End of the Sueño

On Saturday, a beautiful fall day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, thousands upon thousands of faithful Argentinos descended upon Plaza San Martin to watch the 2010 World Cup Quarterfinal match against powerhouse Germany. The mood was incredible until....well the 2nd minute of play when Germany began its romp. Finishing 4-0 to knock Argentina out of the tournament, Germany dominated from the get go. Unfortunately for me it was the only match I got to see in one of these large public viewing parties, but I'm glad I went. I have here a bunch of photos and videos to give you all a sense of the experience, I can only imagine how cool it must have been when they were winning. Damn that pyschic octopus to hell !



















More videos to come later, YouTube is working slow...

Mustache Mania!

For those of you that were wondering why I had a mustache, it was all part of a bet. This bet however turned into a sort of "playoff beard" type of adventure. My good friend Will and I decided to see who could last the longest with a mustache, with a bottle of Fernet on the line. When we both discovered that neither of us would back down we decided to just grow them through the US run in the World Cup, which sadly ended yesterday. So here are a couple pictures, 7 weeks with a mustache is a long time. Especially when it starts curling into your lip...

Bittersweet

You have all probably been seeing the "reaction" videos being floated around the web these days, so I thought I'd hop on the bandwagon. Unfortunately the US has been knocked out of the World Cup by Ghana but this video still means something. Thank you US Soccer for the fun, thrilling times you gave us in this years Cup!

This video was taken at the Northside Bar in San Telmo, Buenos Aires.

View from the Top

One of the things I miss most about living in Buenos Aires, is the lack of good view spots. This city is so damn flat! Fortunately some friends of mine live in a 1950's-era monster of a building they have nicknamed the "Death Star" that has an amazing terraza some 30 floors up. I decided to take them up on the offer to snap some photos to give you all a good sense of the magnitude of this city. Note that in the very last photo, you can see Uruguay across the Rio de la Plata.

Arg v. Greece

Argentina beat Greece on Tuesday to solidify their place in the "octavos". Once again people went nuts, this video was taken from my balcony as soon as the game was called. It's kind of unfortunate that I watched it at home, a friend and I tried to go down to one of the many fanfests that they've set up with huge screens, but we weren't let in because they were at capacity. Anyways enjoy!

Spanish School Commercial

My two roommates Chris and Agustin, as well as a friend of ours Tatiana were picked to help out with a Spanish language school by starring in their new commercial series. They ended up getting the job because a friend of ours, Arash, was in charge of the shooting. Apparently there are 2 more to come!

An A's Fan in Buenos Aires

I saw this guy sitting on his motorcycle outside of a club with a couple girls drinking champagne and couldn't believe my eyes that he had an A's jacket so I went up and asked if I could take a picture. I explained to him how weird it was to see anything A's related down here and he just laughed, he had no idea who they were nor that they were a baseball team.

On another sports note, what an effort by our boys in South Africa! Shame when a bad call changes a game, all we can do is focus on Algeria!

Have a great weekend!

Estampate Photoshoot "Let's Get Weird"

A good friend of mine here, Adrian Gross, started a t-shirt company (Estampate) a while back so the idea of doing some photos to promote it sprung to mind. One of the most popular shirts they have designed is one that says "Let's Get Weird" in huge, bold lettering. What the meaning of "Getting Weird" is is up to you. Check out these pictures to see how we got weird in the beautiful Bosques de Palermo parks of Buenos Aires!

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Funny Random Anecdote of the Week

The other night as we were preparing to head out, our doorbell rang. Hmm, "who could it be?", we thought. We open the door to see two policemen standing there, who proceed to explain to us that two wayward tennis players from the gym next door didn't leave the club in time and we're stuck on the courts. We became involved in this because the tennis courts touch our rooftop and their only line of escape was through our house. So after leading the police to the terraza, they helped these two poor guys over the fence and onto our roof so they could run to freedom. It was pretty hilarious.

Floods in Buenos Aires

The last few days have been filled with rain here in the city. Our part of town wasn't hit as bad with floods fortunately, although we did get our power knocked out for 2 days. Here's a video clip from a local news station of the flooding.

Photos of the Week: Sept 20th-26th 2009

1. Stream of headlights on Pasco, taken from my rooftop
2. A guy getting pumped about the weekly La Bomba de Tiempo drum concert
3. Delivery-only sushi from Sushi Pop
4. El Litoral, my favorite no-frills parilla in the city
5. Malbec, baby!
6. Shoppers and vendors on Peru street pietonal
7. Silvia Duga, judge for upcoming reality TV show

Photos of the Week: Sept 13-19th 2009

Una Foto Cada Dia

Photo-a-Day is back! Keep your eyes on this gallery, I will be trying to take and post a different photo everyday for as long as possible.

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BsAs Breakdancers

The music scene here, at least on the surface, is not the most diverse. About 90% of the bars or clubs I've been to have played literally nothing but electronic music, which don't get me wrong, is fun, but it gets old. I actually found a place that plays hip hop and was eager to check it out. Here is a video of some fairly decent Argentine breakdancers from last night.