An Insider's Guide to Buenos Aires

While the marvelous old steak house La Cabaña that I visited several times over the last 30-40 years is long gone, the Travel Section of  Wall Street Journal uses the Actor (Robert Duval), The Foodie (Narda Lopes) , The Music Man ( Gustavo Santaolalla), and finally Marta Minujín (the Artist) to describe many of their favorite restaurants, hotels, shops, etc.  All of these people have Argentine connections-as the article points out.

Now I wish I understood how the Argentine economy functions with perpetual high inflation, sovereign debt default a few years back, and even taxation on exports, while maintaining the aura of the good life in the European style.  Maybe an astute blog follower can help me!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204644504576651081932691792.html?mod=googlenews_wsj