Originally Posted by pitbrian

Just got back from a week in BA- it was my first time and LOVED it. Great food, people, weather.. can't wait to go back. Coincidentally, we stayed in the same apartment building as RChavez, but didn't realize it until the last night. We had a great experience with apartmentsba and our bed/2 bath apt was $1,500 for the week, which would have been a $800+/night hotel suite. We got maid service halfway through the week and it was a secure doorman building with gym/ pool. PM me if you want more details.

As for the food- we did Casa Cruz (excellent), La Cabrera (delicious steak and the largest sweatbreads I've ever seen in my life), Sucre (off by the domestic airport in a somewhat random area, but food was delicious), Don Julio (great steaks).

Gay bars- Sitges was fun on a Friday night.. I'd compare it to Barracuda. We then went to Glam which was a club.. more like an E Vill (Eastern Bloc minus the gogo boys and bigger).

Axel hotel- definitely stop by- at least for a drink. They have a rooftop pool with glass bottom that you can see from the lobby. We had cocktails on the ground level pool area one night..didn't get a chance to do the tea dance or any of the parties. We had friends staying there that really liked it, although the rooms were somewhat small. I believe they paid about $150/nt.

Kim y Novak- Small neighborhood bar in Palermo.. just stopped in for a drink to meet Rchavez, it was cute.. kind of like XES.

La Preciosa- Full on club with dancers and house music. Nothing like it in NY anymore. I recommend buying a bottle of champagne and Speed (energy drink). I think it was 100 pesos (~$28) for the bottle and 4 or 5 energy drink cans.

Thanks to RChavez for showing us around on our last night.. it was my birthday and I had a blast!