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Everyone poses outside of a café in San Telmo on market day.

Dr. Kamenish answers questions from Caleigh Cornell, Megan Allen and Stephen Horne in a poolside discussion of Sábato’s The Tunnel.

Ernesto Sábato, author of this existential classic, died April 30, 2011. As well as for his fiction, he was know for his tireless human rights efforts.

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Just off the Plaza Dorrego is an old-fashioned news stand.

Lots of old silver and knives. A street filled with artists just off Plaza Dorrego.

Old fans and naughty pictures …. Morgan Cartier looks over some jewelry.

If you ever needed silverware … The “drunk puppet” acted out a lovesick tango song.

Flowers for sale in the Mercado Glassware, whips and spurs …

Tango in Plaza Dorrego. Defensa crowds on Sunday’s market day.

Morgan Cartier looks at Café Tortoni photo. Tango couple puts on lunchtime show.

At La Pergola, a restaurant on Plaza Dorrego, a tango couple appeared at lunchtime and put on a show.

There was barely enough room for the aerials, boleos and sentadas, but this professional couple managed to dodge both tables and customers.

Musicians play and sell their CDs up and down Defensa.