mmmmmm steak.
So yesterday we flew into Buenos Aires, Argentina. This land is famous for it’s beef, among other things of course, but I’m focusing on the beef. I headed out with a couple of guys and we headed to a place called “La Brigada” quite famous (but small) for it’s steaks and such. Upon arrival we found that you needed to have a reservation or wait for 2 hours. Since we were hungry, we forged on. We found another little place and they prepped a table for the 13 of us that had somehow come together throughout our epic journey. OK, so it was a 12block walk, but we were hungry. We had wonderful salads, appetizers and wine to start. Then came the main course, I orered Medallon de Lomo (Beef Tenderloin) and Papas Fritas (steak fries). The tenderloin was huge and cooked perfectly. I ate the entire thing despite it’s 16oz weight. It was the best. We finished up the meal with more drinks, and the manager/owner offered us all complimentary champagne. We graciously accepted and toasted to the 2 members who are leaving after Buenos Aires. In the end, our meal for 13 including 6 bottles of wine, booze and top cut states came to a total of 750 Argentinian Pesos…at an exchange rate of 2.7P/1USD that’s about $277USD for 13 people. We ended up each putting in $100pesos and leaving a 73% tip, because the food, service and people were excellent. This place was a great find and probably one of the better steak meals I’ve had in my life. Afte the walk home, I had a drink in the lobby and went upstairs. Watched some Cartoon Network en Espanol (which is getting easier) and then passed out. Today’s going well, and we’re probably going to be here all night, but it’s a wonderful office, with decent speed internet and good company.
power problems and a video
Today was the show in Santiago, Chile. It was fairly uneventful, until about 3pm. That’s when things started smoking and popping. Upon unplugging everything and checking the lines, we found that we were getting a 390V electrical service between the hot and ground lines. Not a good thing when you’re expecting a 240V service. So after narrowing it down and finding a decorative light that was shorting to ground, we replaced the power conditioner and we were back up and running. I learned a lot about 3 phase power generation and it’s distribution, it was very educational and somewhat entertaining. Luckily we have a Cat Entertainment Power guy who speaks Spanish fluently. Other than that, it was a fairly normal day. I fixed computers, saw a rock show and loaded some trucks. I’ll probably drink some beer tonight too.
One last thing, here’s a funny little video. It’s a guy doing shadow puppets of two monkeys on a date, it’s really quite funny.
click here
Jake Berry’s Joke of The Day.
Craig: “Jake, do you have any objection to a camera crew shooting footage on the field”
Jake: “I hope they brought gear for slow motion”
We had waited quite a while for the trucks to get to the venue today, so in the evening we weren’t too far along and the going was slow.
from the great Lori Tierney’s husband Mike…
on the topic of popular culture and the uncanny trends that follow:
“The Masses are Asses.”
so true sometimes. examples: “W”, American Idol, Reality TV in General. Need I go on?
