Snobs, Models, Dinosaurs, Trannies, Strippers, and High Tea
Here's a "just for fun" entry in the blog.
We went to a review this week starring Argentina's most popular trannie, Florencia de la V. She's 28 or 29 years old and was part of last year's most famous TV show, Los Roldan. Here's the cast of her review "Mas Que Diferente" (More than different).
She and the two other stripper looking ladies in the cast are called "vedettes" - beautiful women with good bodies that sing and/or dance and generally act very sex kittenish. I'm sure there's a better definition at there, but this should suffice for now.l The blonde ended up completely naked on stage with just her hand strategically placed in the same place her thong was. Madness. The brunette one had this unholy crystal contraption that is best described as a thong that has no straps around the hips. I dont ever want to discover the mechanics of this thing, I was pretty perturbed by it to say the least. A close up of the star. Yes, she looks mannish, but actually has a pretty smile and is very much into being a woman.
Here's an article IN ENGLISH about it: Florencia de la V and "Diferente"
http://www.aegis.org/news/ct/2004/CT041002.html
Here's another person who is into doing a great deal of pretending...this is the "cheto" (not cheeto). It means a snob, rich kid, showoff etc. I found this hilarious graphic on another blog pointing out all the telltale markers of a cheto.
and only a few short days later at the soccer match I saw the perfect example of the real thing!!!!! 
I felt a little guilty taking his picture because earlier he had smiled at me, I think he liked my hat. However, upon further consideration I know that he's probably kicked a bum or screamed at waitstaff or something ;)
We've covered Princess Maxima, Argentina's most impressive example of "marrying up" -she's got a scandal we'll touch on a little later- on a lesser level of relationships and social climbing, but with a definite increase in sexiness factor, Sienna Miller's new boyfriend is Argentine model Nico Malleville- and believe it or not Nico, as model-y as it sounds, is quite a common name here, just short for Nicolas. Here's the story...."In other romance news, we can all breathe a sigh of relief because it appears we'll be spared yet another episode of the long-running soap opera that is the rocky relationship of Jude Law and Sienna Miller. While the capricious couple was supposedly seen "kissing and nuzzling" a few weeks back, the London Mirror says the fashion-challenged starlet is now "secretly dating" a strapping Argentinean model named Nico Malleville.
The pair recently spent a "romantic break" together in Mexico, even enjoying a stay at a spa hotel Malleville owns. "It's like your own personal tropical hideaway," a source tells the tab, "so it was ideal for Sienna and Nico to get to know each other better away from prying eyes."
Back to the cheto topic. You dont have to be a playboy or gorgeous bitch to be a cheto. There are the old school classic kind. The kind that have high tea at the Alvear Palace Hotel (thats "Al-veh-are"). On Tuesday the 18th the three of us went to the Alvear. Its THE RITZIEST hotel in town - to give you an idea, that is where Prince Charles stays when he goes to Argentina. Each room gets a butler. Its got all the old pomp and circumstance that is missing from new hotels these days.
The first table in this shot is the same table we sat at in this particular tea area...
The Alvear is for the rich old ladies who scoff at the coked-up hipsters at the Faena Hotel + Universe that I had drinks at with Tammie, Naila and Mike.
Then to counteract the elegant throwback to Buenos Aires' rich past we had dinner at Kansas. This place is Houston's. Let me put that a diffferent way: its like they got a Houstons, transported the entire restaurant, changed out the waitstaff to Argentines and put Kansas outside. The exact same layout, the exact same style of food, just the crowd is a little more well-off than in the states. In the US people at Houstons are middle class types, here its a little step up from that. Funny moment - Bobby and I both got the Hawaiian Steak. When we ordered we said "steak Hawaiiano", we spanishized it. The waitress left and said "Hawaiian Steek" (she said "steek") - with the thickest Argentine accent. She was basically correcting us on our mispronunciation of the menu item, while we were trying to make it more understandable for her by not saying it American style ;) ay ay ay!!!!!!!
Here's the Maxima scandal I mentioned earlier....
Princess's family 'not amused' by stripper cousin 6 May 2004
AMSTERDAM — As if having a former SS officer, a minister in a brutal dictatorship and a one-time friend of a drug lord as part of the clan, a stripper has been unmasked as yet another risqué addition to the extended Dutch royal family.
German magazine De Bild uncovered Argentine Laura Vina, 22, who has carved out a reputation for herself as a stripper in a club in Buenos Aires. Vina was only too happy to confirm she is a cousin to Princess Maxima, wife of Crown Prince Willem Alexander. De Bild published titillating photos to illustrate the story. Known as "La China" because of her slanting eyes, Vina is the black sheep of the Argentine family, newspaper De Telegraaf
reported, and left the family home at 18 because she was pregnant. She now features naked in the club as "family to Maxima". Maxima's father, Jorge Zorreguieta — who served as a civilian minister in the military dictatorship in Argentina in the 1970s — was not amused. "This woman is flaunting herself because she is Maxima's cousin. She has brought scandal on the family," he was quoted as saying. The connection between Maxima and Vina is somewhat distant as Vina's grandmother and Maxima's grandmother were sisters. The Dutch government information service RVD has stressed Maxima has had not had contact with Vina for a long time.
Dinosaurs...we've got the big ones...
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cbsnews.com/images/2006/04/17/imageNY11204172206.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/17/ap/tech/mainD8H211SO0.shtml&h=303&w=512&sz=34&tbnid=l_aYL6tcK1mOzM:&tbnh=75&tbnw=128&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpatagonia%2Bdinosaurs%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN
Unnamed Herbivore
Weight: 20,000 pounds
Length: 157 to 167 feet
Age: 135 million years
Found: Patagonia
Announced: Jan. 2000
A Giant Vegetarian
The longest of them all
In a remote desert area of Argentina, a villager found the remains of what is believed to be the world's longest dinosaur. Like Brontosaurus and other plant-eating dinosaurs, this giant creature probably had a small head and a very long neck and tail. But it is at least 25 feet longer than Seismosaurus, which was previously believed to be the largest dinosaur. The lonely region where it was discovered has turned out to be a hotbed of dinosaur fossils. "In Patagonia, walking among the rocks is enough to discover fossils," says a researcher in the area. As they discover ever-larger dinosaurs, it gets harder for scientists to name each massive beast—unfortunately for this unnamed hulker, Gigantosaurus, Supersaurus, and Ultrasaurus are already taken.
Unnamed Carnivore
Weight: 18,000 pounds
Length: 45 feet
Age: 105 million years
Found: Patagonia
Announced: Mar. 2000
Prehistoric Horrors
The largest meat-eater
Found in the desert of Patagonia, this creature is the largest meat-eater ever discovered. It is even longer than the 41-foot-long Gigantosaurus and the 40-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex. This as-yet-unnamed giant probably looked a lot like T. rex but with a pointy, scissorslike jaw. "I think it would have been terrifying," said one of the excavators. A number of these massive meat-eaters—both adults and youngsters—were found together, possibly drowned. The grouping was a surprise to scientists who had thought that meat-eating dinosaurs traveled alone. They now wonder if the dangerous carnivores in fact hunted as a pack, ganging up on much larger plant-eaters.
Thats all for now.
Ciao!
We went to a review this week starring Argentina's most popular trannie, Florencia de la V. She's 28 or 29 years old and was part of last year's most famous TV show, Los Roldan. Here's the cast of her review "Mas Que Diferente" (More than different).
She and the two other stripper looking ladies in the cast are called "vedettes" - beautiful women with good bodies that sing and/or dance and generally act very sex kittenish. I'm sure there's a better definition at there, but this should suffice for now.l The blonde ended up completely naked on stage with just her hand strategically placed in the same place her thong was. Madness. The brunette one had this unholy crystal contraption that is best described as a thong that has no straps around the hips. I dont ever want to discover the mechanics of this thing, I was pretty perturbed by it to say the least. A close up of the star. Yes, she looks mannish, but actually has a pretty smile and is very much into being a woman.
Here's an article IN ENGLISH about it: Florencia de la V and "Diferente"http://www.aegis.org/news/ct/2004/CT041002.html
Here's another person who is into doing a great deal of pretending...this is the "cheto" (not cheeto). It means a snob, rich kid, showoff etc. I found this hilarious graphic on another blog pointing out all the telltale markers of a cheto.
and only a few short days later at the soccer match I saw the perfect example of the real thing!!!!! 
I felt a little guilty taking his picture because earlier he had smiled at me, I think he liked my hat. However, upon further consideration I know that he's probably kicked a bum or screamed at waitstaff or something ;)We've covered Princess Maxima, Argentina's most impressive example of "marrying up" -she's got a scandal we'll touch on a little later- on a lesser level of relationships and social climbing, but with a definite increase in sexiness factor, Sienna Miller's new boyfriend is Argentine model Nico Malleville- and believe it or not Nico, as model-y as it sounds, is quite a common name here, just short for Nicolas. Here's the story...."In other romance news, we can all breathe a sigh of relief because it appears we'll be spared yet another episode of the long-running soap opera that is the rocky relationship of Jude Law and Sienna Miller. While the capricious couple was supposedly seen "kissing and nuzzling" a few weeks back, the London Mirror says the fashion-challenged starlet is now "secretly dating" a strapping Argentinean model named Nico Malleville.
The pair recently spent a "romantic break" together in Mexico, even enjoying a stay at a spa hotel Malleville owns. "It's like your own personal tropical hideaway," a source tells the tab, "so it was ideal for Sienna and Nico to get to know each other better away from prying eyes."Back to the cheto topic. You dont have to be a playboy or gorgeous bitch to be a cheto. There are the old school classic kind. The kind that have high tea at the Alvear Palace Hotel (thats "Al-veh-are"). On Tuesday the 18th the three of us went to the Alvear. Its THE RITZIEST hotel in town - to give you an idea, that is where Prince Charles stays when he goes to Argentina. Each room gets a butler. Its got all the old pomp and circumstance that is missing from new hotels these days.
The first table in this shot is the same table we sat at in this particular tea area...
The Alvear is for the rich old ladies who scoff at the coked-up hipsters at the Faena Hotel + Universe that I had drinks at with Tammie, Naila and Mike. Then to counteract the elegant throwback to Buenos Aires' rich past we had dinner at Kansas. This place is Houston's. Let me put that a diffferent way: its like they got a Houstons, transported the entire restaurant, changed out the waitstaff to Argentines and put Kansas outside. The exact same layout, the exact same style of food, just the crowd is a little more well-off than in the states. In the US people at Houstons are middle class types, here its a little step up from that. Funny moment - Bobby and I both got the Hawaiian Steak. When we ordered we said "steak Hawaiiano", we spanishized it. The waitress left and said "Hawaiian Steek" (she said "steek") - with the thickest Argentine accent. She was basically correcting us on our mispronunciation of the menu item, while we were trying to make it more understandable for her by not saying it American style ;) ay ay ay!!!!!!!
Here's the Maxima scandal I mentioned earlier....
Princess's family 'not amused' by stripper cousin 6 May 2004
AMSTERDAM — As if having a former SS officer, a minister in a brutal dictatorship and a one-time friend of a drug lord as part of the clan, a stripper has been unmasked as yet another risqué addition to the extended Dutch royal family.
German magazine De Bild uncovered Argentine Laura Vina, 22, who has carved out a reputation for herself as a stripper in a club in Buenos Aires. Vina was only too happy to confirm she is a cousin to Princess Maxima, wife of Crown Prince Willem Alexander. De Bild published titillating photos to illustrate the story. Known as "La China" because of her slanting eyes, Vina is the black sheep of the Argentine family, newspaper De Telegraaf
reported, and left the family home at 18 because she was pregnant. She now features naked in the club as "family to Maxima". Maxima's father, Jorge Zorreguieta — who served as a civilian minister in the military dictatorship in Argentina in the 1970s — was not amused. "This woman is flaunting herself because she is Maxima's cousin. She has brought scandal on the family," he was quoted as saying. The connection between Maxima and Vina is somewhat distant as Vina's grandmother and Maxima's grandmother were sisters. The Dutch government information service RVD has stressed Maxima has had not had contact with Vina for a long time. Dinosaurs...we've got the big ones...
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cbsnews.com/images/2006/04/17/imageNY11204172206.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/17/ap/tech/mainD8H211SO0.shtml&h=303&w=512&sz=34&tbnid=l_aYL6tcK1mOzM:&tbnh=75&tbnw=128&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpatagonia%2Bdinosaurs%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN
Unnamed Herbivore
Weight: 20,000 pounds
Length: 157 to 167 feet
Age: 135 million years
Found: Patagonia
Announced: Jan. 2000
A Giant Vegetarian
The longest of them all
In a remote desert area of Argentina, a villager found the remains of what is believed to be the world's longest dinosaur. Like Brontosaurus and other plant-eating dinosaurs, this giant creature probably had a small head and a very long neck and tail. But it is at least 25 feet longer than Seismosaurus, which was previously believed to be the largest dinosaur. The lonely region where it was discovered has turned out to be a hotbed of dinosaur fossils. "In Patagonia, walking among the rocks is enough to discover fossils," says a researcher in the area. As they discover ever-larger dinosaurs, it gets harder for scientists to name each massive beast—unfortunately for this unnamed hulker, Gigantosaurus, Supersaurus, and Ultrasaurus are already taken.
Unnamed Carnivore
Weight: 18,000 pounds
Length: 45 feet
Age: 105 million years
Found: Patagonia
Announced: Mar. 2000
Prehistoric Horrors
The largest meat-eater
Found in the desert of Patagonia, this creature is the largest meat-eater ever discovered. It is even longer than the 41-foot-long Gigantosaurus and the 40-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex. This as-yet-unnamed giant probably looked a lot like T. rex but with a pointy, scissorslike jaw. "I think it would have been terrifying," said one of the excavators. A number of these massive meat-eaters—both adults and youngsters—were found together, possibly drowned. The grouping was a surprise to scientists who had thought that meat-eating dinosaurs traveled alone. They now wonder if the dangerous carnivores in fact hunted as a pack, ganging up on much larger plant-eaters.
Thats all for now.
Ciao!
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