Another day done in la zona norte of the capital. My long trip to and from each Wednesday don't seem to be as long anymore. It helps that almost the entire ride back I was unperturbed face deep in Kerouac's On the Road, the only other book besides Three Cups of Tea that I brought with me in English. I was so absorbed and hung up with the book that after getting off the Colectivo, and crossing the intersection of Salguero and Mansanilla to my apartment, I was almost hit by a small Renault. In any rate, ahora Todo tranquilo. Work's done for the day. It's always interesting leaving the city and coming back in one day. It makes you realize that life is infinitely more laid back outside of Buenos Aires. At least escaping the rush of the city for a few hours gives you a cloudy state of mind. Although General Pacheco and the zone norte is far from a tranquil escape. The zone is simply a large manufacturing sector of the city full of multi-national corporations where as of a week hordes of protesters gathered in opposition to Kraft foods laying off hundreds of employees.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
La Fiesta Clandestina
Last night was my return to the fiesta clandestina, which in fact isn't that clandestine because the organization posts flyers all over the city and is registered on the online ticketing service Ticketek. However their motto is "Nada esta prohibido" which I realized after a few hours inside. Cigarrette smoke, and the smells of marijuana are common place in this fiesta which had "Malabaristas" (jugglers), a live ska/cumbia band named Agrupación Mamanis and a boliche (danceclub) atmosphere. What I didn´t expect was to leave the fiesta at 4:30 a.m. feeling a little liteheaded sensation of a mixture of all of the unprohibited smoke substances. As I ascended the stairs from the basement dwelling I felt the relief of fresh air, emerging from the smoking depths of rock nacional blaring full blast. Over all, I'd have to say I'd do it again.
Friday, September 25, 2009
First Day of Blog
First day of the new blog which I finally got around to setting up. Five o'clock in the afternoon, sunny and beautiful but cool and after traveling all over the city in the last four days I prefer to lay low in the fourth story apartment at the crossroads of la plaza guemes. Beer and empanadas at this hour and then the nighttime craziness will begin. Buenos Aires becomes another place at night all of the working transit and locura ends and in my experience the best part of the city begins.
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