{"id":7464,"date":"2024-07-14T13:40:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T17:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=7464"},"modified":"2024-07-14T13:40:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T17:40:52","slug":"happy-independence-day-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=7464","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day, Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PHOTO-2024-07-14-14-24-25.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PHOTO-2024-07-14-14-24-25.jpeg 240w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PHOTO-2024-07-14-14-24-25-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Horses pass the president\u2019s grandstand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday was Argentina\u2019s Independence Day celebration, so we were off work for the holiday. Lucky for us, the presidential grandstand and band were right below our balcony, so we were able to watch parts of the military parade from our balcony. It lasted over two hours, with droves of men in all manner of uniforms marching for the most part, followed by a few tanks, then a few regiments of horses, including a mounted band. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I stayed home from work on Monday to continue nursing my cold (which I am still trying to shake off) and have tried to just take it easy all week. I ventured out yesterday to pick up my beautiful new black leather trench coat and meet Lea for brunch at Marti. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John and I finished (and enjoyed) \u201cA Man in Full\u201d and thoroughly enjoyed \u201cA Suitable Boy,\u201d set in 1950s India (watch it!). I finished the documentary on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (oddly additive and fun), and we continue to watch \u201cPresumed Innocent\u201d and \u201cThe Bear.\u201d I finished reading \u201cTrainwreck\u201d (liked it) and reread Maya Angelou\u2019s \u201cI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,\u201d and just started \u201cUnder the Bridge.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PHOTO-2024-07-14-14-25-18.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PHOTO-2024-07-14-14-25-18.jpeg 240w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PHOTO-2024-07-14-14-25-18-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>President Milei came out of the stands to climb inside the tank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday was Argentina\u2019s Independence Day celebration, so we were off work for the holiday. Lucky for us, the presidential grandstand and band were right below our balcony, so we were able to watch parts of the military parade from our balcony. It lasted over two hours, with droves of men in all manner of uniforms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7467,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464\/revisions\/7467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}