For Mother`s day I went on a day adventure to Belgrano. Visited a little feria of artisans, Museo Arte Hispanico de Enrique Larreta (a rich Argentine author that collected things and wished he was from Spain) Museo Historico Sarmiento (a President of Argentina 1868-1874). The Hispanic art museum was decent ... it had a garden maze with modern statues that didn't really seem to fit the theme. The president museum was a bit boring (I don´t need to know the family tree of historical figures that all mesh together in my mind) ... but I am sure he was a cool guy ... he accomplished a lot in his life. Later that afternoon I enjoyed free music in the rose garden of my favorite park. It was a lovely day so I just sat in the sun and listened to the guitarists that played music (it reminded me of the movie ´Chocolate´ ... jazzy-gypsy-upbeat) as I people watched all of the families and young mothers chasing after kids in the huge garden of freshly bloomed roses of every shape, size and color imaginable.Analia and I went to Teatro de los Ciegos (Blind Dinner Theatre) ... definitely one of the neatest experiences I have had. We started out in the entrance of the building and to get us acclimated and explain what the night will be like they turn off all the lights so only light from streetlamps outside the window gleams in. We are told that when we sit down there will be 5 courses ... suggested to eat left to right ... each will have a different texture and flavor end with a dessert ... a bread basket is in the middle of the table (the basket too is edible ... but I didn't quite translate that part correctly so when I started eating the basket I questioned it`s food level). They lead us in in groups of four grabbing onto each other`s shoulders in a train to know where to go into a room completely dark. They take your hand and let you feel where you are supposed to sit ... ask you what you want to drink ... leave you to your meal. We described and guessed each course with the couple we were sitting with ... tried each other's drinks ... tried to toast our drinks. There was a musical with fragrances to create the scenes and the characters (vanilla, coconut, coffee, beach, etc.) At the end of the show the main character lights a candle and to reveal the room briefly. What a shocker ... it was the exact opposite shape that I had imagined. After the lights were dimmed on ... we receive a paper telling us what exactly we ate (kabobs of grilled vegetables, chicken, sesame pork, some kind of beef, dessert with cheese and fruit) ... we met the couple we had been chatting with face to face ... met the man that runs the theatre. We stayed to talk over wine and champagne with them. We received advice from the couple at our table on how to live a happy healthy live and work in a job that you love. The man that runs the theatre has such a passion for it ... its an equal opportunity work environment for the blind (our waiter was blind, but others weren't ... they just get used to the darkness) ... its not that profitable because no one knows about it ... he offers free music lessons to the Blind community but not many come. Very good environment ... very good intention ... very good people ... very good food .... perfect experience.
On Tuesday, I took a touristy afternoon and visited Manzana de las Luces (block of enlightenment), Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires (National School ... I just read a book in my Literature class that was taken place here), Museo de la Ciudad (Museum of the City) and Cafe Puerto Rico. The Manzana de las Luces is the oldest part of BA, built in the 1600-1700 by the Jesuits and later used by Military ... its a series of tunnels connecting a few important buildings of the oldest part of the city. The Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires supposidly has a library like Beauty and the Beast ... I tried to go ...but they wouldn't let me enter. The Museo de la Ciudad was a historical collection of toys and doorknobs and a nice photography exhibit of life in Buenos Aires cafes. Cafe Puerto Rico is over a hundred years old and has tango dinner shows on the weekends. Good food and cute historical environment. I visited a few Cathedrals as well ... both were old but very impressive architecture ... just not well kept ... paint was peeling off of some of the alters and beautiful ceilings. 
To start the birthday festivities of birthday eve, a group of us went to Thelonius Club (a jazz club in Palermo). It was a small narrow room with a very modern vibe to it. The jazz was good and like always made the environment very chill and relaxed. I brought in the midnight with a drink called ´Kirk´ (red wine and champagne ... so my brother was halfway with me on my B-day). My friends bought me an ice cream from the bar and put a candle in it and started singing in between songs of the second set of music ... the jazz band joined in too ... it was great. The day was rainy but it didn't bother me much. I went to a vegetarian restaurant, Bio, that I had wanted to go to for quite awhile ... organically tasty. My night class teacher didn't show so that was a great present. I came back from my day and found my room decorated with confetti and balloons and a cake from my roommates. Later, a smaller group of people ate at Sorrento ... the best pasta in the world ... everything is flavor-blasted (gourmet style ... not the goldfish freakishly flavorful style). A great view of Puerto Madero and the city lights reflecting on the water. Another group was celebrating a birthday as well, they hired two accordion players to come and serenade ... we reaped the benefits as well. So I rang in the midnight with a Jazz birthday song ... had several different Spanish birthday songs ... and finished with an accordion version. It was one of the best birthdays yet.
From the vibe I got from classes this week ... school is starting to tone down. Less effort from now on. Celebrate.
Love.
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