Karaoke Night

To start, a picture of the new antenna on my mom’s roof:
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Last night we went out to a karaoke bar. We ended up being a fair-sized group: me and Liz, Braulio and Jhemardín, Marie and Eduardo, and Edu’s friend Paúl. The place was dark and dank and smoky, and the daquiri I had was disgusting, but I had fun anyway. While we were there, we met Frankie, who is Ecuadorian but lives in the US, in New York with his girlfriend. He’s here right now on vacation, and is working in the bar, which I believe belongs to his brother. He sat down with us for a while and talked – he speaks both Spanish and English fluently, and is in fact an English teacher (I didn’t catch where). He was a complete crackup.

Me cleverly getting my daquiri up my nose:
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Braulio, surprised to have his photo taken:
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Liz, also caught by surprise:
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No idea what’s going on here – but it’s me and Marie, do I ever know?
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Me with Frankie:
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Me and Marie again:
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Liz, proud of herself for finally having managed to light a lighter:
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At around one, Marie decided to leave because she had a stomachache. Liz left because Marie was leaving, and I left because the two of them were. Liz took a cab, and I was going to walk because it was only a couple of blocks to my house…but then Frankie offered to take Marie home to Bellavista on his motorbike. I got insanely excited at the sight of the bike, so Frankie agreed to take me too.

Marie, me, and Frankie on Frankie’s bike:
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