Nora Sarmoria and RAIN

Before friend Peter went back to the Isle of Mann, he took me to a back door jazz place in Belgrano (Casa Pedraza) that I had been wanting to check out...we arrived at 9:30 when the music was scheduled...were getting ready to leave at 10:45 cause still no music, when Nora Sarmoria's group finally filled the small living room..and I am so glad we stayed!  Her compositions are complex, lilting and just plan great...check out her web site to find out where she is playing around town....

That's Nora in the center at the piano.....

Peter left and the rain and cold came....fall in BA.... no more cafe society! (tears trickling down ....mournful jazz in background)

what to do on a rainy day?  Dave and I decided it was time to take care of unfinished business and headed down to the Immigration office and have another stab and getting our DNI  expedited...Dave looked up and spotted where our paperwork is probably nestled....

This month the Museo de Sivori in Lagos Palermo park has a "don't miss" exhibit of paintings, drawings and sculpture put on by the City of Buenos Aires....the scope and skill is truly amazing...I had tears in my eyes in front of several pieces, they were that good....one of the best exhibitions I have seen here...

 

Before Peter left, he took us to a restaurant he had heard about in barrio Bodeo, Pan y Teatro, Las Casas 4095...it used to be a flea market, then art studio and bakery/theater, but now its devoted to great northern Argentine cuisine...

 

the stuff in the crockery bowl was a rabbit/polenta/squash casserole that was rich and sweet and spicy... and the pastry wrapped lamb was fantastic too...

 

After the rains came, I had a hankering for comfort pizza and we returned to the very first restaurant we ever ate in in Buenos Aires, Senior Telmo on Defensa...They have a great thin crackly crust in the "piedras" style....

 

Here's to surviving fall in comfort...