Everyday Life

The past few days have been pretty normal and mostly low key for us with few exceptions. We've tried some really great restaurants like Standard for Argentine asado, Pregiatto for pasta and Sudestada for southeast Asian. I was disappointed that I forgot to bring my camera to Sudestada because I had the most delicious and beautiful looking dish. The chef carved out half of a huge, fresh pineapple and filled it with chicken, pork, shrimp and a spicy-sweet sauce. Don also loved his spicy pork dish and we definitely plan to go back. However, we've only made it to the gym once this week so you know where I'm going with that...

Thursday night we hung out with Linnea at Milion, which we had seen on the Food Network when Rachel Ray visited here. It's a cool bar/club in an old mansion and the website is really cool, Milion. The place is also known for its black cat that roams around but no one could seem to find him for us. We haven't really stayed out late here so we decided to keep the night alive by going to Club 69 or Niceto Club. It was very much like what we'd do in DC by going to the upper VIP level and getting champagne. We had a great time and stayed out really late.

To recover from our late night out we had a lazy day in the park for a picnic on Friday. We got some choripan and went to La Rosedal or the rose garden. At least we tried to get into the rose garden but it was closed so we sat on the outskirts. The weather was fantastic and we just lay on our blanket and relaxed. A group of geese tried to attack us for our food and it was hilarious watching Don try to hit them with his baseball cap. The geese would even try and eat the blanket!

I won't even go into detail about our trip to Jumbo Easy today, the equivalent of Wal-Mart here. Big shopping trips drive me crazy even though it was relatively empty and we didn't even have to wait in line for very long. Plus they deliver everything to your house, which is good considering we bought enough to last us for the next six months!