Tomorrow = a holiday to eat

25 of May -- celebrating Argentina's May Revolution that resulted in its independence from Spain (officially declared on the 9th of July, 1816) -- is a big day for eating. All day should be spent at an asado (bbq), where beef is slow cooked over the parrilla. As if an Argentine would need reminding... "Festeja el 25 con asado," urges the butcher shop/ fruit stand on Borges near GoodAirs HQ in the left photo. (I'd been looking for an excuse to snap a pic of the fruit-filled tub.)

But actually, there has been a lot of reminding in my Body Pump classes this week. In anticipation of Friday's pig out -- or, atracón, as I learned in the article about Madonna in this month's Argentine Elle -- Body Pump has been particularly grueling, leaving me barely able to lift my 19-pound baby between sessions. Before Buenos Aires, I'd never heard of BP, but it turns out it's an international phenom. Its official website claims 96 gyms in Buenos Aires and 2 in my little hometown of Princeton, NJ up north. BP is goofy fun, with plastic barbells to rest on the shoulders while doing squats until your legs scream.

Happy holiday weekend -- with Friday off for Argentina & Monday off for the USA (Memorial Day), I think I'll take half off each of the two...