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Dance coincedences

Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Enough already, just ... stop, my brain can't take it any more. Coincedence watch 2008: I was at La Viruta last night, where I met a girl who has this in common with me:
  • Tall
  • Jewish
  • Lives within half a block of Medrano and Humahuaca
I hit Salon Canning, and then went to La Viruta around 4:30 in the morning.  After hanging out there for an hour, things wound down, me and some new friends hit the nearby gas station for some pretty decent coffe and media lunas.  I met El Gato, violinist of El Afronte, as well as Paola, who teaches at Viruta and performs a bunch.  The pace is picking up. Read More

Buenos Aires is a small town

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Coincedence watch 2008:
  • I live one block away from Eugenia Parilla, one of the best tango teachers and dancers on earth
  • I live 4 blocks from my friend Anne-sophit, which I found out yesterday dancing at Niño Bien
  • I live two blocks away from a special vietnamese dinner that'll be happening Sunday, hosted by Thuy of A Little Saigon, the only vietnamese restaurant in Buenos Aires
Yesterday was great, I came feeling mediocre due to travel, and was happy when I got four good dances in. Little did I know that things were just… Read More

Mi Buenos Aires Querido

Thursday, December 25th, 2008
I'm back in a summer wonderland of Buenos Aires for the 4th time in 4 years.  I wasn't sure I'd make it today, since I left my passport at home with an hour and a half until boarding when I left the airport.  Bear in mind that this is the middle of Seattle's winter of discontent, from what I hear it hasn't been this snowy or this cold in Seattle since 1990, or possibly earlier.  Apparently, we don't deal with snow very well. Fortunately my cab driver had a muscle car as far as cabs go, and gunned the… Read More