Thursday night
(I've already discussed what I did during the day on Thursday in my earlier blog post today, but the night of Thursday was different enough to deserve to reside in a different post)
A friend of mine also here for thesis research this summer, but who spent a semester abroad in BA last year, informed us that we could not miss Club 69 – a weekly Thursday drag show at a place called Niceto Club in Palermo, Buenos Aires. So a group of us met up and went to check it out. Here is a look at what we encountered... for those of you who are familiar, it's like the Donkey Show in Cambridge, except the guys are wearing a bit more clothing and makeup ;)
Sunday
Sunday morning bright and early, my roommate Deb and I headed over to Teatro Colón for a free cello show that I had picked up tickets for a couple days earlier. Deb is great by the way – she is a master's student from Albuquerque doing the FIU study abroad program here in Buenos Aires for the month (she's not actually from FIU, sorry mom & Kefhi...), and she is super nice and talkative. The apartment is much different now that she is here!
The two of us went with my friend Julia, incidentally the same friend who recommended the club above. The free tickets that I had gotten were for the "cazuela" section, which is a women-only, standing room-only section of the theater. Luckily the space wasn't too cramped, so we were able to sit down, but it was still one of the more uncomfortable concerts I have experienced in my life. The theater is gorgeous though, as was the music. Hopefully I will make it back to the theater next week for a ballet, this time with an actual seat to sit in :p
Afterwards, Julia took us to the Gran Café Tortoni, which is apparently a notorious tourist locale. It's a coffee shop slash restaurant by day and a tango show by night. We had to wait in line to get in, where I had some pretty delicious hot chocolate and churros.
(picture: the three of us outside the café – me, Julia, Deb)
Afterwards, Deb and I walked around this Portuguese street festival and the Feria San Telmo. I had gone to the fair last weekend, but it was raining and there weren't that many people – not the case this time! The place was packed and very overwhelming, but I managed to buy a couple small things. I also tried choripan (The Wiki page is in Spanish, sorry) for the first time, although apparently it is also common in Chile. It's basically a bunch of sausage and bread. Good, if a bit disgusting...
Yesterday marked a month left for me in BA, and tomorrow marks the halfway point of my time here. I'm keeping kind of close track, can't wait to be back enjoying summer in Montana! But keeping myself busy here for the meantime. Also, a select few of you will shortly be receiving postcards!! Finally found some that I liked well enough to buy. If you don't think you're on my short list (read: mostly close family & penpal), let me know if you would like a postcard from me and I will send one off to you as well :)
- Brianna
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