I won't try to describe all the events of our recent Tour Infantil de los EE.UU. Suffice to say, it was a huge success. The Argentamerican Henry Emiliano has been accepted by the grandparents, grand aunts-n-uncles, cousins once removed, honorary aunts-n-uncles, strangers on the street, etc., in the Northern Hemisphere. After being born on the first day of spring, HEM adapted brilliantly to the fall weather. Note the plush baby blue sweatshirt is big enough for his next fall encounter in four months. In the series of seven separate photos above -- taken in the W. Village of NYC -- I couldn't get over HEM's ability to keep his head up. Here's a closer look at the achievement:


We've returned to sunny B.A. We were a bit exhausted that first day home (see final photo). But today we took advantage of B.A.'s love of bebes by eating out not once, not twice but three times in a single day. (I don't know why we skipped the merienda.)

GoodAirs will go dark for a few weeks as we turn over our apartment to a friend and head off to do a litte tour of the U.S. of A. to introduce El Henry to his grandparents. (Admittedly, we'll also be eating more than our share of Mexican, Indian and other 'ethnic' food.)

On the way out, here's a quick link at an interesting analysis in La Nación of the "rhetoric of confrontation" that's so popular in Argentine politics today, tracing it though la crisis of 2001, the implosion of the Radical Party, the divided election of Kirchner and a politically homeless urban middle class.

Hasta pronto.