The first story included in Café Chronicles was “An Interesting Subject.” It was written at Origen Café on the corner of Perú and Humberto Primo in the San Telmo area of Buenos Aires. There are a couple of things I really liked about this café. The first thing I liked is that it was light and airy. A number of cafés in Buenos Aires are dark. I think that is fine, but for starting the day, I liked the windows in Origen Café. 
The service at every establishment in Buenos Aires is outstanding, but I really liked the friendliness of the staff at Origen. They were wonderful. The coffee, of course, was outstanding, and I almost always got some sort of breakfast special that included a cappuccino and a croissant of something like that. Breakfast was always light when I was in Argentina.
I also liked being there on the weekends, because of the variety of people you would see both in the café and passing on the street. On Sunday, near the Plaza Dorrego, there is an art fair. I bought a painting the last time I was there. Also, in the Plaza Dorrego, there are often Tango exhibits. Overall, there is a mix of tourists and artists in this neighborhood in Buenos Aires. It may give over to tourists completely one day soon, but for now, I still enjoy it. 
Henry James Morello 