Saturday night was Emily (of London)'s going away dinner at the posh and overpriced restaurant Sucre. I befriended Emily, Katherine (pic above) and Anne marie my first week in BA. Emily's been working (for free) at a non profit here the last 6 months and trying desperately to find paid work. She has her lucrative yet wholely unsatisfying consulting job waiting for her back in London. We all hoped she would find a way to stay. At the dinner party she told us the non profit she works for finally offered her a paid job (only part time) if she wants to return to BA. So, now her plan is to go back to London for a few months and make enough money to live on here for another year or so. Anne Marie (from Florida - broke up with Argentine boyfriend Pedro mas o menos 10 times since I met here - they are currently a "go") is going back to the states in a few weeks. Katherine and Ed are likely here for another year but eventually they want to settle somewhere closer to their respective homelands - england and malasia. So goes it with the expat community... We had a good time though and I rallied for a later than usual night of dinner and bar hopping till 4am. Hugo and I dressed up a bit for a rare evening of fine dining. They actually had some decent seafood on the menu - see pix above of my octopus appetizer! Usually, I would rather have a casual hole in the wall parrilla with a cheap but tasty steak and side of creamed spinach any day. Argentines love this kind of food cause its nouveau and cool.
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