The website Restaurant.com.ar organizes its 4th Tour Gourmet Buenos Aires 2009, an opportunity for all foodies (member of Restaurant.com.ar and the general public alike) to enjoy some of the best restaurants in Buenos Aires with incredible discounts.
In this edition of the Tour Gourmet, from January 12 to February 28, all participating restaurants offer a 30 % discount as a minimum every day on the total of the check when ordering "a la carte". There will also be special discounts or free wine tastings on specific dates. This is a free event for the general public and doesn't require registration.
To use this benefit, enter Tour Gourmet website, choose a restaurant, make the reservation by phone, print the discount coupon clicking on "Certificado de Beneficio", and present it when asking for the check. All participating restaurants requiere advance reservation to use this benefit.
The list of participating restaurants will be updated every day.

The government of the City of Buenos Aires presents "Aires Buenos Aires - Cultura para respirar" (Culture to Breathe), a program of cultural activities that starts next Saturday, January 10, consisting on over 800 free events, including: musical shows, drive-in movies, theater plays, activities for children, circus, open air "milongas", and numerous musical events, every day during January and February, 2009.
Iñaki Urlezaga, Los Auténticos Decadentes, Jaime Ross, the group Miranda, Jairo and Iván Noble, are some of the artists that will entertain the audiences with their shows.
The schedule includes 124 activities, with over 800 events, around 20 neighborhoods of Buenos Aires: 14 movies, 4 theater plays, 45 recitals, 7 popular "milongas", 18 children's shows, 6 circus shows, and 10 workshops for kids.
The drive-in will be set up at the Rose Garden, on Iraola & Sarmiento, Paseo de la Infanta, every Saturday and Sunday at 9:30 PM. There will also be stalls for spectators without a car. The first two showings will be "El Nido Vacío", by Daniel Burman, and Leonera, directed by Pablo Trapero.
Children will enjoy shows by artists like Adriana, Los Cazurros and La Banda del Musiquero Loco, among others, as well as children's plays and painting workshops at Pasaje Lanín, in the neighborhood of Barracas.
Ballet lovers will have th chance of seeing Iñaki Urlezaga in "Carmina Burana" at the Obelisk, on January 17 at 9:30 PM.

The closing of the activities will be on February 28 with four outstanding shows in different locations: Jairo sings Horacio Ferrer (Mataderos Amphitheater, 7:30 PM); Flemish singer Enrique Morente (Avenida de Mayo & Peru, 9 PM), La Portuaria celebrating its 20 years (Costanera Sur, 9 PM) and Café de los Maestros (Planetarium, 7:30 PM).
To download the complete schedule of activities in pdf, click here.

Argentina Polo Tour, the fall tournament created four years ago by Adolfo Cambiaso and Gonzalo Pieres, presents its second stage of 2009, at Santa Maria de Lobos Polo Club from February 14th to 21st, 2009.
Four teams up to 16 goals handicap will be participating for the Cup "Secretaría de Turismo de la Provincia de Buenos Aires", with the presence of Argentine and international players, including Adolfo Cambiaso himself.

Teams:

Santa Rita: Jose Maria Lopez (1), Santiago Allaria (4), Patricio Gaynor (4), Guillermo Terrera (7). Total. 16
Loro Piana - La Virgencita: Ralph Batler (0), Jorge Lamarque (4), Gustavo Usandizaga (2), Adolfo Cambiaso (10). Total. 16
Las Hermanas: Charlie Hanbury (4), Olly Cudmore (2), Ernesto F. Llorente (5), Adrian Laplacette (4). Total.15
El Remanso: George Hanbury (2), Matilda Woods (0), Jaime Garcia Huidobro (8), Manuel F. Llorente (6). Total. 16.

Schedule:

Saturday 14 at El Remanso4:30 PM. Santa Rita vs El Remanso 1
6:00 PM Las Hermanas vs Loro Piana 2

Wednesday 18 at Santa Maria de Lobos4:30 PM Winner 2 vs Looser 1
6:00 PM Winner 1 vs Looser 2

Saturday 21 at Santa Maria de Lobos4:30 PM Looser 1 vs. Looser 2
6:00 PM Winner 1 vs. Winner 2

The most important event for the Argentine fashion industry, BAFWeek, brings together the most established brands in the fashion world and the independent designers, for the launching of their fall/winter 2009 collections.

The focus of this edition is on wool, "a recyclable, renewable natural resource, non pollutant, and, above all, extremely important for the Argentine textile industry".

BAFWeek 2009 will feature 2 runways for five daily fashion shows, and around 40 showrooms where designers will showcase their creations in an exclusive space, including accessories, shoes, bags, jewels, underwear, and men and women's clothes.
Some of the designers and brands who will be presenting their collections are, among others: Gabriela Horvat, Mariana Dappiano, Prüne, Rapsodia and Kostüme, and the introduction of two new young designers from the contest UBA-BAFWeek Hotbed.

Dates: February 25, 26, and 27, 2009
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center, Pabellón Amarillo. Av. Sarmiento 2704
Opening times: from 2 pm to 10 pm
Entry fee: 20 Pesos. Tickets on sale at the venue 2 pm to 8 pm

BAFWeek official website.

See also Buenos Aires Fashion Week 2009/2010 Spring/Fall Edition