Articles By: Karina

24Apr
2013

Luise Kimme: Inside the Late Artist’s Tobago Studio

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Luise Kimme: Inside the Late Artist’s Tobago Studio

Sculpture artist Luise Kimme was born in Germany, trained and worked around the world and settled in Tobago in 1979. Tobago, the smaller sister of the two-island nation Trinidad and Tobago, also was where she passed away last Friday following a brief illness. I had the privilege of visiting Kimme’s sculpture garden, home and studio while in Trinidad and Tobago for Carnival this past February. Kimme was sassy, eccentric and endearing the way only artists can be and her work, [...]

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22Feb
2013

Carnival in Trinidad Party Report

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Carnival in Trinidad Party Report

As promised, my coverage of Carnival in Trinidad continues. Below is my “Just Back From” post I penned for Fodor’s Travel that details the Carnival highlights, from whining, liming and feting to everything in between. Also, you can learn what exactly those Trinidadian English terms mean in the Fodor’s post linked here: Just Back From: Carnival in Trinidad I talked a bit about high-energy, have-to-move-your-body, soca music in the post. In the video below you can hear more of the [...]

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19Feb
2013

Images from Trinidad Carnival 2013

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Images from Trinidad Carnival 2013

I am recently back from celebrating Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago, particularly in Port of Spain, the two-island nation that calls the claim to fame of being the “Home of Carnival.” I spent a close-to-sleepless (couldn’t miss anything!) week there, partaking in all the Carnival revelry I could. It was a crazy week packed with cultural “fêting,” or partying/celebrating as they call it there. The Trinidadians know how to Carnival, and this is coming from someone who spent Carnival 2012 [...]

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21Dec
2012

Shot of the Week

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Shot of the Week

In October I traveled to Mexico City for the first time. I met my father there and spent time getting to know family members I had never met, as well as touring the sprawling city. I loved it — the size, the energy, the food — and this building, the Palacion de Bellas Artes, was my favorite of all the impressive architecture in Mexico D.F. -Karina  

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19Oct
2012

Shot of the Week

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Shot of the Week

It’s been too long since I posted a Shot of the Week, but I recently returned from the vivid, friendly country of Colombia and was inspired to share some images I snapped while there. The above photo is from right inside the walls in the old city center in the coastal city of Cartagena. -Karina

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16Oct
2012

A local guide to Buenos Aires

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A local guide to Buenos Aires

The editors at the online magazine The Culture-ist contacted me to pen the Buenos Aires installment of their “Get Cultured” city guides. For this, I was on the other side of the interview, answering rather than asking, and you can check out the full piece Get Cultured: Buenos Aires – A Guide to Exploring the Best of the City on their site. Below is what I had to say. On your first day here, seeing this is a must: Buenos [...]

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4Sep
2012

Moving to Argentina: Meeting People in Buenos Aires

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Moving to Argentina: Meeting People in Buenos Aires

One of the most alluring and daunting aspects about moving to a new city is the promised anonymity. I had little to no developed network when moving to Buenos Aires, other than the handful of friends I flew down with and the  few people I had been put in touch with before moving. It’s an understandable and necessary priority of many to get out, meet people and make new friends upon arrival. For those coming to Buenos Aires independent of [...]

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29Jun
2012

Moving to Argentina: What You Need to Know About the Visa

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Moving to Argentina: What You Need to Know About the Visa

Aside from a favorable exchange rate, Buenos Aires is attractive to many people looking to move or live abroad for some time because of its relatively lenient visa policy. As a disclaimer, I must state I am in no way schooled in the legalities of immigration or visa policy. This blog post, if anything, should serve as a source for general background information about navigating or better understanding how the visa process works in Argentina, specifically for those from the [...]

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13Jun
2012

So, You’re Thinking About Moving to Buenos Aires?

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So, You’re Thinking About Moving to Buenos Aires?

After fielding a number of inquires of late from people in the U.S. considering a move down to Buenos Aires, I’ve decided it might be helpful to put together a series of what-to-expect posts on a variety of subjects of interest to the potential Buenos Aires transplant. As of now, I have the following subjects in mind, each of which I’ll expound upon in an individual post and will eventually be linked to in this launch post. Visa Housing Work/Jobs [...]

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