I first read Deby Novitz' blog about a year ago and was hooked. Her sincere and heartwarming stories of her real life in Buenos Aires made me smile and nod my head to no end. We've been in touch and in a wonderful gesture Deby has agreed to become our "Tia Deby" and answer any questions you might have. To ask a question send us an email and who knows, you may get Tia Deby giving you the honest lowdown in her inimitable style. Here's more about Deby.
In December 2000 Deby Novitz made her first trip to Buenos Aires to dance tango. She fell in love with the city, the culture, and the Porteño life style. She made the first of 18 trips before coming to
live permanently in 2004. She sold everything she owned in California, gave up her computer business, and moved to Buenos Aires with her dog Roxie (recently deceased in September 2008), her computer, tango shoes, and CDs to start a new life.
In Palermo she rents two rooms in her apartment to people who come to dance tango. She gives tours, she teaches English, she does what she can to maintain a life there. She has appeared on television, and in the local newspapers in Buenos Aires. In the milongas she is known as
the "milonguera extranjera." (the foreign milonguera) She writes the popular blog TangoSpam:Lavida Con Deby and is does not see herself ever leaving Buenos Aires.
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