Which hotel?

I know a couple of us are going to the free concert (posts 155/185 in the thread). Probably do lunch afterwards.

I'm leaving tomorrow evening unfortunately but I'm sure a dinner plan will coalesce as well.​​​​​​

@soupxxxx @MSPeconomist it's open seating... I'm about halfway down on the left although only one seat now open next to me. We can find each other afterward I guess...

Concert
 

Yes, I thought they played very well!

I stuck around a little bit to see if I could find you afterward but failed :(

I'm back at my hotel but would be interested in meeting up for lunch if anyone wants to get together...

What time? Ms Everywhere +1 and I were going to go to as place across the street from our hotels shortly, but could possibly change up plans.

EDIT: on second thought I think I'd rather stick closer to the hotel since I have to be out by 4pm. Maybe next year :)

I'm at NH 9 de Julio. I now have to meet a work colleague for dinner tonight but will be free in Palermo Soho later this evening.

EDIT: Meeting him at 8 in Palermo Hollywood, then was planning to hit a bar or two in Palermo Soho afterwards. If anyone is around and would like to be my drinking buddy/ies, I'd love the company! I was thinking of trying Sullivan's, just north of Plaza Cortázar, and then .... who knows?

It was great seeing everyone again! Wish I could've stayed another day or two.

Currently in the *A lounge at EZE. I swear I'll go back to eating responsibly tomorrow...


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Great to see you again.

Interesting. I read that this wasn't a "real" Centurion lounge and they restricted access to specific Airlines.

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Some of the Cow Do gang at Trattoria Olivetti. Grateful for our new friends. ​​​​​​​Kudos to Alex and Flo for a very memorable time. But thanks to them I can no longer buckle my belt on the last hole.
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Checking out at 3:00. Hope to be relaxing in the LATAM or AA lounge by 4:30. Then we just wait for the inevitable AA delays.

Stepping on the scale at home this morning was not pleasant :-/ such is the price to pay for a long weekend of good wine and good food with friends... :)

(The beers I had on my layover in Houston probably didn't help either :p)

On what appears to be the last (official) day of this Do, with just about everybody "departing", I wanted to once again express my Gratitude to all of you for attending, it was great to co-host (together with FlyingCow) everybody for another great weekend of Food & Drink here in Buenos Aires. As I always say, its great that you come, but its even better that you leave thinking that you want to come back !!!

I look forward to seeing all of you here in 2020.... or, who knows, perhaps sometime before the end of the year...???? ;)

Cheers,
Alex / Gaucho100K

We have fear after 3 months in Argentina
 

Thanks to Alex for organizing and to Alex and Flor for co-hosting! Thanks to Cyborg for sharing a wonderful bottle of wine at his last supper. Thanks to (I don't remember who) for sharing a bottle of South African liquor. Thanks to Monica and Willow for sharing their ride to EZE. Thanks to Zorak for suggesting the concert at Theatro Colon on Sunday. Thanks to all for a memorable Cow Do!

Note to Alex: My 6 bottles of wine arrived home with me safely and no tax.

Thanks for letting me know your bottles arrived safely !!!

Cheers,
Alex

All,

I wanted to thank Alex and Flor for hosting the event, and I enjoyed seeing the old friends and making new ones.

I also wanted to apologize that during some of the events I had my nose buried in my cell phone. For a while, the hurricane had a bulls-eye so I was dealing with that and with other issues. Nevertheless, I arrive home safe to find no damage since only skirted eastern Florida.

Hope to see y'all next year!

MsEverywhere--- no need to apologize, Dorian has many folks worried and juggling schedules, arrangements, etc. Also, you are the Empress of the COW DO, so you have special privileges.... :D LOL

I still have a bottle of the 2015 Noemia we enjoyed at the "Last Supper" along with a 2006 so if anyone wants a refill in the Northern Virginia area, just let me know :-)

Alex and Flor, many thanks for another great weekend plus of amazing food, wine and BA culture!

Looking forward to the next opportunity to visit.

Cheers,

-Cyborg

Leave aside the aMOOOOzing experience at a cowDO... alex knows how to pick some damn good wine! over the weekend, a proper celebration required proper wine... so the 2007 Bodega Catena Zapata Estiba Reservada I acquired via Gaucho100K made it to the table. Two and half hours later, 35 dollars corkage, and 26 oz steak later, all were very happy. Even the waiter who got a taste. Well done Gaucho!

I was just looking for the 2020 COW DO thread but couldn't find it, so I guess I'll post here in the hope that Buenos Aires fans see the information:

There are a lot of cheap business class fare to Buenos Aires posted in the Premium Fare Deals forum now, including BA from MAD, AM from YVR and IIRC LAX, AZ, etc. Of course, check the refund rules carefully as for all we know Argentina could sadly be in a lockdown by September.

Be in a lockdown "by September?" It was one of the first countries in a total lockdown, and the borders have been shut for some time.

I would not expect those deals to be available for long and they will be risky given the service reductions going on.

AA just loaded schedule changes with reduced capacity to BA. I was booked on 931 from MIA in Biz using AS MP with a 6 hour layover from DCA. Got lucky this time when AA chopped 931 and moved me to the earlier flight 907 now showing a 3 hour layover.

In any case, I made plans to attend the 2020 Cow Do back in January and have air and hotel already in pocket. Biggest concern now is how the recovery phase of this crisis plays out and how resilient Argentina will be in the next few months.

Cheers,

-Cyborg

Without getting "too" off topic on this, Argentina's biggest problem (IMnshO) for this in the future is Brazil, where the national government is still taking this even less seriously than Trump was a month ago. That is a huge visitor origination point for Argentina, and opening things up too quickly will only cause Argentina to have a problem it doesn't need.

Various "N years ago" features are showing me posts/photos from past Cow DOs :-/ hoping we can all meet again next year, if not sooner!

I wish I knew for sure when the next EZE Cow Do & Wine event will be held.... for now, Im crossing my fingers that November may be a date where US Tourists can start re-entering the Country. If this is the case, perhaps we can organize a delayed Cow Do before 2021 comes to an end......

Stay Tuned !!!

I hope so, but my employer has a policy that discourages even personal/leisure international travel. Moreover, with hybrid work (for now), the testing requirement before flying back to the USA concerns me.

So you’re saying there’s a chance? Crossing fingers and toes! :)

Will Argentina open its borders before Australia?

A question about wandering?

Fred

PS: Almost certainly

Well..... Im certainly open to organizing a delayed Cow Do once the borders are again open to Tourists. Some sources sat that November may be the date for fully vaccinated visitors to re-enter the country. Today, Sep 6th is the start of a "trial" program that allows visitors from Chile and Uruguay to enter... lets hope that goes well.

Cheers,
Alex / Gaucho100K

See post above...... Australia has taken a very drastic approach, I think even more restrictive than Japan. Lets wait and see and hope for the best. Are Australians allowed to go on vacation out of the country....? If so, what are the restrictions upon return...?

Serious permissions required to exit.
Quarantine on return (if you can find a flight - as there are capacity limits)

No wandering
Fred