So I had my birthday dinner last Friday, and the weather decided to be on its best behavior yet. It was going to be just an intimate little gathering on my terrace, but more folks showed up than I expected, and it was fun! It's always wild when you finally have a chance to introduce people from different parts of your life to each other...and then watch them get along really well and have a good time. I got a lot of compliments on my cooking, which I had fun with, especially the spicy Thai peanut pizza with tofu, carrots, spring onions, sweet onions, and sesame and celery seeds. It's a very non-Argentine concoction, and it disappeared quickly. Then, of course, I had chocolate cake and got sung "Happy Birthday" to in three languages: English, Spanish, and, well, Argentinian. All-in-all it was a lovely evening that made me feel very good about being here, being thirty, having found some good friends, and having my birthday in the spring for a change.

This past week I've been plugging away on writing projects and enjoying a mixture of sun and thunderstorms (today was rainy and stormy...with hail!) I like the energy of the storms, and being up on the terrace. It's like camping out in the city.