Movies al Fresco

Every Saturday and Sunday at 9.30 PM till February 22nd, you can go to the Rosedal of Palermo and enjoy a movie under the stars. You can watch the movie from your comfy car ( I hate you) or you can be like the rest of us and sit on the hot pavement. It´s smart to bring chairs, pillows, etc. I wasn´t smart enough last Saturday though. 

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Wisdom starts at $3,80

Any problem you have, can be solved really easy, if you ask the right person. Forget about jesus, or your priest or your friends. Jesus is too busy solving REAL problems, your priest only wants to get in your pants, and your friends are tired of you and your endless blah blah.

But in Buenos Aires, we have an excellent counseling service that comes included in almost every taxi cab service, and you should definitly take advantage of it.

I know what you are thinking: "what would a taxi driver know about my problems with my partner, my morgage and my parents in-law?" Well, he knows. In fact, if your problem is more related to other areas of the human knoledge, lets say, quantum physics, biology or algebra; don´t be shy and just ask, he´ll have an answer too!

"Is the answer the right one?" You might be wondering. I say :"Who cares?" They talk with such autorithy that I wouldn´t dare to not take the advice.

Taxi cab drivers know it all. That´s the truth. A taxi cab driver told me so.

Anyway, to prove my point, I´m going to transcribe a conversation I had last saturday with a really nice taxi cab guru. He revealed a piece of information that you might find extremely useful.

Taxi guy: You know, I´m 56 yo, I don´t want a new wife. I separated a couple of years ago and I don´t want to marry again. I just want a woman to go out with 2 nights a week.

Me: 2 nights a week? why 2 and not 3? 2 nights a week is not enough for a woman.

Taxi guy: I know, but seeing someone 2 nights a week it´s the perfect way not to get into any commitment.

Me: Really?

Taxi guy: Sure. Look, if you see someone only 2 times a week, the relationship cannot go too far. I give you my word.

Me: Interesting. So when a guy only wants to see me twice a week it´s because he knows this rule?

Taxi guy: Probably. But you, women, always have a way to trick a guy into a serious relationship.

Me: How?

Taxi guy: Driving him crazy in bed.

Me: well, that I know. But thank you for teaching me the 2 days rule. It´s brilliant.

Misbehaving

If you come from a different part of the world (basically if you are American), you may find Argentines a little bit rude or impolite. After my trip to the US, I confirmed my theory about politeness in the US:  you say "thank you" and "please" about 1000 times more than us, and 

 " I´m sorry" and "excuse me", about 1000000000 times more that us. My friend was trying to teach me how to be more polite but I was really not into it. I hate saying I´m sorry in the American way. Here, you  say I´m sorry when, for instance, you´ve accidentally punched someone in the face, or if you accidentally pushed someone in front of a bus. In the US is more like, "OH! I´m only 3 meters away from that person, I think I´m invading his territory, It´s better to say I´m sorry, otherwise I´d be considered an ass" Or: "MY GOSH!!!  I could have accidentally touched that person with my backpack, but thank god it didn´t happen. Anyway

 "I´m so sorry " (that that chance existed for a moment)". 

You know what I´m talking about?

But that´s not my point. I want to talk about us. Argentines. More specifically; Argentines by the pool.

My friends live in this fancy condo, and they have a pool and a gym, and all those things that are so necessary in the modern life. Anyway, I always go there to hang out, swim, eat, be in a nicer place than mine, etc. Everything is fine, except for the group of disgusting Argentine guys who think that are the owners of the pool.

We are talking about 30 something guys, with huge beer bellies and a cocaine addiction (well, only during the weekends- their weekend starts on Wednesdays-) who work for their stepfather who is a friend of someone in the government. They are the perfect example of why Argentines are considered arrogant all over the world. I bet you know a bunch of them.

They are loud. They stare at girls until they make them feel uncomfortable. They are lazy (one of them doesn´t even work so he is 24/7 by the pool). They always wear the same clothes because even though they have a maid who does the laundry for them, they are too lazy to shower and change their clothes. They are completely rude; they bring a TV to the pool area they turn it on in a really loud volume and they sit there to watch the soccer game. Can you believe that? And nobody is doing anything about that. We need some Americans to teach them how to be polite.  I´m sick of the complete lack of respect for the other human beings that some Argentines show. Lets shout at them. Yes! You, whoever you are, please, stop pretending that it doesn´t bother you that your neighbour wakes you up at 7am on Sundays because he wants to listen to a metal band really loud. Stop letting the old fat lady from the 5th floor to walk around in her underwear while she Waters the plants. Yell at the parents who leave their kids destroy the common property. Together we can make it. We can kill the ugly impolite  monster that we Argentines have deep inside.

That´s it.

PS: Hey, are you visiting BA? Would you please bring me some Newman´s own Balsamic Vinagraitte? I´m addicted and I can´t buy it here. Please!!! Thank you, I knew you´d do it.