Let’s Get Serious
So I’ve decided that this blog should not only be about the things I do (because I can’t write well enough to make an hour by hour recap of my night interesting) but the places I go. That way this blog might be useful to people who are considering going to Buenos Aires. Okay. So I’ll begin with my day.
Lunch at La Cocina (1508 Pueyrredon, Barrio Recoleta). I found out about this restaurant from The Authentic Bars, Cafes, and Restaurants of Buenos Aires by Gabriela Kogan, a book that will be my restaurant bible. La Cocina is famous for empanadas, a snack/lunch food that consists of filling covered in dough. The filling can consist of meat, cheese, vegetables, whatever.
Since I am a vegetarian, I ordered two empanadas filled with cheese and onions. Because I am over eighteen, I ordered a glass of wine. It cost three pesos. ONE AMERICAN DOLLAR. The layout of La Cocina is rather annoying. There was one table with eight chairs, and then two counters each with a barstool. So basically, there were 10 seats. Sophia, a friend from SC, and I waited around for awhile, but were eventually able to get seats before the lunch rush. If any of you are considering going here, I recommend doing it well before 1pm.
After Lunch: Museo Xul Solar. An entire museum devoted to the work of Xul Solar. I’m not going to bore you with biography, look it up on Wikipedia. I’ll briefly describe some of the art and that’s it. His work was heavily influenced by occult things like the zodiac, Egyptian gods, mythic creatures, etc. Most of the landscapes and images he creates come straight out of fantasy worlds. I would say that they were bootlegged from sci-fi books, but most of his work comes from the 1920’s and 1930’s. I hate to say this, ’cause it sounds cliche, but he was way ahead of his time.
Vuel Villa, 1936. I love the idea of a city in the sky, kept aloft by balloons and motors. It reminds me of a book I once read, where there were moving cities, and each kept on trying to eat the others to get resources. Anyway, his watercolors are fantastic. You should check him out.
I went to the Botanic garden to chillax with some cats, but I don’t feel like writing about that now. Being serious is totally draining.
