Feeling Good: New Apartment
SUMMARY: I got a new apartment. “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone. Pictures.
Since deciding to move out of Beto’s, Nicolas and I found a new apartment. We signed that weekend and I just moved in today. The apartment is CLASSIC: four-bedrooms with three bathrooms. The building’s on a guarded street off Avenida Ejercito in Cayma. Cayma is the upscale part of Arequipa. … Read more
South Florida: Expat Returns (for a minute)
SUMMARY: For the first time since moving to Peru, I came back to America for a sales show in south Florida. I describe South Florida and talk about my first time back in the U-S-of-A.
I went to a sales show in Florida. I spent Saturday through Tuesday in the States. It was my first time in my home country in almost six months – the most time I’ve ever been away. I didn’t know what to expect. I’d become pretty accustomed to Peru so I was curious if the cleanliness, modernness, and bigness of America would surprise me. I wondered what the people would seem like after being among Latinos for so long.
I landed at MIA around 7am, but couldn’t check into my hotel on Marco Island until 3pm. Saturday was my only free day. So I decided to check out South Beach until 1pm before driving a rental across the state. … Read more
Bad Luck Continues but Can’t Stop San Jose
SUMMARY: Simon catches a brichera (two actually). My team wins the city championship. I discuss my developing relationship with Anita.
My Irish cousin, Simon, enjoyed the most unlikely of coincidences after leaving Arequipa for Lima. Excerpts from his email:
I just wanted to fill you in on a weird happening i had in Lima. As you may remember when we were in Deja Vu in Arequipa we were both dancing with those two gringo hunters (you had the smaller one with huge tits and a nice ass). Anyway we left for the whorehouse so i made my excuses and left with you, Gav and Nicholas. That was that.
The first night out in Lima i fucking run into them both towards the end of the night and we start talking (needless to say i was hammered). I was chatting to the one i was dancing with and her friend with some guy i met in the hostel we were staying in. Around 7 or so we all decide to leave except my friend from the hostel doesnt want to go so i end up leaving with both of them. Man those gringo hunters…i like them! You were right, it is fucking easy when youre around them and i didnt even have to buy her or her friend a drink.
We went back to their apartment and I went to the other ones room.we were fucking for a while (i had had a lot to drink and was finding it hard to finish off) when there was a knock at the door. It was her friend with the huge tits and the nice ass. She wanted to join us. I didnt say no. so i watched them fool around for a while until the friend started on me. She managed to get the job done so all was good. Great night.
Luck of the Irish? WTF
SUMMARY: Irish family came through Arequipa for the weekend. By the time they left, I lost my girlfriend, my apartment, and my phone.
An Irish cousin (who I’d never met) and his two Irish buddies came through Arequipa for the weekend. I met Simon’s father, who comes to St. Louis every few years, when I was 12. He was in St. Louis just before I moved to Peru. He told me his son, Simon, was going on a three-month adventure through South America. I met Simon for the first time when he came to Arequipa with Gavin and Clive. By the end of the weekend, I had lost my primary girlfriend, my telephone, and my apartment. Luck of the Irish? What the fuck!
The guys got in Saturday morning. I met them around noon and we ate ceviche. The local AIESEC chapter was holding a global village at Plaza Vea. I cooked meat loaf and they turned out an Irish stew in about forty five minutes (half of the time needed for each). Our dishes were popular and ran out quickly. Then they went back to their hostel to get ready for the evening. … Read more
