3/3/04 Wednesday

It was tough to get out of the bed but I managed it and woke up Juliana. Juliana and I met Tony at the lounge for breakfast. Fernanda (hotel staff at the executive lounge) welcome me with a big hug. Today was her first day at work from a month long vacation. She always takes care of me and is very nice girl.

Juliana went back to the room for catching up more sleep and Tony and I left for work. When we got back to the hotel from work, it was a little after 9:00 p.m. As approaching towards the hotel, I called Juliana to come down to the lobby so we could go to dinner without delay. We went to Jadineira Grill for dinner. This is my favorite Chuarriscaria in SP and I have dinner there at least once every visit. The place is big, clean, great variety of food in salad bar, and 15 to 20 different types of fish, pork and beef are simply perfect. I always have to watch my salad plate as salad itself could be a meal itself. R$42.00 per person for meal while drinks and desert are additional.

There is another great Chuarriscaria in SP – Fogo do Chao. It is newer establishment and has better deco and atmosphere than Jadineira but I still like Jadineira better. Fogo do Chao has restaurants in Atlanta and Dallas as well.

On the way back from the work, Tony and I discussed about the venue of the night’s entertainment. We decided to check out Café Gau Gin which is right next to the hotel. During the dinner, I asked Juliana whether she would go to Gau Gin and hang out with us. She reluctantly agreed.

It is located on Arizona off Berrini in Brooklin section in SP. Berrini is major artery off from Marj. Pinheiros and takes you to Shopping Morumbi and other major business locations – World Trade Center, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, and other local and global businesses.

We called in advance to ensure that I could bring Juliana and answer was no problem. It was about 10:30 p.m. This was our first trip to GG. Entrance was somewhat plain and low profile and I was able to tell that it is a brand new club.

Cover was R$40.00 per person and each person consumes the cover charge. We (in fact Tony did all talking in Portuguese) requested a waiter to use only one card for drink orders for all of us, and R$120.00 minimum for three people’s consumption be counted towards the one card. He said it would be no problem.

The GG remarkably resembles a high-end strip-joint in the States. It has a large and nice two-tier stage for strippers. Opposite side of the stage is wall-to-wall size fully stocked bar – very nice one. In front of the stage, ample space is reserved for guests and garotas to dance. Then rest of the floor is populated with tables and chairs. Lighting systems was excellent to support the strip stage that you normally would see in good strip joints in the States. Strippers danced every 20 to 30 minutes or so.

The GG has second floor, which has another good size bar and tables. The second floor is in configuration of balcony looking down the stage. If you stay in the first floor and near the stage, you would feel high ceiling and openness, which is different from other clubs in SP. The second floor was closed, as the main floor was not active at all. The GG has no rooms now but will have rooms in about a month or so according to the waiter. I saw a stairway to next level up from the second floor but it was blocked which kind of confirmed the waiter’s account.

When we got there around 10:30 p.m., there were no more than 15 guests and 30 garotas. When the night approaches to midnight, more garotas rolled in (may be up to 45-50) so did more local guys but the place was still largely empty. Overall quality of garotas was reasonable – could compete with Bahamas but not with Café Photo.

Being with Juliana made me behaved but Juliana and Tony went out for hunting for Tony’s honey for the night. They came back with 22 years old beauty, Susie. She has look of Penelope Cruz but on somewhat chubby side – beautiful, unhurried, soft spoken, and attentive to all of us. She asked Tony for R$400.00 for a couple of hours of all out sex and I’m sure it would have been negotiated if Tony was going to take her out. Tony did not take her out as we had full business agenda next morning.

Drinks were priced reasonably – R$5.00 for beer or soft drinks and R$25 to R$35 for cocktails, scotches and other liquors. Total bill for four hours of fun was R$239.00 for four of us including a cigar (Romeo y Juliet) which I enjoyed. We left a little bit after 2:00 a.m. and came back to our hotel which took us 30 seconds by car. Even though we were tired, Juliana and I were able to have lovely, passionate, slow session of kissing, touching, and making love for a while and then fell into sweet and deep sleep with Juliana on my left arm. A thought came to my mind in half sleep - life is good and I love it!