"katarina" comes to town

The lovely Miss. Kate Elliott has blessed both Col and I with her two and half week visita . She has taken on the name "Katarina" while here in Buenos Aires, and when introducing herself, the name bolts out of her mouth with Argentine flair, rolling "R" and all. She also finds it natural to throw a kitty hiss or two into her sassy intro, only inducing a case of serious hysteria in both Col and I. We simply cannot get enough of her. Our activities thus far have included endless wandering the streets of B.A., heaps of mint tea and mate, and a benefit concert featuring the one and only Shakira...

We scored the tickets through a massage client of mine who was in B.A. on business...I found out mid-massage that he was a manager for musical artists including Latina diva Paulina Rubio, who was also performing. The benefit concert was put on by Fundación ALAS, a non-profit organization that strives to "give wings to the children of Latin America."

ALAS is a movement dedicated to the children in Latin America. Founded by Latin America's most influential artists, intellectuals and business leaders, this unique non-profit organization strives to launch a new social movement that will generate a collective commitment to comprehensive Early Childhood Development programs for the children in Latin America. Latin America has 54 million children age 5 and under and no less than 32 million of them are currently living in poverty. A catalyst for change, ALAS will work to improve the children's lives by creating a social movement that delivers effective health, education and nutritional programs during their most influential years of development through comprehensive Early Childhood Development. http://www.alasthemovement.org/default_en.asp

The concert was quite a treat...especially because these past few months Col and I have been saying how sweet it would be to see Shaki do her thang live. I about lost it when one of my personal favorites, Wyclef Jean, came out for a little "Hips Don't Lie" collaboration. I was in heaven.

Coller and Katarina workin' it out.

Kate & Col ran a marathon this past Saturday (above they fight over the prized medal). I, on the other hand, opted out of the race as I am not a fan of running with the masses...makes me a bit anxious :)

Nuevos amigos: Adrian, Martin, & Ariel.

Tea time with Kitty Bean.