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About Stephanie Perry

Stephanie P. is a writer, editor, and blogger. Her secret shame is dystopian YA fiction. You can find her wherever the books and food are.

Literary Travel: Buenos Aires, Argentina

The third and final stop on our South American trip, after Montevideo and Cordoba, was Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Well, we’d been to and from the airport a few times by this point, but that hardly counts.) My #1 vacation activity is museums, so I was particularly excited to visit the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, MALBA, and the Museo Evita, among others. Buenos Aires 101 The capital of Argentina as well as its largest city, Buenos Aires has about 15.5 million people in the greater metro area. Oddly enough, though, it’s not part of Buenos Aires Province — the city [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:20-07:00April 8th, 2015|Tags: , , , |

Keep it Simple with the Q&A a Day Journal

Theoretically, I love keeping a diary, but in practice I haven’t been very diligent about it in, oh, the past 10 years or so. Partly, it’s because the rise of smartphones and photo-sharing apps have made it so easy to visually capture and archive everyday life, but that’s not the same as having a blank page for free-form musing on life events, emotional states, goals and dreams, or good old rage-venting. And I regularly feel shame when I look at my pristine, neglected Moleskine journal, covered in a furry layer of dust. So I’m trying out the Q&A a Day: [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:20-07:00April 6th, 2015|

Literary Travel: Cordoba, Argentina

After Montevideo, Uruguay, the second stop on our South American trip was Cordoba, Argentina. While we were looking forward to seeing Buenos Aires, I often find that I enjoy the medium-sized, less touristy cities most of all. And it was true once again — Cordoba’s mix of history, colonial architecture, and vibrant student life made this my favorite city overall. However, as we’ll see, it wasn’t the easiest place to find a book. After exploring the charming streets of Cordoba, Argentina, my wanderlust led me to dream of a completely different kind of adventure in Hawaii. Just like the allure [...]

2023-11-09T05:07:07-07:00April 1st, 2015|
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