From Perri and his blog

Perri can be read at: kayakhombre.blogspot.com
Here's a part of his post from November 2011.

"After reading a few of her posts on foreigners acting like sluts at milongas in Buenos Aires, and all the promiscuity going on down there, I had a renewed sense of self-worth. To read how much of a tourist trap the tango scene in Argentina has become, I felt better about my situation and all the times I have forced myself to act in a manner my children would not be ashamed of.




I probably feel ‘lost’ because I’m single and I’m poor. I should be happy because I’ve got two healthy daughters in great colleges and I’m healthy as well, but it is difficult not to wish I was rich and in a relationship with a great woman. C’est la vie! Life is always greener on the other side.


Which brings me back to the writer of the tango-spam blog. I think she is not happy and sounds kind of lost. She’s healthy and living in her dream city, hoping to meet Mr. Right. One thing I got on her is, I know how good we’ve got it here. She is just now finding out that she lives in a society where she will always be just an object of sexual desire and the dance she loves so much has become so commercial it is hard for her to find it in its true form."

My comment- Perri, travel to the deep south.  The tango awaits you.

Diego- My barber

After a leisurely breakfast we strolled west on Alvear to see if my favorite barber could give me just a "little" trim. Also we were on a side trip to find a folding table for our living room. Anyway, Diego gathered me in for hugs and kisses. His round face smiles from ear ro ear.
Diego starts the trim and I make the BIG mistake. practicing my spanish I tell him he is an artista. Of course this makes his grin wider and his scissors faster and faster. The trim becomes a cut and the cut gets shorter and shorter. "oh no", I think. The complement was a backfire. Now I have hair sticking up and unmanageable, but...... well, everything here is a drama and an adventure. In 3 weeks I'll look like my "chemo" is over and maybe I'll be ready for another trim with hugs included. We saved the table search for another day.