http://www.saltshaker.net/20050814/bring-out-your-virgins Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:16:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050814/bring-out-your-virgins/comment-page-1#comment-19 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » At the Copa, Copacabana… Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:44:35 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050815/bring-out-your-virgins#comment-19 [...] Buenos Aires - Once again pointing up that plays on words don’t work cross-language was my attempt at a joke about there not being any virgins at the Copacabana. I didn’t say it aloud, as heading to the Bolivian community’s Festival of the Virgin of Copacabana, in Barrio Flores, had the air of something serious for my group of Peruvian and Argentinian friends. I had visions of ending up at another small parade winding through streets and ending up at a community center where everyone was drinking beer and catching up on the latest news. Thankfully this turned out to not be the case. [...] [...] Buenos Aires – Once again pointing up that plays on words don’t work cross-language was my attempt at a joke about there not being any virgins at the Copacabana. I didn’t say it aloud, as heading to the Bolivian community’s Festival of the Virgin of Copacabana, in Barrio Flores, had the air of something serious for my group of Peruvian and Argentinian friends. I had visions of ending up at another small parade winding through streets and ending up at a community center where everyone was drinking beer and catching up on the latest news. Thankfully this turned out to not be the case. [...]

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