My first tango show.

We went to a wonderful little hole called Cafe Tortilini -- sorry, Cafe Tortoni... Anyway, it was the most beautiful presentation I'd ever seen in dance form. Meli knows the couple because Jose is - was - her dance instructor. The two are clearly madly in love and it comes out so beautifully in their art.

I learned a little about tango. It started out as a brothels-only genre and then some rich punks took it to France and brought it into the ballroom. Eventually it returned to Argentina and became a beloved tradition. They even have their equivalent of a Frank Sinatra in a famous tango singer named Carlos Gardel.

Anyway, it was the best experience thus far and I hope it will be many times repeated. The feminine half of the dancing couple is one of the sweetest people I've ever met in my life. She saw Meli and exclaimed: "Mi viiiidaaaaa!" (literally translated means: "my life.")

Still trying to get used to coming home in the morning from going out at night. :) Until later...