In the land of beef and malbec...: Sights, Sounds, and S%&#s of BsAs

Another holiday weekend! Happy Labor Day! As you read through, you may guess that Jake chose a few of these sites (torture museum, cemetery, etc....)

F 4.27.12

got together with some new friends tonight...met them last week at the US Embassy; they were having their son's photo taken for his US passport...he was only a few months old! We found out that they're from the States, have been living in BA for about a year and a half, they moved here with an infant, and just had their second child. How exciting! Maybe the idea of having a baby here is not so crazy...hmm...we shall see

Sa 4.28.12

today we met some friends and decided to check out ESMA: Escuela Superior de Mecánica de la Armada (the Navy Mechanics School...one of the most infamous torture centers during the Dirty War, 1976-1983)
on this rainy evening, we attempted to visit the museum, but after walking the grounds, we finally found the entrance only to find out it would need to be specially opened for us; we decided we wouldn't have much time to see things once we got inside, so we headed to dinner before our 9pm show

for dinner we sampled the torre de picadas (dos pisos - two floors!) at Buller, a decent brewery in Recoleta

next we were off to Centro Cultural Recoleta to see Hombre Vertiente, a show like I've never seen with crazy music, gushing water, and people flying like Spiderman...I kind of felt like I was in the protagonist's nightmare; was entertaining and fun

to get an idea, watch the videos; no words necessary...

Su 4.29.12

had brunch with Terry as she will be heading back to the States in a few days after her two month Argentinean language and culture adventure...went to a place in SoHo, Manuela Malasaña with a set brunch menu...lots of pastries and breads, but pretty good! Left full and happy (can't believe I didn't take any pictures!)
wasn't sure how I felt about graffiti when first arriving, but on our walk to the cemetery, we came across many artistic displays:

TU BASURA ES MI TESORO: your trash is my treasure

Spanish sign language...part of the playground at a park

from there, it was a short walk to Chacaritas Cemetery, the larger, less famous cemetery in BsAs; it was a nice change from Recoleta...very interesting to see, especially on a day with few other visitors...
for some reason, Jake is interested in these sorts of things

this sign gives details exhumations within the cemetery (we assume due to lack of payment of rent or no living heir, etc.)

I didn't really like the vultures looking over the dead body...

That night we met up with some friends for drinks in Las Cañitas; a late night led to...

M 4.30.12

... a very relaxed Monday off...sleeping, travel planning, cleaning, laundry, etc. we did however eat dinner like Argentineans at a great Italian restaurant in our neighborhood at 11pm!...followed up with helado of course

Tu 5.1.12

we had lunch plans with friends at a well-know, parilla restaurant in Hollywood, Las Cabras; unfortunately the friends had to cancel, but we still went; our first parillada completa:

OMG....that's a lot of meat! (this was for two people)

we had leftovers for a couple days

part of the title of this post is 'smells'...usually I'd be referring to the dog business that is left all over the sidewalks...but during this meal, I got shat on by a bird while dining outside....like the painfully slow service wasn't enough!
...and as if getting shat on ONCE wasn't enough...it happened again on our walk home! good grief! the birds are very accurate here (it's happened to Jake a total of thee times since February)
more graffiti throughout Palermo Hollywood and SoHo