Dev's Delights

The variety of things I delight in

23 and counting March 14, 2010

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I essentially have had the best birthday week ever. In no fewer words, the past week has been amazing! It started off with an AMAZING birthday celebration. My friends and I headed to a Mexican restaurant (of course!) called Lupita for a delicious cena! My wonderful friends here are amazing and got me an Argentina flag and everyone signed it. This included them taking the time to draw a Texas flag and a UT Longhorn on it. Apparently, they had a few practice rounds to make sure they drew Bevo correctly!

Neil practicing drawing Bevo.
Neil and Aurora presenting me with the flag! :-)

We then headed out to an amazingly fun club! I did not get home until the next morning. The fiestas here last forever!

I then spent the next week with family friends that came in town. This included a trip to a place called Iguazu Falls which was absolutely incredible! I have never seen waterfalls like this. Not to mention the jungle and butterflies that came along with it. We took a boat ride to view the falls from the bottom and even went underneath some of them and got soaked. The next day we rode four-wheelers to a zip line (3 lines, 800 meters long in total) and then to do a wet repel down the side of a very small waterfall in the jungle. We then headed up to the top of the largest fall called La Garaganta del Diablo, or The Devil’s Throat.

The views were all incredible, and the amount of spray created by the falls produced more rainbows than I could ever hope to see at once. Other than that, we could relax by the pool, walk around by the falls and just enjoy this small piece of paradise! The only thing it was missing was a monkey or toucan sighting. I wanted to see a monkey!

Tomorrow I head back to work and begin my last two weeks in Buenos Aires. I am already sad to leave and to be watching my friends leave. Then I have a week in Brazil and then back to states to find a j-o-b and attend weddings of family and friends. It is amazing how quickly real life will start again when I get home.

To see more pictures of my birthday and my trip to Iguazu check out my Facebook Page.

 

Milonga with an old man March 2, 2010

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Ok so I have had NO time to update! If I have been home, I have been asleep or attempting to sleep! The past week has been CRAZY!

First of all Buenos Aires Fashion Week (BAFWEEK) was in no fewer words AMAZING!!! I worked with the press, did a little translating when needed and got to sit front row at the majority of the fashion shows! I was also very proud of myself because in one month I managed to learn most of the designers by name, face and/or clothing design. I also realized, once again, that I want to work in that world. I LOVE IT! So if you know someone in the beauty/fashion industry looking to hire, send me their info!

Also, when I had a few free moments between some of the runway shows, I made friends with one of the makeup artists. He let me watch as he made up a few models, chatted with me, taught me a little bit, let me play with some of the makeup and even complimented how I had done my makeup! It was a fun and proud moment!

All in all, I LOOOOVEED BAFWEEK!

Since then I have been exhausted!!! But that has not stopped me! After the last show on Friday my whole team went to dinner together which was a ton of fun. Then a bunch of us headed to the BAF Party where we were VIP! And my friend Aurora got to come with me! It was fun but we left pretty quickly. That night was also my friend Clarissa’s last night so we went to see her for a bit. Then I crashed! And refused to get out of bed until the next afternoon!

The rest of the weekend was full, as usual. But I definitely made time to sleep because I was just dead! Sunday I watched my first full game of the Winter Olympics. It was less than thrilling to watch Canada beat us at hockey, but we were outplayed so I can’t say too much about it.

This week is back to life as usual here in Bs As. Monday I went to a live drum show and Tuesday night I went to a place where locals go and tango! I LOVE IT! I just wanted to go out and join but it is a pretty complicated dance. My friend taught me the basics, and then this little old man who had been tearing up the dance floor grabbed me to dance! I was obviously brand new but I made it through my first Milonga! Very proud! And I have officially tangoed!

Next up is my birthday and I can’t wait! I am just sad I can not celebrate with all of my stateside friends! (and those scattered across the world!)

Good night moon! Besos! Ciao!