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November 19, 2005
A Night on the Town
During the day Nacho showed us around Miramar accompanied by his huge German Shepard Tinker. We also got an introduction to some of the great food we are going to have at the party tomorrow and met more of the family..
Dora and Tucho were both busy getting ready for the party. Tucho showed me two whole pigs that had been slow cooked (lechòn) that he had picked up in the morning. Dora was busy making over 100 empanadas for the party, some of which we were able to sample for lunch. It is going to be quite a feast tomorrow.
In the afternoon we walked around town a bit more and picked up a good bottle of Argentinean wine that we are going to give Dora and Tucho for their anniversary. Argentina is known for Malbec, a red varietal grown in Mendoza in the northeast of the country. The wine down here is a fraction of the prices you will find in the U.S. and is incredibly good. When we were mentioning that to the store owner he confirmed Argentinean wine was becoming well known for its quality. For example, he said that Hugo Chavez during the Summit of the Americas had spent $5,000 at his friends store in Mar de Plata. I guess he liked some of the wine he had tried while visiting the country and decided to buy every good bottle in the store. Glad to see those petrodollars are going to good use.
Tonight, after dinner at Nacho’s we stopped by Soso’s to see if Eduardo wanted to go out with us. We all ended up heading to a bar called Mezcal and then off to a club near the beach where Nacho’s friend Martin was DJing. Although this was an “early night” because we had the big party tomorrow at noon, we still left the club when the sun was rising over the Atlantic. At least we’ll get a few hours of sleep before it is off to the big event.
Posted by Peter Mork at November 19, 2005 2:16 PM
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