Sunday, January 27, 2008

Tango house party in BA

With two friends, Julie from Montreal and Emilie from Paris, we purchased wine and desert (chocolate cake with Dulce de Leche), and headed up into San Telmo in Buenos Aires for a house party. A friend of Julie, Serge, had a friend Sophie, who lived in B. Aires, but was from France. The apartment was a one room studio with a balcony of which a traditional Argentine BBQ was being prepared. Wine was passed around with smiles and laughter as the music played Latin Salsa in the background.
Argentine sausage is very high quality. They have Chorizo, which is like a normal thick Polish-like sausage and a Morcilla (know as Black Pudding in the UK). When they are both grilled to the correct temperature, you can add them to a baguette and enjoy a mouth watering, finger licking wonder. Dinner was very nice, and it was nice speaking with new people.
After dinner was finished, and the Dulce de Leche (a soft caramel) chocolate cake was passed around, Tango music was heard from the computer speakers. A couple moved out into the middle of the floor, and without hesitation, held each other closely and intertwined their bodies with incredible passion. The song ended much too early and applause took over the room and balcony. The next couple, Sophie and here partner, moved to the floor. You could tell that Sophie had added a few inches after skipping off into her room to put on some high heels. Sex and sweat took over the room as the Tango filled the air with romance. Talk of how tango is causing the increase in population in Buenos Aires was heard from the sofa.
I walked Julie and Emilie back to their hostel at around 4AM, and was able to catch a train back into Florida where I am staying. Buenos Aires is another city that never sleeps. Walking by kids in the street at 5 in the morning, laughing and smoking cigarettes, I smiled, looking down at my feet moving across the cobble stone and back up at the train station as some were headed home like me, and the others passing by on their way to work. Bliss is BBQ and Tango in Buenos Aires.