All the girls have pulled on their boots now with the cool weather....Dave has been enthralled with the healthy look of all the young college students that stream by his neighborhood hangout...he thought this was a great example.....
And here is my favorite!....this girl boarded the subway with all her giggling friends...was it street theater? did she loose a bet? no, it turns out that throwing eggs and flour all over a person is a tradition here for when a person graduates from school! this girl just graduated in accounting.
When the rain stopped, Dave and I went for an architecture walk...
Dave had been raving about the next building on Calle Sarmiento for a week, and wanted me to see it(he dreams of renovating it with some friends)...it appears to be abondoned now, but used to house the Society for the Italian Opera....
here's another view of the same building..I think it would entail a bit more effort to make homey than I am up to right now....
Due to rain, my landscape drawing group met inside Retiro train station this week...that's Professor Carlos on the right....
And here are some of our drawings ...
Half a block from our house, some people did make the plunge and renovated a wreck of a big building. Alma del Plata Hotel, Santiago del Estero 727, just opened and the restaurant has become our favorite. The two chefs are from Northern Argentina, and the food is carefully prepared and a fusion of many cultures.
I had chicken breast rolled and seared in a mild curry like coating, served with a cous cous to die for. Dave had a bowl of braised goat, then simmered with tomatoes/onion/garlic, accompanied with a side bowl of creamed corn oven finished with provolone...fantastic and less than 10 dollars each.. Every time we have gone there, we are the only customers...so if you are in BA, give this restaurant a try (so we keep our local favorite alive0.
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