Top 10 Reasons We Love Buenos Aires

1. Abundance of purple leather boots in equally abundant women´s shoe stores.
2. Watching a parade of dog walkers each try to handle a dozen Labrador and English sheepdog-sized canines every morning.
3. Despite weakening dollar, exchange rate still 3 to 1 with the peso.
4. Belle Epoqe-era theater´s new owner turned it into a cathedral-like bookstore.
5. Abundance of other used and new bookstores.
6. Clean and pleasant tree-filled plazas.
7. Four-hour lunches.
8. Four-hour dinners starting at 9 pm.
9. Quirky and affordable Sunday antique fair.
10. Espresso, ice cream, pasta, steak, red wine.