BsAs & The Magnificent Seven - the final hours

This portion of our adventures as the Magnificent Seven ends today. Punky left Sunday, and the rest of the crew leaves today for London and Vancouver. We had a lovely final breakfast at HOME, said goodbye to the fabulous loft, and are preparing to just have a chilled out afternoon by the pool and around SOHO on final errands. The girls went to a mall yesterday and went insane - the shopping bags, when lined up, only fit in a wide angle photo when taken from above at an angle! Amazing shopping.

Saturday was explored the Belgrano area - a bit more residential but also with some busy major streets, plazas, and artisans of all sorts. Great shopping! Fantastic lunch on a delightful terrasse. We then went to La Boca area to visit the famous Caminito area - incredible, all the buildings are painted vibrant colours, and there is live tango on small stages in front of restaurants everywhere.

We went for dinner to Bar Uriarte - outstanding. Such great food, amazing ambiance - made perfect with some wine from our beloved Achaval Ferrer. What is just so amazing here is the sheer quantity of fantastic restaurants. They are gorgeous, amazingly designed, great menus - and amazing prices. The spaces are just so interesting, but unique. I often find elsewhere that it´s always more of the same - chic supperclubs who are either very white or very dark - here they are all different from each other and make use of the space in so many innovative ways.

We then stopped into the Hotel Faena - WOW. I don´t think I have ever been as blown away by a design that is as opulent as it is modernly chic...it just is over the top in the right way. Finally, we went dancing to the club called Opera Bay which is right on the water in Puerto Madero. Basically, it looks like a small version of the Sydney Opera House - but it´s a huge club, with many rooms featuring different types of music. An amazing terrasse with views of the city skyline at night, paired with the stars above... which was equally stunning as we saw the sun rise from there as well. What a night... We arrived home some time after 8 a.m., as our taxis raced each other through the streets (two drivers who were friends) - what an experience!

Sunday, we took it fairly easy given the fact we got almost no sleep... Sadly, Punky was leaving that night so we had to say our goodbyes at about 2 p.m., as the six of us and E went to go see a football game. The stadium of the Boca Juniors is of course in Boca, which is a truly sketchy area. Coming back the night before in the cab was a bit of a scary experience - other than the small touristy area, it is clearly NOT a safe place to be. The game was a lot of fun - they won 5 to 1 so not that exciting for that reason, but such an amazing atmosphere. The section where the serious fans are was packed, and they were on their feet, jumping, dancing, waving their arms, singing, playing drums the ENTIRE game. It was incredible!!! Certainly made the snippets of music played at hockey games seem pathetic! And for me, such a highlight to see Riquelme play in person :) Once home, we had a rest and then went to Olson, another notable restaurant, for a great meal. The space was again fantastic - the apps incredible, but generally not the best mains we´ve had, and rather bad service. Not especially recommended for the food but nice ambiance and gorgeous terrasse (Uriarte was amazing all the way).

Monday, I visited the MALBA museum with E, walked around Recoleta, and checked into my new home (moving from Home hotel) - a stunning bed and breakfast with this crazy courtyard and backyard with a pool! I love it! I have the slickest mini-apartment (formerly E's). We then spent a lovely evening just relaxing in the Loft, final hanging out and laughing on the patio with the fragrant trees and a few stars above. Reality will be soon enough - I´ve seen pics of the recent snowstorm, and while I am excited at the possibility of doing more skiing once back - in my mind, I´m going back to Montreal in the summer! (definitely need to stop that thinking). That´s it for now... there will be more excessively fabulous M7 Adventures - and I will continue posting Bling BsAs reports as I am here for another 8 days. Plans are already in the works for Glam's 40th and Punky's 30th (same year), and my own Bling 30 - we're thinking Bling Beirut or Bling Bombay... look for it in 2008!

We came, we saw, we partied, we debauched, we dined, we laughed, we wined, we wined more... and we fell in love with this city.

We will definitely be back, maybe even for an extended stay...and when one comes, the six others are sure to follow.

Every legendary party must come to an end... it may be at 8 a.m. the next day - or in this case, 16 days of sheer madness and excessively fabulous adventures later. And now, we put on the shades, pop a xanex, apply some lipgloss and face the paparazzi in our home countries.

Signing out for the M7 chicas - OYO & OLE!