LizzZ

First, a little business......most of you may not realize how much pride I take in having the specific details of my location for each blog. On the website where I host this blog there is a database that stores all locations and I am proud to say I have added many of the neighborhoods in Buenos Aires city...and in fact most are so obscure that I am the only one who has used these locations. I have once again, needed to ad another location to the database and due to changes on this website can't at this time.....I am sorry. Not only am I sorry to the readers of this blog, I am also apologize to the Partido de Quilmes. Quilmes....what is Quilmes? No, it is not JUST a beer. Quilmes was (and I mean was ... read more

Some of you know already, but I´m guessing the majority of you are all strangers who are reading this blog....so I´ll let you in on a little secret. I´m leaving tomorrow. Yes, only for two weeks but, man, Washington...its been a long time!! I haven´t been home to The Evergreen State in a year and a half (+). I´m so pepped up right now that I feel like I have had too much coffee. When in actuality I havent had enough coffee. Today I told a student I couldnt sleep last night. "Why?, you aren´t leaving until tomorrow." "I knoooowww" I wailed....."imagine what its going to be like tonight when i have to go to sleep." So there hasnt been anything too notible in today´s developments. Other than I got a mani/pedi combo with belleza (beauty...which ... read more

My sweet sweet friend Colleen just came to visit. I hadn´t seen her in many many months. Possibly 2 years, but you can´t really count on my math. One notable feature about my relationship with Colleen has always been the constant struggle about where we were going to eat. My great love and willingness to only eat something smothered in cheese or deep fried and my disgust for rice has always put Colleen and I on a rocky path and always leaves both of us in complete frustation. However, when Colleen arrived she was shocked to hear me say phrases like "Hey let´s try this Indian restaurant" or "I know of the BEST Armenian restaurant." Was this the same Lizzz that physically exited her life 2 years ago? I blame it on the eating habits of ... read more

Sitting in the lobby of The Splendido Hotel Quin and I got into a conversation, with the receptionist, about how to make mate. Chatting about mate culture and the differences in Argentina and Uruguay I couldn´t help but be touched. The soft spoken boy with the thick stock of black hair was just so.....sweet. I felt that earlier he had been intimiated by Quin some how. In all our previous conversations with him he seemed so timid but now, in this poorly lit, low ceiling alcove, he slowly opened up, proving once again how lovely, warm and open the inhabitants of the city of Montevideo are. In my research of Montevideo I read countless times how boring the city is...compared to Buenos Aires. Many people said "Don´t go, its just a smaller version of Buenos ... read more