Another Theo inspired post

Those of you who have been diligently following this blog from the beginning (and, thank you!) may remember a poem sent to me by my dear friend Theo that I posted way back in March.  Once again, Theo has inspired me to post, with the following words from a wonderful email I received from her just this morning:

i need more - i want to know about food and your friends and what you're reading and seeing.  are you going through south america?  are you drinking mate?  what what what... basically i just want more nuggets from your life.  not big huge this is how it's going statements - just little bits.

So here's a little bit.

I'm sitting in Nati's house, listening to Jorge Drexler, whom I newly love.  Nati has 3 cats and 1 dog, plus 3 more cats and 7 (yes, 7) more dogs who live downstairs and frequently come to visit.  They're here, they say what's up.

That's Arturo

Yes, I bonded with a cat. This is Ralphie. She's a girl.

Last week I was adopted by a group of Nati's friends for Dia del Amigo.  That's right, a special holiday for friends.  How lovely and wonderful!  As per time-tested Argentine tradition, we went to a boliche and danced for 5 hours straight.

Really cool photog of me and Nati jumping around. Credit: Jess!

Today I spent a solid couple hours in the Centro Postal Internacional visiting various windows and waiting for various numbers to be called so that I could pick up a package of ropa abrigada (warm clothes!) sent to me by mom.  THANK YOU MOM!

I went to class and wrestled with the subjunctive some more.


Argentine movies I can recommend:
- El Secreto de Sus Ojos
- Valentin
- Plan B


Today is the anniversary of the death of Eva Peron.  RIP.

That's my nugget for today.

With love and mate.
Julia