The Guide to tacky Buenos Aires part 1

Every guide book about Buenos Aires already covers the tackyest place in Buenos Aires, that is to say, La Boca, but what about the rest of the tackyness? Who is writing about those places ? Not a lot of people. But don´t worry, I´m coming to the rescue. Here you have the best (and only) guide to tacky BA.

The first chapter is my way of saying merry Christmas to all of you!!!


The guide

Buenos Aires is not just an European style city with lots of art and stylish people, as many guide books say. It´s also a paradise of cheesyness and bad taste, even though some people want to hide it or pretend that it doesn´t exist, tackynees is all around us. I invite you to be part of that side of Buenos aires and experience the GRASA ( Grasa [adj, gender invariable] (lit. ‘grease’): kitsch, ridiculous, tasteless (a person, esp. in the lower classes); rude, uneducated) side of Buenos Aires.

1- Tierra Santa: Religious themed Park

"Why we never thought about building a religious themed park?"A Disney CEO said to himelf when he heard about Tierra Santa. And it took him only 2 seconds to find the answer: "Because it´s tacky!!!"
Thank god, that CEO doesn´t live in Buenos Aires, and someone else thought that Tierra Santa would be a good idea.
This park is the best option if you ever wondered whether angels have or not nipples ( I anticipate the answer; they do!!! ). Also you´ll discover that things were not that different when Jesus was alive. People ate Pizza just like us and even went to the Gym ( I know this because I saw a body builder next to baby Jesus). And some of the people from Jerusalem used to smoke Lucky strike just like me!!!
If you are a believer, this place will renew you faith ( as I read in their brochure). You will be able to whitness the resurrection, not 1 but 16 times a day, so if you don´t believe in Jesus after that, start thinking about an eternity in hell...




Eve on her knees; I wonder what she is about to do...


Body-building, not only a 20th century sport


Nipples: angels have them


Double cheese Pizza, a classic back in the old days

The uncool party TODAY

Today The uncool hunter and NAH! are throwing a party where I´m definitly going.

Where: Niceto Club

When: Today 9 PM

Living with a porteño roomate

There are a lot of things to say about this matter, and I do say them but not on my blog.

Read the second part of my article in what´s up BA (they added some great pictures!)

Bananas are dangerous fruits

Buying bananas in Buenos Aires can be a weird/disgusting/pornographic activity; so before you do it, read the following dialogue with the Verdulero (the guy that sells vegetables and fruits, is there a word for that in English?)

Verdulero: What are you looking for?
Me: Bananas
Verdulero (with a nasty look on his face): Do you like´em big?
Me (pretending that he was not an ass): Whatever, as long as they are ripe
Verdulero( with an even nastier look): Oh yeah? You like to eat ripe banana?

I don´t need to say that I left before he even finished saying that...

So next time, when you are craving for a banana, think twice.