Last Friday we helped my friend Gabriela celebrate her 34th birthday along with about 20 of her family members and a few other friends. She held the party at a popular "tenidor libre" aka "all you can eat" parrilla in Puerto Madero. It was a typical Argentine family celebration - lots of smiles and kisses, beef up the whahzoo and hours and hours of socializing. Gaby's family comes from a small town in southern Italy. Her parents are adorable, wrinkly and short. They greeted us like familiar cousins. Children were of course present and well behaved. Gaby's younger sister just had her first baby a month ago (named Bianca) and there were cousins with big eyes and eyelashes for miles in 4-13yr old range.
I tried to restrain myself but in the end came dangerously close to an all night heartburn attack. I started off fine but then opted to sample 4 different cuts of beef - really three too many. Hugh also gorged himself (I think he made it up to 7 variations of the cow) and we both vowed to steer clear of tenidor libres in the future.
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