Fuerza Bruta!

Fuerza Bruta translated = ‘Brute Force’.  (Probably) the best live show I’ve ever seen!  ~Cirque Du Soleil meets Blue Man Group.  Intense music, performance art and acrobatics.  Most of the show happens in / on top of the crowd.  You can’t help but be a part it.

To all my friends in NYC, you have probably already heard about this.  But, if you don’t know, now you know.  Trust me and click here.  

Here’s a video of one of the opening pieces in Fuerza Bruta.  You can hear the crowd gasping, because the stage was pushing its way through the middle of the crowd.  At the end of the vid, you can hear: "This would never happen in the US!"  Probably not.  But, in Fuerza Bruta, the crowd is part of the show.

This is one of the opening performance pieces in Fuerza Bruta. You can hear the crowd gasping, because the stage was literally pushing its way through the middle of the crowd. At the end of the video, you can hear: "This would never happen in the US!" Probably not.

I call this the ‘Floating Female Frog Pool’.  This water tank was hanging high above the crowd but, slowly floats down until everyone can touch it.  No words.

A small segment of the Fuerza Bruta show. (Cirque du Soleil meets Blue Man Group?) This encased pool slowly lowered down on top of the crowd until everyone could touch it. Just one of the many amazing performance pieces in this exquisite show!

I'll be posting a ton of pics to my Facebook, but here are a couple of my faves:

Tacos Al Pastor Por Favor!

I love tacos.  (Main reason I moved to LA)  Al pastor 'til I die!  

Mi amigo (Jeremy) and I have a favorite taco truck in LA.  I miss her sweet trompo.  Córdoba does empanadas really well, but not really tacos.  Before I left for Buenos Aires, Jeremy researched and found: La Fábrica Del Taco.  

Turns out, it’s ~5 blocks from mi apartamento nuevo!  

Tuesday night, I went to check it out.  Hard to explain my glee!  2 pastor tacos, 1 chicken taco (Mistake) and a watermelon agua fresca.  (My favorite drink not named Sprite)  

They brought out their salsa arsenal.  The boring one, your typical salsa verde, and la salsa rojo.  I told Lucas behind the bar that I really like spice and then, they brought out the big gun!  Which was really not that spicy.  

Side note: Most people think all of South America likes spice, which is FALSE.  Mexico, and northern South America share the love, but central and southern Argentineans say, "No mas".  

The Al Pastor was delicious!  So, I ordered "Dos mas pastor".  :P

Lucas behind the bar then asked me if I preferred flour or corn tortillas.  I said corn, but "I'll try them next time".  

A few minutes later, he brought me 1 more pastor taco on a corn tortilla: en la casa.

6 tacos & 2 watermelon agua frescas down the gullet.  

One happy Americano!

One hour later, stomach not so happy.  

I don’t blame La Fábrica Del Taco.  I blame Córdoba for their lack of spice.  My digestive system was not ready for the 6 pack.  I'll probably stick to 5 next time.  

La Fábrica Del Taco, I’ll see you soon, mi amor!

Folk You Monday - Open Mic Night

On Remote Year, there are events ~every night.  We arrived in Buenos Aires late Sunday, and on Monday, there was an open mic night called “Folk You Monday” at this cool little artsy venue.  4 of my travel mates got on the list and performed live!  

Kudos to Travis, Kirsten, Tanya and Mike for stepping up and absolutely killing it!  Incredibly proud and impressed by all of them.  I’m traveling with incredibly talented, multi-dimensional people from around the world.

Travis is from Wisconsin; Kirsten is from Ottawa, Canada; Tanya is from Australia and Mike is from Toronto, Canada.  Love the diversity.

Some snaps:

This guy is not part of Remote Year but I thought this snap was worth sharing.