I’m going to be really gross and just post pictures with anecdotes because let’s be real—NO TENGO TIEMPO PARA BLOGGEAR (real verb).

A bunch of us went to an Onda Vaga concert a few weekends ago.  I LOVE them.  They’re indie rock with a Latin twist.  And since it’s Argentina—and everyone knows everyone in Argentina—we have an actual connection to the band.  Pedro, our student activities advisor, plays guitar with them sometimes.  PEDRO, INCLUDE ME INTO YOUR SECRET LIFE THIS INSTANT.  
 

In between eating alfajores caseros and empanadas, drinking mucho vino, and waiting for Onda Vaga to get on stage, this guy danced to cumbia.  Dále:
 

During my latest excursion to a parrilla, I ordered bife de chorizo and was certainly not expecting to receive the thickest piece of steak of my entire life.  It was pretty daunting and at times I didn’t think I could finish it, but I thought, “They don’t call me Parillayla for NOTHING!” (They don’t but I think they should start) and grabbed some chimichurri and finished it.  
 

Last Thursday Rachel, Arielle, Phoebe and I went to my host mom’s art exposition.  As you can see, Cristina is a cat lover just like me.  Ella me hace muy bien.  
 

SORRY THAT YOUR HOST MOM ISN’T THE BEST LIKE MINE!  I love Cristina so much, it’s ridiculous how much I am going to miss her.  
 

A few months ago, my creative writing professor, Anna, was telling my class about how we should go to an exhibition at an art gallery because it was very cool, etc.  That certain gallery turned out to be MARIANO’S gallery.  After Cristina’s art show, we made our way to miaumiau and we were all a little afraid that Mariano would be angry at us for showing up and ruining his art scene cred, but he was actually super nice and only minimally sassy.  Success!   The gallery was incredibly cool, too.  It’s all contemporary art by young artists and this exhibition in specific was called “Escultura Nueva” so we had the chance to see some very unique pieces.

miaumiau givin’ you a little view of Palermo:
 

Barbárbo, ¿no? 

This sculpture was my favorite.  It was multi-sided polygon sculpture hundreds of mirrors inside which gave it this very cool kaleidoscope effect:


This is what one sees going up the stairs to enter the gallery.  I wouldn’t expect anything less from the man who co-wrote the South American edition of the Gay Encyclopedia.  What a sweet dream (and a beautiful nightmare):
 

After our miaumiau adventure, we made our way to the End of the Year Quilombo—I mean party.  It was open bar which meant that everyone was out of their mind drunk within 30 minutes.  The fiesta was pretty fun because towards the end of the night it was basically a huge dance party.  And there was dessert, so obviously Emma and I were content.


 
Oh yeah, I also got to take two pictures with Mariano.  As Gob once said on Arrested Development, “It was utterly macabre.”:

 
NOS VEMOS.