Buenos Aires 101

So, we made it.

After watching a beautiful New York sunset from the terminal at JFK, a delayed flight, and some very bad VOD service on American Airlines, we landed in Buenos Aires. Normally 10 hours would seem long to me, but thanks for Unisom, it went by really quickly.We were greeted outside customs by Jorge, Matt's co-worked from Merrill Lynch. Jorge is Argentinian, and after 35 years of living and working in New York City, decided to retire back in Buenos Aires. He's a good friend and loves his city, which has been very apparent - he's taught us so much already in only 36 hours of being here.

Our apartment is in the neighborhood Palermo Soho, which is like a cross between Soho in NYC and the west village. There are alot of corner cafes, boutiques, restaurants, and bars. Many of the buildings around here are very old on the outside and restored and renovated on the inside. It gives the city a very old European feel when you walk down the street.

Already, we've taken a taxi tour with Jorge and his friend Martin and saw most of the neighborhoods in the city, including the colorful buildings of La Boca, La Bombonera(the Boca Juniors soccer stadium), and many beautiful buildings of Parisian style.

Wine Thought of the Day: On average, when you walk into a NYC bodega and find a bottle wine, if they even have wine, you are most likely buying some sticky sweet wine made in some unnamed region in California(probably the valley) that will leave you with a fabulous wine headache in the AM. Even when you walk into a wine store or any inexpensive restaurant, most likely that inexpensive wine that pops out on the shelf or on the menu with the right price, is probably not very good. Again, sweet and full of headache-inducing nitrites. But for US$4 at a bodega or US$8.50 at a restaurant, we've had some dry, quite interesting malbecs that I could never find in the states either at all or for less than $20. Im impressed by the quality of standard table wine. So far, San Felipe and Norton have delivered.