Ok, so you want to write for us.
First of all, everything that goes in the Insider has to be useful. Or as I like to quote the journalism professor who coined the term service journalism, it must be “useful, usable and used.”
We’re big on specificity here, so these are some concrete examples, care of our editor:
An article on corruption in Argentina, no.
An article on corruption that you might encounter and how to deal with it, yes.
An article on Eva Peron’s obsession with hats, no.
An article about where to see Eva’s …

Sure , this is in part a shameless self plug, but we’ll also draw attention to LP’s “Moving to Argentina”.  I guess they get it: it’s not just tourists buying their guide books.

Mercer, an international human resource consulting firm, recently published the latest version of its survey for HR managers of expatriate employees.
Mercer’s Cost of Living Survey 2008, using New York as the base with a score of 100.0, ranks 143 cities worldwide. Buenos Aires is in 138th place (score 62.7) up slightly from 2007 rank of 139th. Moscow continued this year as the most expensive city.

In the neighborhood
Other South America Cities were among the lowest worldwide.  For the sixth year running Asunción, Paraguay is the least expensive (score 52.5), followed by …

That’s right. One year ago this week, our first issue hit the streets
Especially if you never got a copy, you can flip thru a virtual copy here.

Hacker kitten in training by blmurch
I’ve mostly put the pieces of my life (aka computer) back together since mid June, when my laptop was stolen right out of my hands. For the full account, you can read the gory details on my personal blog. In the past two years in Capital Federal, my wallet has been taken out of my backpack (which I now wear in front), my husband’s laptop was stolen in Jan 2007 in San Telmo and now this. While these are very inconvenient and horrible, we …

The Olympics - and the world’s attention - may have left Beijing, but if you have a lingering taste for some Chinese flavor close to home, check out our comprehensive look at BA’s own Chinatown.

by Hannah Shanks

The Barrio Chino (Chinese neighborhood) of Buenos Aires may be a fraction of the size of the Chinatowns in other major capitals, but it is nonetheless stuffed with enough pork balls, obscure items and lively characters to compete with the biggest of them. Insider Hannah Shanks gets to know this barrio-within-a-barrio.

Welcome to the Barrio:
You …

Buenos Aires Insider hosted a party on May 14 at L’Émbruix Restaurant in San Telmo (Chile 812) and it was a smashing success.  Thank you to all who came and helped us celebrate.  Here are some photos from the event by Beatrice Murch. Keep looking at the site for details of the next bash!

Aidana and Steve enjoying the free wine

Natalia and Gwen wondering why Samuel’s finshing their drinks

Publisher Stefan Bielski and Sales Boss Marc ‘could sell dulce de leche to an Argentine’ Nieto

Red or white?

Publisher Graham Hatch notes the lucky …

Beyond St Patrick’s Day
Beyond St. Patrick
Going Green in Buenos Eire

By Sanra Ritten
Though St. Patrick’s Day is growing in popularity you might still need to play the ole ‘Che Guevara was of Irish descent’ card to get your Argentine friends to join you on March 17. But the fact that Argentina holds the world’s fifth largest Irish population outside of Ireland should convince you that there’s more to Irish Buenos Aires than an annual Guinness binge.
St. Paddy
On the big day Reconquista in the center is closed to traffic and overtaken …