Apologies

sorry I had to remove the video of Gustavito y Ayelen, it was messing up my blog. If you want to watch it again... go to the links on that post and search for the 3rd video of them.

Ill post something NEW soon!!! I guess I can say "Im back!"

My B-DAY

Yesterday was my Birthday... yups! I had a great time. First BDay being back home.

The art stuff has been put aside for a while... darn, but I will be back with that soon. I draw 8 hs per day from Monday to Friday, let me rest!

But now... I want to share this video (and if you want more I will add some links below). This time it's not Jose and me dancing but an extremely cute couple (dancing couple) Gustavito y Ayelen... 10 and 11 years old. They have so much passion and musicality when dancing, I always get emotional when I see them, so finally I got to share this with my friends and family.


Here is the link of an improvisation (not choreography) danced by them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvzgJwpeppQ

And the other link is a Candombe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsAEcxaBRIY

More of Buenos Aires

Bah... I had all the post written and it got deleted... bah, bah bah!

Anyway... I was saying what's on the video... It's an important street in the main main main downtown of my city, Buenos Aires. You can see some street performers (lots), also LOTS of people walking in the street. That's one of the things it got my attention when I returned home from Canada, I was accustomed to seeing nobody walking in the streets, and here, even in winter time, everyone goes out. It also has some dancing, some Milonga (similar to Tango but faster) and some folklore (traditional dances). Some "asado" which is the traditional food (sort of BBQ) and some other stuff...

enjoy! to watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aArX2il-q7M

Ahhh crazy cat is trying to eat the pointer - cursor (arrow) and now its licking the screen! HA HA HA...

Im back... TANGO dancing!!!

Hey!

IM BACK!!! MUAHAHAHA

Ok... not fully back... just a small apearance


This is a TANGO dance video, we (Jose and me) did in the kitchen, the only good-enough place that we can use to practice at my new place (thanks Gabi and Lu -the other one).
And this is the only video that I didnt screwed up laughing my ass off and the cat didnt stopped in the middle to watch us dance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnWN63yF23U

I'll be back!

My trip to San Francisco, California

To get from Sacramento to San Francisco we took FOREVER... cause we stopped first in the Jelly Belly factory, yay! Here they are with the all-jelly-bean-portrait of THE GOVENATOR! (I don't know why its not THE GOVERNATOR, which sounds way better... anyway...)

Yeah, I know... we are dumb... lol (and worst... we, I mean... I got the Harry Potter all flavors jellys... and Lu (the other one) made us try the VOMIT one... and seriously... it tastes like vomit, aaaargh.
The next stop was Mc Donald's (but I don't have the pics yet... so I will post them later) And last stop was the winery (on the Napa Valley its full)... and I did what I had to do -when you are a member of ma' family-... taste wines!
After the wines...


The funniest pic... crazy colors!

Finally in San Francisco...

and that famous street I don't remember the name (me with my I'm-sick face)...


In Chinatown...


I wanted to make my mom try bubble tea, but first they call it tapioca drink so it was really difficult to find it, second they made it HORRIBLE! so... I will try again...

Some cute houses, there were so many nice ones in the Victorian neighborhood...


Something that being a tourist you CAN'T miss if you are in San Francisco... ALCATRAZ...

All this way to San Francisco was to get to IKEA... to buy some furniture for my step bro and wife, but obviously I was too busy looking everywhere to be thinking of taking pics.
And that's about it for now... I will post the rest soon!

My trip to Sacramento, California

A very quiet place... where I can say the most exciting thing it happened was to try this fondue!!! Yeah an awesome-YIN-YANG-black-and-white-chocolate FONDUE... could you believe that?!?! it's sweet! What a marvelous thing...


Gaby, my step brother, y Lu, my step sister in law, trying the fondue... (we went all the way to visit them)

And the cutest sculptures I've seen... and my mom

My trip to Los Angeles, California

Yeah, this is the first thing I saw when I was on my way to meet Laney at DreamWorks... It couldn't be more touristy... the Hollywood sign!


With Laney at her apartment...


The pool that Laney and Jenn have in their apartment buildings...

Fancy eh? The Cheesecake Factory... (this was part of our SEX AND THE CITY DAY)

At the Cheesecake Factory... Laney with her crazy drink...

Santa Monica's sky...


Visiting Kris Pearn (in Santa Monica) ... he took us to lunch, it was really nice!


Then we went to walk on the beach... this is Santa Monica's pier...

And Laney with the new photography museum... at the beach


This van (if you can call it like that) was one block away from Laney's... and as you could see it had live canaries inside that cage... insane!
Part of our SEX AND THE CITY DAY... shopping! I mentioned the series a couple of times that day to Laney, and we were having a total Sex & the City day when we decided to go to Largo (if that was the name of the pub) where this 80's guitar player (Colin Hay... he did that song "who can it be now" and has a song in the Garden State soundtrack). When to finish with our special day... who was there??? The guy that played Berger, one of Carrie's boyfriends, in the series. Craaaaaaaazy...

Ottawa left me HEARTBROKEN - part 5 (beautiful people and funny pics)

Next... my two favorite Canadians... my best friends... KT (my little sister) and Mikey... (eyes all swollen of too much crying)...


Andrea, a really sweet woman (Steve, you better treat her well, she is awesome)...

My favorite son, Tony... he cooks and cleans the dishes...


Marcel, a LOTR addict, very nice person too and new friend ...

Naughty Tony... mom doesn't wanna see this!

Marcel working (?)... how come that we, animation people, play and joke, and space out all the time but still manage to get work done?
With lil' sis KT at Marcel's...

Justin as a dwarf... I mean not as A dwarf but THE (Gimli)... sorry... if not Marcel may get mad at me... is the spelling correct?


KT, I won't embarrass you with the other pic... so I will post only this one... yeah... doggy's love to the max... pretty hair...

And another pic with KT...

Ottawa left me HEARTBROKEN - part 4 (snowy winter)

In here... Mikey, Lu and Tony... enjoying the snowy slippery floor...

KT and me, last day I went to Pip... booo... snif... What a pretty building! (see our OMG-its-the-last-day faces)...


Mikey and me...

Ottawa left me HEARTBROKEN - part 3 (like at home)

Yeah... that was like my, what, 3rd home?... one is home-home, one is Oakville-home, and the third would be Ottawa-home... Thanks KT and Andrea to make me feel like at home! =D That futon will always be MINE! muahahahaha...


What the heck am I doing brushing my teeth in the living room and not in the washroom... only God knows... ha!

Ottawa left me HEARTBROKEN - part 2 (food related)

Ok... this post will continue in a weird way... food related... This was the Sushi night... here Mikey, Tony, Justin (flower head), KT and me... with bubble tea... oh how I'll miss my bubble tea! darn...

The other side of the table... (again me), Andrea, Gerry and Marcel and a cucumber...

Mikey... after too much wasabi...

And my beloved Unagi... I will miss that too! boooo...

This is a staaaaaaaaaaam dish... my very last meal in Ottawa... snif... Cooked by Tony and KT, I think... maybe Andrea too, not sure...


Pubwells... this time I didn't go, but I had great times there... so Im going to miss it too...


yeah... now... What's next? Its weird that what its next you will read it before you read this... but whatever... NEXT!

Ottawa left me HEARTBROKEN

Ok... this is just a small part of what this post its going to be... so keep checking!

First Im going to post the bestestest card Ive got so far (I know KT will make more for me =P )


Pufff... if I cried with this card... boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

And then Im going to say: Im going to miss you guys, all the new friends I've met from Ottawa... Marcel (I found out today you where in the 4 fantastics movie... the elastic guy. Thanks for driving me everywhere), Justin (that is stealing my emoticons), Gerry (no fatty anymore, awesome cheesecake and poker night... I will return for my black chip! damn) and my old friends, Andrea, my son Tony, and my best friends KT and Mike, whom I love with all my heart... that now its broken in pieces... all the pieces are in Ottawa... it feels so empty.