #recoletabuenosaires #travelbuenosaires #likebuenosaires #buenosairesoftheday #ig_buenosaires #visto_en_buenosaires #loves_buenosaires #conociendoba #amobuenosaires #cityporteña #buenosairesgram #quehacerencaba #wonderlustbuenosaires #mimiradaporteña #buenosairestravel #travelblogger #tourguide #travelexperiences #travelblog
In 1968, 8-year-old Pablo Alberto Gonzalez wandered these streets, selling flowers in restaurants. 💐 One night in the restaurant Bachin, songwriter Horacio Ferrer asked the boy about his life. Pablo never knew his father, his step-father had just become an invalid and his mother was working “nights”. 👦 Horacio wrote a tango about Pablo, calling him Chiquilín (little one) of Bachín. It became popular! 💃 When Pablo was old enough, Horacio found him a job as a tv cameraman. 📺 Bachín was later sold, but the new owners couldn’t use the old name. They named their restaurant, Chiquilín. 🥗🥘 Chiquilín has been our favorite restaurant in Buenos Aires since we came in 2015. . . . . . #asi_es_buenosaires #buenosairescity #love_buenosaires #lovebuenosaires #mibuenosaires #fotografiaurbana #amobuenosaires #fotografas_latam #urbanstreetart #streetartwork #streetartworldwide #streetartlovers #streetpics #lensonstreets #street_photo_club #ig_streets #streetphotographerphotography #streetphotographylife #life_is_street #street_storytelling #streetshot #buenosairesoftheday #visto_en_buenosaires #loves_buenosaires #asi_es_buenosaires #likebuenosaires #mimiradaporteña #conociendoba #amobuenosaires #cityporteña
Paula (@museodeltango) gave us a private tour of Montevideo’s tango museum. 🌎 In 2009, UNESCO cited the origin of tango as the Plata River Basin, the area between Montevideo and Buenos Aires. 💃🏻 Tango was too vulgar for high-class ladies, until people in Parisian cabarets fell in love with this sensual dance. Carlos Gardel sang new lyrics to the iconic tango tune, La Cumparsita, and tango became a hit! 🎵 News traveled back to Argentina and Uruguay. Now, ladies of society here felt free to learn the dance. 💫 Sometimes we don’t know what we have until others point it out to us! ✨ If you’re want more, take a look at my latest photo essay (link: in profile ☝️☺️ ) . . . . . #tango #tangodance #tangodancer #tango #tangodancers #tangopassion #tangoshow #instatango #tangolove #streettango #barfacal #ciudadvieja #paisajeurbano #whatisawinmontevideo #ciudadviejamontevideo #montevideo #montevideouruguay #montevideophotos #montevideu #turistaenuruguay #igersmontevideo #igersuruguay #igersuy #visituruguay #vivamontevideo #museodeltango #museodeltangolacumparsita #museodeltangomontevideo

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Instagram Special: @moodandmystery EVITA posts

I’m here in the kitchen of the former Eva Peron Foundation, trying to understand if Evita was good or bad, if Evita’s achievements deserve praise or not. 👍👎 The only thing people agree about is that Evita changed Argentina forever. 💫 Want to know what I’ve discovered? My blog is link in my profile ☝️😊 ✨ This is an exciting, new blog format. Highly recommended! ... All of my Instagram Evita posts are here: #moodandmystery_evita . . . . . #evita #evitaperon #evaperon #dontcryformeargentina #asi_es_buenosaires #buenosairescity #love_buenosaires #lovebuenosaires #mibuenosaires #amobuenosaires #travelbuenosaires #likebuenosaires #buenosairesoftheday #ig_buenosaires #visto_en_buenosaires #loves_buenosaires #conociendoba #amobuenosaires #buenosairesgram #quehacerencaba #wonderlustbuenosaires #mimiradaporteña #buenosairestravel #museoevita #ciudadautonomadebuenosaires #ciudaddebuenosaires #bsas
In Evita’s speech from the Casa Rosada balcony (just past the trees in the photo), she asked the crowd to support her husband after her death. 🎙 Three years later, thousands of supporters gathered again to support President Perón. ✈️ Argentina’s military sent planes to bomb the Casa Rosada and the Plaza de Mayo! 💥 300 people died in the attack, but Perón escaped. He was deposed just three months later. ✨ (You can find all my Evita posts at #moodandmystery_evita) . . . . . #evita #evitaperon #evaperon #dontcryformeargentina #asi_es_buenosaires #buenosairescity #love_buenosaires #lovebuenosaires #mibuenosaires #amobuenosaires #travelbuenosaires #likebuenosaires #buenosairesoftheday #ig_buenosaires #visto_en_buenosaires #loves_buenosaires #conociendoba #amobuenosaires #buenosairesgram #quehacerencaba #wonderlustbuenosaires #mimiradaporteña #buenosairestravel #museoevita #ciudadautonomadebuenosaires #ciudaddebuenosaires #bsas
In 1996, Madonna arrived in Buenos Aires to film Evita. ✨ Everyone protested! They would portray Evita in a bad way! Or glorify her! Nobody was happy! 🎵 President Menem was unsure about Madonna singing on the balcony of the Casa Rosada, where Evita stood in front of thousands in the plaza. 💫 Madonna remembered Paolo Coelho’s The Alchemist: If you want something bad enough, the universe conspires to help you get it. Madonna found a way! 🎤 On March 10, Madonna sang, Don’t Cry For Me Argentina! from the balcony of the Casa Rosada. 🎥 (This movie projector, used in the movie, is the original used in the Galerías Güemes movie theater.) . . . . . #casarosada #evita #evitaperon #evaperon #dontcryformeargentina #madonnafans #mdna #madonnafan #madonnafanclub #madonnalove #plazademayo #asi_es_buenosaires #buenosairescity #love_buenosaires #lovebuenosaires #mibuenosaires #amobuenosaires #travelbuenosaires #likebuenosaires #buenosairesoftheday #ig_buenosaires #visto_en_buenosaires #loves_buenosaires #conociendoba #amobuenosaires #buenosairesgram #quehacerencaba #wonderlustbuenosaires #mimiradaporteña #buenosairestravel
The painting of Juan Perón and Evita at the Casa Rosada museum. ☀️ This couple changed the course of this country’s history. ✨ In Argentina, there are people who either love them or hate them for it. . . . . . #asi_es_buenosaires #buenosairescity #love_buenosaires #lovebuenosaires #mibuenosaires #fotografiaurbana #loves_argentina #amobuenosaires #travelbuenosaires #likebuenosaires #buenosairesoftheday #ig_buenosaires #visto_en_buenosaires #loves_buenosaires #conociendoba #amobuenosaires #cityporteña #buenosairesgram #quehacerencaba #wonderlustbuenosaires #mimiradaporteña #buenosairestravel #tourguide #museocasarosada #casarosada #evita #evitaperon #evaperon

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