this sunday i went into manhattan for a very high-energy day.

it started here:






but THEN headed here:




you can imagine that each event involved a very distinct kind of high energy. while the gays were shaking their proverbial groove thangs to lady gaga, the chicos at the bar were having shouting matches and throwing back beers. the gay pride community and the world cup community (especially eses machos latinos!) may not share too much common ground, but i gotta wonder what would happen if these two subcultures crashed into each other.

...oh wait!...

...i know!




...is that... yep!... maradona pegandole un beso a tevez!



P.S. VAAAAMOS ARGENTINA!!!! QUE LLEGUEN AL FINAL!!!!

thought i'd experiment with posting some videos today...
when i travel i love to take dance classes~ dance can define a culture and argentina is definitely no exception. tango, the national dance, is sultry and passionate and proud, just like the argentinos.
the first video is from my salsa class that i've been attending for a few months, and the second is from my first tango class (many more to come!!).

out of that orange-colored view

didn't edit any of these photos at all. convinced that this city is magic

circus freaks!

one of the things about buenos aires that has always seemed so strange for me is that so many people practice circus arts! walking through a plaza you can see people juggling (everything from bowling pins to fire), doing ribbon acrobatics, and walking on tightropes tied between trees. i know it makes me look like a total tourist, but every time i see it i immediately have my camera glued to my face like an idiot!

field trip!

lu and i work in the day and leo and mauri work at night, so we're hardly ever all in the same place at the same time. it didn't seem possible, but somehow my roommates all woke up early enough to catch the morning train to tigre, a pretty city north of buenos aires where we spent the day by the river with a picnic lunch :)

..get out of the office and into the springtime!

this time my roommate luisina joined me and mauri at the reserva ecologica for some more wandering... it's finally HOT in buenos aires and i'm loving it!! and even better now because while we were exploring today we discovered a shore! definitely planning on spending a lot of afternoons workin on my bronzzze

i get by with a little help from my friends, oh i get high with a little help from my friends

loved having a little extra life in the loft this friday~~ the party: WILD ON PUFLITO

get out of the city and into the sunshine

the loft is only about 12 blocks from the reserva ecologica costanera sur- the biggest park in buenos aires. now that spring has fully sprung, mauri and i went to explore and had a little fun in the sun (cliche overload much?? i couldn't help it)

on the walk to congreso

capital federal is full of unexpected magic, from mammoth roots to a windmill in the sky... and that's the congress building there- it looks like it was left behind by europe and forgotten for three hundred years...

por las calles de san telmo ya se ha perdido el candombe...

new apartment, new life here in buenos aires, where i'm now living in the barrio of san telmo. walking through san telmo is like being in a dream, or a circus, or back in time... with tango music playing in the street, you have to walk a little slower and take in the sultry, heavy air. for me, san telmo is the root of all of the sensuality of buenos aires... hopefully while i'm here a little can rub off on me~

PLUS+++ i'm back with mauri! my leading man :]