In short... it's been a rather lovely, pleasant start to this next chapter in BA. I've seen old friends and have met the potential of new friends. I am absolutely in love with the house here - COME VISIT. I think that has helped immensely rather than return to an apartment in Recoleta. My neighborhood is "adorbs" and I am frequenting the Asian bodego down the street where I buy my fruits and vegetables (have I mentioned the house has a juice - fresh squeezed orange juice and grapefruit juice every morning!!)
There is Voltaire coffee & cafe down this quiet street ... and I see them every morning for my "supa" cafe con leche (I need as much coffee as I can get in the morning given my sleep cycle is still off ... I will be buying Tylenol PM when I return to the US for Labor Day weekend!!). It's also a great place to listen to reggae ... read the latest New Yorker and just enjoy the sun from inside.
I have also discovered that most of my favorite restaurants are within walking distance from the house... Olssens, Green Bamboo, El Manto, Osaka, Pride cafe and the list goes on. As well... I can cross the railroad tracks (which is always entertaining) and be in the heart of Palermo shopping / Plaza Serrano within 15 minutes. That is - unless I walk in the wrong direction (which happened on Sunday) and I spent the better part of 2 hours winding my way back. That said - I did find where they fix the taxis around here. I'm not sure what many thought to make of me walking around with my backpack in my little Lacoste jacket and jeans... but not needing any car parts, machinery or other tune ups!
I have also started shooting some of the graffiti that adorns many of the walls in BsAs. Some of it is hysterical and witty and funny. Other is outright destruction / anger at the government - which is too bad as it mars some of the most beautiful architecture I have seen. Here are a few photos below.
So in a nut shell ... I find that the Big Unwind is still unwinding... albeit south of the equator and being done in a foreign tongue, but there is something incredibly exciting and inspiring about it all. There is a rhythm and a flow here - and it makes me just smile...
Railroad "crossing" area for pedestrians (it's like a chute at a cattle lot... just expressing my uber-ag nerd side)
Grafitti (really? yes - I realize I was just paging "Captain Obvious")
This is my favorite taco place so far in Argentina ... and they are actually very good!
Wheels up to Idaho next Monday - greatly looking forward to the return of warm temperatures.. but firstly, this weekend - it will be a trip down Memory Lane. Going to return to Villa Maria - where I first went with all the boys that fateful late May 2005 trip. A great place of discovery and self-knowledge. Hoping that it still is as magical ... oh - and there is still the horse named Colorado who was such a beautiful animal to ride across the estancia!
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