I decided to follow the advice of a best friend and my sister and take a job slinging bottles here in Buenos Aires. Although i'm not a big Tom Cruise fan, his role in the 1988 box office classic, Cocktail, inspired me to persue this new venture. 

Thanks to my basketball buddy Amiable, I started bartending at Buller Brewing Company in Recoleta last night. The staff was awesome, although 80% of them only spoke Spanish. The customers were a mix of English speaking tourists and spanish speaking porteños. I think this is going to be a great place for me to network, practice my Spanish and learn some local cocktails! I'm also very excited about seeing the inner-workings of a foreign business, restaurant and kitchen. 

Within the first 5 minutes of arriving yesterday, it was determined that Gareth wasn't going to fly. It was too difficult to say in Spanish, yet alone English... "what, Garfield?" So, I opted for with my first name, Andrew (Andreas) and it stuck. My alter-ego is now Andreas the Bartender. 

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