Thomas Locke Hobbs

Currently: Buenos Aires

Post Modernism without the Irony

A lot of new apartment towers in São Paulo have this neo-classical detailing. I don´t think the residents who move in have ever heard the name Philip Johnson. I suspect, instead, that they just think it looks cute.

Crackolandia

Here´s a tall and spectacularly run-down building in the heart of Luz, once the belle epoque center of Paulista high society. That was 100 years ago. Now the area is known by the less flattering name, "Crackolandia". I was there to visit the old train station and art museum but I ended up taking pictures of run-down buildings.

Prato Feito

Most days I eat what´s called a prato feito [literally "made dish"] of chicken, rice and beans for $1.50.

Vitamina de Açaí

In the afternoon I usually have a smoothie made with açaí, a type of dark, tropical berry. The resulting mix looks like crude oil but tastes delicious.

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Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Hi. I'm a 32 year-old American currently living in Buenos Aires. Before that I lived in California, Sao Paulo and New York and if you browse through the archives below you can see photos of all those places. I also have an old geocities page with some outdated information but also more photos of Buenos Aires, friends and my 9/11 pictures.