tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post2951110769339336569..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: My desktop vacationBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-14105639249708811082011-02-09T15:00:08.136-08:002011-02-09T15:00:08.136-08:00I like how Uruguay is this short hand for impossib...I like how Uruguay is this short hand for impossibly distant, exotic place. Having lived for 3 years in Buenos Aires, I sort of see the country as a boring backwater, a quasi breakaway province that is nearly identical to Argentina culturally and linguistically.<br /><br />Coincidentally the blog Urbanautica posted some pictures by Tania Feghali, several of which were from Uruguay. I particularly liked her series La Espera, taken as bus stations:<br /><br />http://www.taniafeghali.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18112959597698839467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-27952481790395935532011-02-08T19:49:51.118-08:002011-02-08T19:49:51.118-08:00BLAKE ANDREWS I LAUGH AT THIS} IF YOU TELL ME SOON...BLAKE ANDREWS I LAUGH AT THIS} IF YOU TELL ME SOONER YOU ARE AT SAUSAGE CART I MEET YOU THERE BUT HOW CAN KNOW IF U DO NOT ELL ME ???<br />IM IN TAXI CAR NOW. HOW LONG IS 3O0O MILE WHEN CONVERT TO KILOMETR? WHY THARE IS 2 AMERICAN CITY NAME PORTLAND. IN USSR WE POINT ATOMIC MISSLE AT BOTH CITY . TO COVER ALL BASES - LIEK IN AMERICA GAME BASE-BALLSergei Popovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-89439348231585887402011-02-08T13:30:05.956-08:002011-02-08T13:30:05.956-08:00SERGEI I AM 3,000 MILES AWAY WEARING JEANS AND GRE...SERGEI I AM 3,000 MILES AWAY WEARING JEANS AND GREEN T-SHIRT. LOOK FOR ME NEAR THAT HOT DOG STAND DOWNTOWN IN 5 MINUTES.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-67116178580753195682011-02-08T12:28:32.335-08:002011-02-08T12:28:32.335-08:00BLAKE ANDREWS IM AT STARBUCKS AT 1080 FOREST AVENU...BLAKE ANDREWS IM AT STARBUCKS AT 1080 FOREST AVENUE IN AMERCA CITY PORTLAND MAINE . WE CAN MEAT HERE IN 15 MINUT NO? I AM WEAR BLUE SWEATER ND BLACK SLACKS. LOOK FORWARD TO SEE U!!<br /><br />=== Sent from my Anatov Wireless device ==Sergei Popovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-30729398657629637092011-02-08T08:26:02.770-08:002011-02-08T08:26:02.770-08:00This just in from our Uruguayan correspondent Heid...This just in from our Uruguayan correspondent <a href="http://heidilender.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Heidi Lender</a>:<br /><br />I laughed so much at your latest post on Uruguay. Count me as one of your Uruguayan blog links.....a California transplant.<br /><br />Didn't know squat about this country until last Dec-Jan, when my husband and I randomly passed through -- a stopover on an Argentinian-Brazil holiday. We celebrated the New Year in Garzon, a tiny pueblo of 200 people, a ghost town somewhat brought to life by Argentina's star chef Francis Mallmann. The place reminded us of Sonoma or Healdsburg fifty years ago (or what it must have been like)...town square, surrounded by farmland, freshly studded with olive trees (meant to be the biggest olive plantation in the world). In a wild fit of spontaneity, three days later, we made an offer on an 83-acre ranch on the edge of town, complete with 24 cows, one horse and a dilapidated farmhouse. We renovated the house over the summer and are spending our first "season" here now, back to SF at the end of May.<br /><br />As i understand it, Montevideo has about 2 million inhabitants, the entire country just over 3 million.....which says a lot....ie. farmland everywhere. I had no idea, but the beach resort of Punta del Este and environs are the Hamptons of South America....the a-la-mode pulse of the country, pumping with all-night parties full of beautiful peeps from Brazil to Argentina during the summer months. It's a small, but loud pocket of this tiny country, with endless quieter beach hamlets peppering the coast, all the way to brazil. We are 25 km inland from the chi-chi beach scene, surrounded by a smattering of interesting and eccentric expats....artists, designers, writers, etc...a quiet paradise, to be honest.<br /><br />Photographically, I think knowledge (maybe not deep knowledge, as you say) of a place comes from a mix of environment and people...both viable subjects here, a story of impressions at the very least. Am stewing on some project ideas, and will be happy to keep you posted if you are interested.....FYI, attached are some random snaps I've taken around Garzon and a link to a FT article about our new hometown....it's been quite a journey!<br /><br />Also, thank you thank you for your blog...love the subjects, the questions you raise, your witty prose....You seem to say (in such an entertaining way) what others wouldn't dare....so appreciate that!Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-69249868730844314112011-02-07T17:17:22.263-08:002011-02-07T17:17:22.263-08:00Hey, i did a essay about vacations with a lot of p...Hey, i did a essay about vacations with a lot of photos from Uruguay and i manage the archive of my father who photographed Che Guevara in Punta del Este. You can see the gallery <a href="http://zenteno.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=uruguay&_ACT=search" rel="nofollow">here</a> or the first photo book i did with photos of vacations, some of Uruguay, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2rLqnx1XIo" rel="nofollow">here</a>Hernan Zentenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827574143876112004noreply@blogger.com