We put the BA in balls

I went to visit friends of Kevin del Walker (now my friends too) in Buenos Aires, and my first 12 hours in BA provides a good snapshot of what the city is like.

My friends, Jynx, Josh and Katie (the aformentioned person who had a robber perform an emotionally hurtful act on her and her european carryall), live in a very nice apartment equipped with a couch, TV, large patio, some weird painting on an eisle taking up a high percentage of the living room and now all my $hit in the corner near the stairs.

I showed up after a 13 hour bus ride* at 9AM, looking like hell and feeling like 1 peso from the Tylenol PMs that never really kicked in. When I got there I woke Jynx up with their painfully intricate doorbell song and I finally met Jynx who had been my penpal for 8 months previously. (In case you were wondering, she isn't from Russia or China like every other penpal in the world... Dear Vladimir, I have a house, it is blue, my favorite food is pizza, but sometime i order sandwiches. Do you have a pet? I want a Giraffe but my mom won't buy me one. I am not talking to her. While I like russian salad dressing, I prefer ketchup. etc).

Jynx had a late night the evening before I arrived, so after deciding if she should let me in the apartment, she went back to bed which gave me an opportunity to nap on their couch while waiting for Josh to return from the previous night. He rolled in at 11:30AM. If I remember correctly, I think he was involved in a 24-hour sit-in protest in efforts to absolve seal clubbing.

Ok, sorry it took so long to get to my first 12 hours.

1:00pm- Went to brunch with Jynx and Josh. The brunch place offered Bagels. (BA quickly became my favorite world city).

1:07pm- Received my first alcoholic drink in BA. It was a Spicy Pepper Bloodymary. It was delicious.

2:00pm- The three of us decided that girly drinks were ok for one day, so we ordered cocktails that were bright green, mother of pearl and purple in color.

3:oopm- Left brunch place and acquainted ourselves with peanut butter & jelly sandwiches (peanut butter is, by far, the only thing i have contributed since I arrived).

5:00pm- Went to the horse track with Jynx, Josh and Shannon, a friend of theirs who actually went to Trinity. (In case you have been reading these posts and were wondering; I did go to college, where I received exemplary* marks) (* ). I bet on the #2 horse with 2,312:1 odds. I didn't win. Jynx won. Her horse's odds were pretty much 1:1. Josh lost his shirt (financially). Shannon kept her shirt on. We collectively all lost our cool when we learned the didn't serve beverages at the track.

5:30pm- Went to a restaurant named Kansas. It was an American establishment. We sat outside (taking turns straddling the portable heaters) and enjoyed food, spirits and laughs. Josh ordered tequila shots. This was enjoyed by no one.

9:30pm- Back at apartment laughing at an unusually high level when viewing "Not Another Teen Movie".

9:45pm- Stu asleep on Couch. Josh steals Stu's Rum and Coke.