Dear Miss Tango and her little baby came over to see me for lunch today. We ate a tomato and mozzarella salad, and my favorite Tuscan fettunta. We drank some good red wine on the balcony.
And Miss Tango took this picture of me and little Isa:
I love it!
We then walked all the way to Arenales where we looked at some of the new Raquel shoes, which I didn’t like enough to buy. They were beautiful and well-constructed, but not quite “it” for me. I guess I have my preferences. I didn’t “feel it” in these shoes. But I highly recommend a stop in their store. You might like it. And the ladies are nice. Arenales 1974, 3rd floor.
I’m thinking of staying longer in Buenos Aires. Oh, let’s cut to the chase, I AM staying longer in Buenos Aires. I really like it here. And I can. So I will. More details to come…
I’ve been getting some flack for my decision to stay a while - apparently a few people who don’t “get it” take me for a clueless tourist with a romantic notion, forgetting that I have been an expat twice. I’ve lived in three different countries (Italy, Switzerland, and of course the United States) and I thrive on being an expat. It’s the way I like to live. Therefore, I can handle some extra time in Argentina. I have made my dreams come true (I’m working in a job that I can take with me around the world! And I’m traveling!), and I’m happy. Anyone who has a problem with that should look at his/her own life.
I haven’t been dancing a lot this week. I think I’ve been to one milonga since Sunday. I just want to chill out, understand the city from other views, take my time, not wear myself out. There is so much more to it than just the dancing. This city itself is a Tango lesson. I love it. All aspects of it, even the ugly. I will go out dancing more next week. I just needed to rest this week. And enjoy. Which I have been doing. 
I finally overcame my fear of eating dinner out alone in Buenos Aires this evening. I can eat lunch in a restaurant alone, no problem, but dinner is just too weird for me. I have friends here and go out to eat sometimes, but mostly I’m alone. So, I take my Italian knowledge and cook!
The ingredients here are great and I’ve been using my limited space to make some nice meals for myself. Nothing elaborate, just nice and simple. And fresh. Anyway, tonight I wanted to go out to eat, so I took myself on a date to a Spanish restaurant, where I saw other people dining alone and where I was treated like a queen. It wasn’t so bad. And I got free limoncello.
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Hey, what a beautiful photograph!!!
I totally understand your wish to stay longer–and understand the city where you are from every aspect, not just the dancing side of it. I’m a gipsy myself (can’t stay without moving for more than a few weeks…) and in fact I *am* an expat in the US. Some of us are just too curious, too thirsty of life to stand still. It’s just the way we are… incidentally, I think Tango tends to “catch” people like us… interested in the new, in the search of a full trip? 
Your life right now just sounds so nice, so cool, so much the way it needs to be. The meals, the walks. I’ll confess that I also understand the fear of dining alone… in fact, when I was in BAs, I also didn’t gather the courage to go to milongas by myself. It was odd, actually… I’ve traveled alone to so many countries, I’ve gone to milongas/festivals by myself around the world, and I still could not do it in Buenos Aires. Maybe I would have needed to stay a bit longer than the 10-11 days I was there last August (previously I had been in the city a few times, but just for a couple of days in a row). Oh well.
Last, but not least… I almost have a sense that I ate in that Spanish restaurant where you got the limoncello… (or I’m shamelessly living trhough you!)
You both look absolutely adorable! So you’re staying a while… can’t say I’m surprised! Have you decided on how long?
Oh honey…any one that has ill will towards you staying there longer is simply jealous…I know that I am….but not in a mean, jealous way…but in an ahhh….I wish I could do that sort of way! My friend Jason says hi and says he is utterly amazed by you and wishes that he had the courage to leave behind taking the bar and doing something like you are. I miss and love you! isn’t the sun amazing? I think that’s why I love living in Arizona so…sigh…
Beautiful girl…and the baby’s pretty cute, too…
What a sweet photo. That is one you’ll treasure forever. You look so blissful!
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