Week's End

So I get one more day of rest tomorrow, it's Labor Day here and that means school's closed, work's out and sleep's on! This weekend has been awesome so far, starting off with the fantastic Friday night and continuing onto Saturday morning, where I woke to a bright and chipper text from Lisa "Good morning! Going to knitting stores?" To which I of course quickly replied "SI!!!" And away we went. I picked up some gorgeous purple wool and Lisa knocked a good 150 pesos out of her wallet, an hour later carrying home two huge sacks large enough to make Santa Clause look wimpy. Then I ran into my house to take a shower, as it was muggy and gross and we were sweaty from our trek down Cordoba (BA weather goes from hot to freezing in the blink of an eyes...), then I went back to pick her up and we headed down to Cumana, my faaavorite restaurant (well, one of them) to meet Anna and her Dad, who is visiting for a couple of weeks, and Anna's friends. Eventually working out a table for 9 we immediately ordered 3 bottles of wine to share, and 4 bottles of agua sin gas. The waiter said "Ahora (now)?" We said "Si!" He said "todos?" We said "Si!" He said "Todos ahora? 7 botellas?" And we said "SI!!!" Then he let out a low whistle, shrugged his shoulders and was like "OK, I'll bring them then!" We totally made his day, he was going to have stories about his crazy 7-bottle-at-once-ordering table to impress all the other waiters for the rest of the shift!

After Cumana we all found room for a little ice cream and headed to Volta, the amazing heladeria across the street from Cumana where they have Cookies-n-Cream and Cappuchino! Those are really exotic flavors, let me tell you! After finally feeling the stretch in our bellies we parted ways and Lisa and I headed where? To knit, of course. God, are we a bunch of grandmas or what? I finished my hat, as you can see from the photo, then when Anna got back she and her dad were craving Mexican, so you know I was going to join! Lisa, Kylie, Anna, her dad and I headed downtown to put our names in at Xalapa. An hour and a half later, no kidding, we got a table outside, perfect on a cold windy night, but we were hungry and it was already after midnght. I had ceviche-so spicy I burned my lips off! and then after dinner went back home.

Today I read in bed til 3 in the afternoon, then Lisa and I headed to the book fair again at about 5. It was packed, I think because the Dalai Lama was speaking (for 75 pesos a ticket...hmmm...) so we could only take an hour in the crowd before we headed back out. Still, got some books, Lisa too, and then we found a cute place for dinner and now here I am, chatting on the phone and, of course, getting started on my new knitting project! Nerd Alert!