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New Year’s Resolutions
I like today! While I feel big changes and resolutions can be made and met on any day, there is nothing wrong than picking the 1st day of the year to reflect and plan. That’s what I did today. At the coffee shop I learned the Brazilian custom of wearing white and tossing a white […]
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Buenos Aires, Argentina – El día ocho, nueve y diez: What do I need?
I had laid down the night before with a scratchy throat. I knew what it meant. It meant I was getting sick and that it was going to suck for a few days. I was right. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Christmas would be spent laying around the house, sick as a dog. I fucking […]
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Buenos Aires, Argentina – El día siete: Sailing
I could feel the years of forgone training as my consciousness left the haze of sleep. My body was sore. Much like it was every other Sunday after Saturday rugby. It is a good hurt. Proudly, I walked on the terrace with my engraved mug to display to Nico and Vicky. Ha! “What are you […]
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Buenos Aires, Argentina – El día seis: Saturday Is A Rugby Day
I was still a bit frumpy when I woke on Saturday morning. I couldn’t get over this guy that tried to rent me a bike with flat tires and was a bit frustrated at the difficulty in finding a decent used pair of wheels in a city so large. Sigh. Outside, Vicky and Nico were […]
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Buenos Aires – El cuarto día
I woke around 9am, a bit fuzzy from the night before, and got straight to work. I have so much catching up to do. I, admittedly, have let my business slide somewhat in the last few months, lieu of the EMT course and lack of Internet and need to get caught up. I worked with […]
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Buenos Aires – El día cinco
Nico was sipping mate when I woke. He was watching the news and juggling his blackberry, home phone, computer, and tv remote. I told him about the past couple of days and we shared laughs. He then hinted that perhaps I would want to join his brother, Edu, for a bit of rugby on Saturday. I was […]
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Buenos Aires – El día tres
My new flat was 25 blocks from my hostel so I cabbed it. Quick and easy, I arrived and was buzzed up to the 3rd floor of the building. Vicky was out of town for work, so it would only be Nico and I for a few days. He was great. He gave me the […]
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Buenos Aires – El dia dos
I woke to bright, hard light coming through metal shutters, separating me from a small circular balcony over looking the street. The city was alive. At 10am, almost everyone was up and moving around, except me. I wasn’t bothered one bit. I went to the kitchen of the hostel, passing a few people that I didn’t know, […]
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Buenos Aires or Bust..
I have fantasized about this place for many years. When I moved to Los Angeles in the spring of 2005, I met a fair lass, Sabrina, from Argentina and was introduced to bits and pieces of the culture. Mate in the morning, empanadas in the afternoon and dancing, among other things, until late at night. […]
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Buenos Aires – Day 1
It was 5am December 13th, 2009 in Raleigh, NC. I could see my breath in the crisp air as my mom kissed me and dropped me off, saying “Be sure to call or write as soon as you arrive..” (I love that woman!) I puffed a Marlboro Light and smiled at another fellow that was standing […]