BESOS - or, why the people you choose to keep in your life should be the ones that make you feel like THIS :

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granted,

they can get a little "handsy" with each other,

but these people are the ones who believed in me,

or saw something in me i didn't see in myself,

and for the past three years

(3 YEARS!)

have worked tirelessly at my side.

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this one random night out,

i looked around that table 

and saw

my "ladies in red",

my "bang",

my manacop,

and my man.

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they've worked for free on jobs,

they've brought new ideas and new possibilities to the table,

they've kept my spirits up . . .

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find your people, people.

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in the end, they're the only reason we ever succeed,

but more importantly,

they're the only reason we're ever happy.

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it never felt like labor with them,

which i think is the whole point,

and how i want to live the rest of this life.

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besos,

babies.

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where to eat in buenos aires : TEGUI and SUCRE

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you know how i love good food.

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this city is rife with amazing steaks,

and short on salad.

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heaven, but a bit much after two weeks.

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which is where these two places come into play.

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TEGUI,

in palermo,

is behind a door with no sign,

and opens onto a sleek,

black and white,

modern prix fixe menu

boite

where the food was wildly inventive,

and yes,

quite delicious:

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that lamb tartare was amaze-balls.

and, i loved the reading material in the bar area:

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SUCRE,

that's my favorite.

located ON the park,

it's a vast concrete bunker that opens onto the green,

with a wine cellar lifted from the earth like a tomb,

and a bridge to get to the restroom.

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the pumpkin risotto is flawless,

the sea bream with porcini is insanity,

and the molten dulce de leche cake at the end

pretty much makes you want to fuck it.

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excuse my spanish.

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it's also a great "client dinner" place,

fun and convivial:

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god, i must have had one too many caipiroskas.

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or too much cake.

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GABRIEL DEL CAMPO (perhaps the best antiques store, ever) :

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also in san telmo,

on the main square,

stands the flagship of GABRIEL DEL CAMPO,

an amazing store filled with things you never knew you needed,

yet now,

now you need.

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vintage louis vuitton trunks?

oh. dear. god. yes.

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marble statuary feet?

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manacop found this sculpture of a centaur . . . 

wanted it SO badly.

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how about to-scale vintage racers for children?

with hermes leather seats?

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bugatti says what?

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more statuary:

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i, on the other hand,

died over this marble piece.

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nice profile, no?

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and i even found some
"so wrong they're right"

bambi meets mid-century chairs

to direct from:

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wrap em up, baby.

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THE MALBA MUSEUM OF ART, KARIN, and lunch along the river . . .

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on our one down day,

we hit the malba museum of art in buenos aires

to see their collection of latin american art.

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lovely space,

nice pieces,

but not quite the impact of a MOMA or even a GETTY.

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i dare say,

the art we found OUTSIDE on the street

while meeting up with karin

was more our speed.

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then off to the puerto madero area of the city,

a mini "sydney waterfront"

across from all the historic districts:

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italian food on the water on a perfect day?

approved.

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