Right now I’m looking off of our 4 story balcony into the western skyline of Palermo and Palermo Hollywood in Buenos Aires.
There are no clouds in the sky and it’s about 70-75 degrees.
We got here in BA on Friday afternoon after about 18 hours of traveling, which is about 15 more than I usually enjoy.
We were well prepared for the plane flight. We brought plenty of dried fruits, water, green powders (they always nag me in the security lines!) and we ate light. It was nice not to eat tons of raw nuts with the fruit… that generally leaves me bloated.
In the city (BA), the story is a little different. Plenty of Parillas (Argentine BBQ) and Italian restaurants (they’ve taken over the world!) but very little of everything else.
I used my internet savvy and broken Spanish to decipher that there is some sort of co-op which is a block from us! BUT, we walked by it yesterday and it was closed. Hopefully, Lunes (Monday) will bring happier, healthier news.
So we’ve moved into “survival” mode, which is what I call it, when we loosen up the law and relax a little.
“Survival” mode carries this mantra… not perfect, just good enough. So with this as our rule, we eat some things we’d never eat at home and just enjoy the time with friends (we’re down here with our friends Jonathan and Carrie) and not stress about what to eat.
Let’s face it, this really is just a blip compared to the scale of our lifetimes. I’d rather not stress. Our bodies are resilient. I used to eat Twinkees and drink a Mountain Dew before tennis matches in high school and we still made it to States.
The meaningful lesson of all this that I’ve learned is that you don’t get the time back that you spend stressed out.
You can readjust and get back on track with your diet… but you never get back the time that you spend worrying about what you should or shouldn’t to eat. 
We luckily did find a organic, vegan restaurant that has fresh juices and a thai restaurant that we’ve tried to get into two nights in a row, but they’re been too packed to let us sit. (That’s good news)
I’m anxiously awaiting news on the co-op so I can get back on track!
Tomorrow’s show is on a traditional Argentine drink… so stay tuned… it’s a great replacement for morning coffee and tea…
Live Awesome!
Kev
1:46 am on March 31st, 2008
Relax, be happy!
The progression of the cosmos does not depend upon the items on your every plate/in your every glass!
Thai green beans are BOMBASTIC!
WHEN you make it to a seating at that place!
“-)
Can’t wait to hear about this morning breakfast drink from Argentina!
Photo from the balcony, please”-)
Susana
2:10 pm on March 31st, 2008
Hi Guys,
Last trip to Mexico we were doing the zip-line thing in a rain forest (I’d recommend it!) and the guide, with pretty good English, started to tell us about the trees and their products. One which piqued my interest was a coffee like beverage made from a tree there. Wish I could remember the name. It had two short words…cafe___?___java?…?? Anyway, it is an all natural, non caffine beverage with a pleasing coffee taste. Some probably think those are mutually exclusive terms! Hope it is the one you will tell us about or at least find out how I can get my hands on some. I did look in the grocery stores while I was still in Mexico, and still remembered the name, but to no avail. Another cool tree was a gum tree. Ask about it, and chew some. It’s not like anything around here!
Have a great time there.
Still green with envy,
Jeanne SDR
2:11 pm on March 31st, 2008
P.S. How did you manage to take plenty of water with all the restrictions?
Jeanne SDR
9:57 pm on March 31st, 2008
Jeanne,
Yeah, it’s a pain… but once you get past security you can stock up. Many of the airports have Fiji water which is much better than the Coke or Pepsi products. (Still a huge carbon imprint, though… well so is flying right!?!?)
So that’s what we do… grab as many bottles a possible… usually adds 10 pounds or so to our carry-ons!
Kev
3:51 pm on April 2nd, 2008
Spooky!
Sorry I missed your call this afternoon but I was at the hospital talking to a gentleman who was explaining that he was from BA Argentina as I started to tell him that my son and beautiful daughter in law were presently in Argentina…my phone rang…it was YOU!
Love, Mom