[Tango-L] Cafes de Buenos Aires - The day of the cafes -

[Sergio Vandekier]

Today is the day of "The Cafe de Buenos Aires".
 
"The Cafe" is an institution and a tradition in the life of Buenos Aires, a place where you can go to have a cup of coffe, meet a friend, read, and see intellectuals, politicians and artists.
 
Going into the Tortoni to have a cup of coffee, to meet someone there, to attend any of the innumerable cultural functions offered there, is getting into the very kernel of tradition. Tradition is not the past. Tradition, transmission, comes from tradere, to give. Tradition is the offering of the best of the past to the men of the present and the future. It is not only in the walls of the Tortoni -which in themselves are worthy of a museum- but mainly in the spiritual climate that its management has wisely created, that the best of our porteño past can be found. And one day we shall find the best of the present there, once it has aged enough. The tourist who arrives in Buenos Aires has the entire city in the Tortoni: the past, in its walls; the present, sitting at its tables; the future, in the enthusiasm of the people who work there for the sake of culture.
José Gobello, 1998.
 
 
Clarin Newspaper has videos and pictures:
 
http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/10/27/um/m-02027450.htm
 
Other pictures:
 
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=cafes+de+buenos+aires&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=aSHnSszvBMX3lAer28iSAQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CCMQsAQwBA
 
Gran Cafe Tortoni is the oldest it was built in 1857
 
http://www.cafetortoni.com.ar/   it has text in spanish, French and English.
 
Best regards, Sergio 		 	   		  
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