"Honey..."

It's difficult to describe her, but once you meet her, you cannot possibly explain her... Melanie Berliner, my dear friend and pseudo-relative decided to make her way down to Argentina for a visit after parting ways with her previous restaurant employer in Boston... I guess people follow the directive of taking some 'down time' while contemplating the future - great call, who'd a thunk I'd have suggested something so, so, so, good, ha!

I was a bit skeptical when she told me that she'd be heading down, and even more surprised when she told me she'd be down here within 2 weeks, but when I received the e-ticket confirmation, I knew she wasn't messing around - and for almost three weeks, at that! For those of you who don't know Melanie, or have not even heard one story, she's not exactly the easiest to describe (per above comment), but you can use the following words: fabulousness, eccentric, classical, loving, boisterous, smart-ass, and grandiose - she's great, really, trust me...

It had been about 6 months since I had seen her, and when her big, squawky self waltzed in to my apartment, I knew I was in for a few weeks of fun, laughing, surprise, and excitement... Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Santiago de Chile, and Viña del Mar, meet Melanie... Suerte!