I woke with this little cutie cuddling me. Not a bad way to start the day. Unfortunately, she was up, dressed, paid and gone all too quickly. But I still had things to which to look forward to this day. First and foremost is the visit from Gema that GodFather assisted in setting up for me. Second, is round two of the troll with the guys. I am hoping that the clubs will be better than last night. Anyway, I am going to head out for a quick walk around to pick up some sodas and snacks and snap a few pictures before Gema is due to arrive. Did I mention that I love the Diplomatic Suite? Not only is it huge but it also includes a cell phone. Therefore, I am not tied to being in the room waiting for someone to call me (i.e. if an escort calls to confirm or cancel). Gema arrived right on time. She also called first to confirm. I have to admit that I didn?t think her face was as pretty in person as it appears in her pictures. She doesn?t look bad just not quite as nice. Her body though was a complete match to what was in the pictures. She even wore that shiny Black bra with a pair of thong panties. Gruesome details of the unspeakable things that we did to and with each other are omitted to protect the guilty! Let?s just say that fun was had by one and all including an inanimate object (or four). But like the military I have a ?don?t ask, don?t tell? policy. Anyway, Gema left with a few parting gifts. I took a quick shower as I needed it. I called for the room to be cleaned so that it would be set for my late night encounter. I then got dressed and headed off to the appointed meeting place to hook up with the guys. Lunch was pretty good and the conversation was interesting. I should also mention that we had show and tell with our digital cameras. We made plans for the evening ? go to the clubs. Hmmmm? strange how that works out. Well, we meet at the appointed time in the lobby of the Etoile but it?s not just UWphoto and GodFather but a new addition to the crew, KickStand. UWphoto convinced us that we should go to Puerto Cristol for dinner. It was a good dinner in a pleasant setting that came out to 160 pesos with tip for the four of us. I have read GodFather?s report in which he states ?I would feel remorse if I mentioned that you should not order fried calimari here unless you are a ¨gambler¨(which by the way UWPhoto is bigtime..but that´s another story all in itself). My ¨fried¨calimari gushed out when i put my fork into it.? Well, I have to disagree with GodFather on this one. I thought the fried calamari was tasty even if a bit unusual, but as has been said different strokes for different folks. After dinner we headed off to the clubs in the downtown area. Hook was our first stop. There were a few girls in here including my date from last night but I was on a mission to do as many different good looking women as I could on this trip so I didn?t snap her up right away. GodFather has described our further adventures in the Recoleta area clubs which were all a bit disappointing, again. UWphoto and I decide that we have to move on from Black while GodFather and KickStand stay behind to negotiate with at least one of the girls there. UWphoto and I proceed to a place called Cocodillo. This is not an upscale place but it has more girls in it than most of the other bars that we have visited. That is not to say that these were ?high quality? girls but at least there was a selection. We sit down for a drink and I spy one dark skinned girl that I think is doable. I call her over, of course she doesn?t speak very much English at all so I press UWphoto into service as translator. Somewhere along the line I decide that I am really not interested in taking this girl and try to communicate that fact to her as UWphoto pays the bill. When UWphoto comes back from paying the bill he sits for a few minutes and also attempts to tell this girl that he and I are leaving but might come back later. We get up to leave and the girl goes with us. At first I thought she was escorting us to the door as is common in clubs in Asia. However, it seems that this girl has other plans on her mind as she grabs her coat and bag from the check. I try once again to explain to her that we, UWphoto and I, are leaving and that she isn?t invited. But all I get in return is a confused look. UWphoto has made it down the stairs and out the door so I follow. This girl doesn?t seem to want to take NO for an answer and literally follows us down the stairs, out the door and into the street. UWphoto tries to tell her that he and I are going and might come back but for now she isn?t invited to go with either of us. She is now asking why? UWphoto hails a cab and we get in this girl looks like she is going to try to get in with us but we have the door closed before she is able to get in. As we drive away she is still trying to get us to take her with us. I comment to UWphoto that I am glad that I didn?t choose her because although she only looked ok in the club she was a ghastly sight in the night streetlight. I can only imagine how much worse it would have gotten had I seen her in good lighting. Anyway, our next stop is a club called Solome. As we pull up I am thinking this is a pretty nice looking club from the outside. But as we pass through the front door I realize that this club is actually SMALLER than my Diplomatic Suite at the Etoile. It?s packed but that isn?t saying much considering how small the place is. As we squeeze through the ?crowd? I spy only one girl that I think is doable. UWphoto and I order our drinks and manage to stand around chatting and drinking while I point out my selection to him. He agrees that she is the best looking girl in the place. Miraculously a couple of seats become available and the waitress who has served us takes us over to them. Along the way I grab the arm of the girl I am interested in and invite her to join us. She is pleasant but doesn?t speak much English so once again UWphoto plays translator (I really should put him on the benefit plan). I buy a drink for this girl and she sits and chats with us. I finally decide that it?s time for me to go and ask if she?d like to join me. NO, is the answer. It turns out that she is a waitress and doesn?t go out with customers. This time I pick up the tab and we depart. But UWphoto and I are shocked and amazed (sarcasm) that that waitress would have the gall to suck down a drink before telling us that she doesn?t go out. MAN!! We end up back at Hook where I quickly decide to take Julieta but in order to make it not be a repeat I ask if she?d bring along another girl that she likes. Julieta brings over Liliana. I ask them both using my pocket translator if they are into each other and both reply yes and caress each other. Well, that was good enough for me. I pick up the tab here and bid adieu to UWphoto who seems to be happily occupied with a young lady from the club. Back at the Etoile there is some initial resistance to registering two girls in the room. ARS10 made those objections disappear. In the room, both Julieta and Liliana raid the minibar for beer and snack chips ? AFTER asking if it would be ok. I HIGHLY recommend the Diplomatic Suites (rm 807) at the Etoile as the Jacuzzi is a nice ?er? playpen. The only caution that I should give is that you need to make sure that as you play you don?t knock over the glasses containing your beverage as they will fall to the floor and shatter. I can also verify at this point that the Jacuzzi is capable of holding at least one medium sized gringo and two petitish chicas. A small photo session was thrown as Julieta posed away sometimes getting Liliana into the act. Afterwards we did unspeakable things to one another for several hours, well ok, maybe only for two hours. Sleep. Liliana woke and decided that she had to go home and left with more ARS than she had come with. Julieta stayed and slept a bit longer. So ends my second encounter in Buenos Aires.

Two before lunch. Nice.

Yeah, there were a bunch of American dudes emailing me before trip. My short stay I had about 4 Americans calling my room at Art Suites asking if they could go out with us. Unfortunately I only could get back to Kick Stand. Kick Stand had called me earlier that day and I told him he was more than welcome to go out to dinner with us and hit the clubs.

Very cool guy that I'm glad we hooked up with. We had a lot of laughs in the clubs and at dinner. We had so many laughs we booth coordinated our vacation in December to hook up in Rio. We're sharing a 2 bedroom awesome apartment right in Copacabana. Should be awesome.

Latasian....you sure looked like you were having fun based on some of the pictures I saw...ha, ha. And I will be the first to admit that even though Buenos Aires is on sale right now...you can definitely add up a chunck of change on these trips. Multiple trips down to South America can run from simply thousands of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars each year.

The way I look at things is yeah it's important to plan for the future but it's also important to enjoy life. I've known too many executives that retired with a shitload of money. I'm talking more money than they could spend in 5 lifetimes. These guys worked hard, never took vacations, then had a heart attack their firsr week or month into retirement. I don't wanna be that guy. I live life for today. Some of you that met me know that I can be larger than life sometimes. I really like people and interacting and talking to them.

Probably the best thing to do is make a budget every year and try to stick to it. I remember when I had to come up with a number to make my first budget......oh the memories. Life is good.