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

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 I LOVE  the Tortoni--Ruben and I had our first coffee there in 2005. We always recommend it to people for a less expensive alternative to the $100usd tango shows.
But the probability of hob-nobbing with "intellectuals, politicians and artists" is about nil.
The Tortoni--with reason--is mobbed by tourists, who usually have to queue at the door just to get in.
Yes it is "tradition," and tradition well maintained, and for that reason is touristic--as is Caminito and San Telmo.
But still very much worth while.

cherie
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990 at hotmail.com>
To: Tango-L List <tango-l at mit.edu>
Sent: Tue, Oct 27, 2009 2:49 pm
Subject: [Tango-L] Cafes de Buenos Aires - The day of the cafes -











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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