SATURDAY 02/20/10
Vanessa invited me to her house to have pancakes with her and her friend from Oregon, Tara. We had a good little brunch of pancakes with dulce de leche and fresh fruit!
Then, I headed to the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA) with Calu to see the Andy Warhol: Mr. America exhibit – the hour and a half wait was worth it for me! (It was the last weekend that it will be here.) It wasn’t a huge exhibit, but definitely had some great pieces and quotes from Warhol. From there, we walked down to the Obelisco on Avenida 9 de Julio for a free outdoor tango concert that Vanessa had told me about. It was incredible – a huge stage set up in front of the Obelisco monument with hundreds of chairs set up for the audience and two areas behind it all for people to milonguear on the street. We made it for the very ending of a dance group, but got to see another tango band perform.
(Obelisco in the background)
(the milonga on the street)
Then, the hunger definitely sat in, so we went to an Asturian (northern Spanish) seafood restaurant that Calu had wanted to try. It was packed, but the food was certainly what we expected – frozen seafood made in large quantities.
(this is what Argetines think of tourists)
To finish off the multi-cultural day, where we went from the U.S. (Warhol), back to Buenos Aires (tango), to Spain (dinner), I went to Maluco Belleza (the Brazilian club) with Vanessa, Aurora, Natalia and their French friend, Marine, who’s leaving next week after being here for 6 months. It was good night (morning) of dancing, and I returned at 6:00 am (as most porteños were coming home, as well).
Vanessa invited me to her house to have pancakes with her and her friend from Oregon, Tara. We had a good little brunch of pancakes with dulce de leche and fresh fruit!
Then, I headed to the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA) with Calu to see the Andy Warhol: Mr. America exhibit – the hour and a half wait was worth it for me! (It was the last weekend that it will be here.) It wasn’t a huge exhibit, but definitely had some great pieces and quotes from Warhol. From there, we walked down to the Obelisco on Avenida 9 de Julio for a free outdoor tango concert that Vanessa had told me about. It was incredible – a huge stage set up in front of the Obelisco monument with hundreds of chairs set up for the audience and two areas behind it all for people to milonguear on the street. We made it for the very ending of a dance group, but got to see another tango band perform.
(Obelisco in the background)
(the milonga on the street)
Then, the hunger definitely sat in, so we went to an Asturian (northern Spanish) seafood restaurant that Calu had wanted to try. It was packed, but the food was certainly what we expected – frozen seafood made in large quantities.
(this is what Argetines think of tourists)
To finish off the multi-cultural day, where we went from the U.S. (Warhol), back to Buenos Aires (tango), to Spain (dinner), I went to Maluco Belleza (the Brazilian club) with Vanessa, Aurora, Natalia and their French friend, Marine, who’s leaving next week after being here for 6 months. It was good night (morning) of dancing, and I returned at 6:00 am (as most porteños were coming home, as well).
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