As I prepare to head back to South America for dissertation research (I will be in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile from September 2016 through February 2018), I’m reminded of the last long stint I spent there. From 2010 to 2013, I lived, worked, and studied in Buenos Aires. Though not without their challenges, these three years were an amazing time in my life, bursting with art, nature, and more new experiences than I could possibly have deserved. More than a few of these memories have been captured in pixels on the previous iteration of my blog, which is still hanging around at comoelpulpo.wordpress.com. (The name, by the way, is a reference to Pulpo Paul, the clairvoyant German octopus who captured Argentina’s imagination with his creepily accurate 2010 World Cup predictions.) The blog’s replete with long-form stories about pop-up street art shows, quick notes about fun (once-)new music, and even a celebrity sighting or two. If you’re inclined to join me on a trip back in time, please do poke around.