CHASING WHITE RABBITS

A blog by author & bohemian extraordinaire, Nicole Trilivas

Nicole Trilivas

Nicole Trilivas
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Nicole Trilivas is a bohemian extraordinaire, and author of the novel, PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES: a pretty girl's ugly story told in borrowed voices, now available on Amazon.com. www.nicoletrilivas.com

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JANUARY 26, 2012 12:35PM

A Photo Tour of Buenos Aires' Bohemian Side

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Time’s been lazy and unbothered with the barrio of San Telmo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Graffiti tattoos eroding buildings, yet the area shows signs of its glamorous past like an old whore still instant upon wearing garters and French perfume. 

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But she’s got charm. And stories.

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The barrio was once a scene of opulence, until the yellow fever epidemic in the 1870s left it quiet enough for the undead.

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Antique stores are crammed with curiosities, junk, and treasures—and maybe a few ghosts. (Avoid the area at night—not just because of the spooks.)

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Ubiquitous hipster bands, sometimes; other times, an old man on a guitar like something out of a Picasso, ooze a drowsy tango soundtrack. It’s not all authentic and bohemian, but with the right camera lens and attitude it is still makes for lovely Sunday.   

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 And often times, out of the corner of your eye, through the reflection of time-worn mirrors, or sea glass-colored bottles, you'll think you see something, something most peculiar that makes you want to do a double-take.

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But when you look back it's always gone.

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It's just that sort of place.

 

 

 

 

 

Nicole Trilivas, author of Pretty Girls Make Graves

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looks rather austere and inhospitable. where are the people?

nice snapshots, though
Thanks! Not too many people on the week days, but on Sundays there is a "craft" market, which is very popular with tourists and there are heaps of people then!
buenos aires!
another place i shall never go, probably, but thanks
to OS and the talent (like you) it attracts,
I can see the world through
the eyes of skilled observers...

what a line: "signs of its glamorous past like an old whore still instant upon wearing garters and French perfume. "

yikes!

...yeah, the old double take. Ghostly images. Real though!
luv the one with the colorful bottles. bottled rainbows.
bohemians are the truly alive.
Nice to see those pics. I spent a lot of time in Buenos Aires in the 80s and 90s but it's been a decade or so since i was last there. San Telmo was really looking scruffy in the 80s, as was much of the city. That Sunday market is always worth whiling away a few hours.
I'm a huge fan of author Jorge Luis Borges. If you have any information to share regarding him or photos of locales related to his work I'd be very interested. Can't think of Buenos Aires without imagining some of his great short stories coming to life there.
much enjoyed... thank you
Wow! This is my kind of place. What is the cost of living? I'm in the US. Need a place like Paris or Ibiza, where my soul can breathe.
You would know what I mean.
Love this and I wish I could go there sometime. Is it very expensive these days? Nice images too!
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I have many friends from Argentina. All Italian. My friend says an Argentinian is an Italian that speaks Spanish. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous and evocative scenarios. I've been to South America but never to Buenos Aires. It is one of my great regrets in life.
The image of the woman on stilts is haunting.
A haunting quality to your images; the place looks untouched by time.
Congratulations on the E.P.
~R~
thank you--you brought back old childhood memories: i was an argentine kid of 'bohemians' (yep, one of those italians who speak 'spanish'--or 'portenio'!) and for a few years lived not very far away from some of these pics.

now i look at them and remember those gorgeous, skinny, long brown-haired girls licking ice-cream and sitting on the cracked steps of masterful old italian buildings in the hot sunshine

buenos aires is all about 'sweet decadence'
Thanks for this lovely tour....a fine post
Besides Berlin, Buenos Aires has held some appeal for me. I want to get out of this country so bad, but haven't figured out just where to escape. I like a place that's not all glitzy, and somewhat run down. Would love to visit, but it's so far by plane!
I've never thought of Bohemia in far flung places outside of it's original home and of New York. Maybe Bohemia is more a state of mind and an appreciation of a certain aesthetic than it is a place. Your photo tour of Buenos Aires shows us that.
I love these pics, they're so rich
Wow. Thank you everyone, for your beautiful comments.