Sarah

Sarah and our two nights out with her were fantastic but have been neglected so far.  This is mostly because both times we got back to late for blogging because we had such a great time.  We went to dinner with Sarah, a former Masshole who now lives in BsAs (and studied here with Pep), on our second night here.  This is when we wandered around, took pictures of the big metal flower and learned of blood sausage.  It was awesome to hear so much about Argentina from a resident, and interesting to talk about the US; what she hears here and what Argentines think of us.

We met again on our last night in town.  Sarah happens to work a few short blocks from where we were staying in Palermo so she walked over after work.  We shared some wine there (La Linda Malbec, and Pescado Torrontes - a surprisingly delicious $2.50 wine!) and discussed a number of other things including Dulce de Leche, Mate, and "Argentina according to Amy Pepin." When it reached a respectable hour for dinner (around 9) we made our way down the street to Club Eros for dinner.  This was a Fodor's find that was a total gem (make sure you google Club Eros, BsAs...Sarah thought we were into rather unorthodox ideas of a good time when she googled Club Eros without the Buenos Aires in the search string).  My theory is that this restaurant came to exist because they fed parents during their kids soccer practice.  This is because the restaurant is literally on the side of a gym and indoor soccer club.  Dave and I were too intimidated to go with only a little functional Spanish and it seems this was probably typical of tourists because everyone else there seemed to be local. Luckily, Sarah is fluent so we dragged her along with us.  We ordered three steaks, a plate of fries (really yummy fries!), a basic salad and a bottle of wine. The steaks were awesome, at about 6USD a piece, they were deliciously tender and flavorful despite being cooked medium well. For dessert we had this strange but delicious queso y dulce de batata which is cheese and a sweet potato jelly.  I know this sounds strange but trust me, it was great!

We were sad to say goodbye to Sarah, but trust that our paths will cross again someday.  If you're reading this Sarah, thanks again!