Is waking up craving chocolate chip cookies a good thing? I
ask this because that’s exactly what happened. However, instead of immediately going
on the search for those amazing little pieces of black cocaine, I caught the
last action of the ladies singles final in the Wimbledon.
Since I never remember seeing chocolate chips in any of the
supermercados or Jumbo, I had to resort to the “hunt-and-stumble-upon” method.
Personally, I enjoy this method of discovery the most because you never know
what you will find.
Unlocking the entrance door to my apartment building and beginning
my journey, I noticed the weather wasn't the best today; overcast and a bit
windy. Just so you guys can paint a picture about where I live, every morning I’m
greeted with the view of a medical center which is on the other side of the
street. I guess you could say it’s a perk for my apartment? LOL!
This morning was a lot more exciting than the rest. As I turned
the corner to head down Juncal street, I noticed there was a cop directing traffic
with a lot of bystanders. At first I thought there was a car accident because
of the driving skills Portenos have, but then I realized that was not the case.
There was a parilla on fire! Good thing there is a medical center nearby. LOL! (BTW…unlike normal Spanish when the double LLs
make a “y” sound…in Argentina they make sound like “sh”…so parilla sounds like
pa-ri-sha)
I walked down many streets in Palermo SoHo, and went into
several dieteticas which are like nutritional stores searching for those chips de chocolate. I found that some of the dieteticas actually carry candy
and cookies? I guess they have a different nutrition standard in Argentina.
LOL!
All in all, my search was a fail, so I got a cone of ice
cream from Burger King. Only having a single 100 peso bill in my wallet and the
cone only costing 5 pesos, the cashier was determined to make the sale. After all
was said and done, I ended up having 17 five peso bills and 10 one peso coins in my
possession.
An eventful day to say the least.
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