el tigre, la boca, and argentine modeling? surewhynot...

peeps! the last few days have been action packed. here are the headlines from BsAs.

thursday, agustina and i headed to el tigre, a town that's a 50-minute train ride from BsAs, for some tranquilidad outside the city.

friday, of all the totally random things i have done in BsAs, marina asked me to step in for an absentee model and take some photos to show off her new fashion line. here is the least embarassing of the colleccion!

saturday morning, i took lovely cara to have the best eggs in the world at sirop folie. since this was my third time there, i asked the waiter, the same i've had each time, "me recuerdas?" and got a laugh and a yes.

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after lunch, we took a strollsy through the calles and did some shopping. cara suggested i get these coral/lobster earrings. too bad i already own a pair.

then we each bought one of these tchotchkes -- un arbol de la vida. for good luck and all.

and then i took cara to la boca, for some tourist traps. here's a shot of a store in the caminito section of la boca, the center of touristtrapville

cara was drawn into this boca juniors (BsAs soccer team) store by some blinging boca juniors ropa interior. i told her to also consider this lovely hat; i am sure it would be quite popular in the US.

and then we stopped in a cafe to rest our toesies and check out the creep menu. we had a hard time deciding whether to arma our creeps with the beff or the edible palms...

so we took the safe route and settled on a banana licuado -- cara's first!

and then we made a friend.

for the shot of the day:

please note that this is one small portion of a huge building billboard, about 50 stories high, on the widest street in the world.

i personally would've picked this photograph instead!