My big news for this week is that I have found an apartment! It is five minutes from where I am now, which puts it smack dab in the middle of the area I love and wanted to be in. I take possession on March 1, and I can’t wait to move in. I think that’s when I will fully realized I live here!

This afternoon it was way too hot to do anything strenuous, so I sat at an outdoor cafe across the street from the new place and did this sketch. This is the front of the building so you can’t see my apartment because I am in the back. That is great because instead of overlooking a busy street, my balcony overlooks city rooftops and a courtyard garden. I’m going to make good use of that balcony.

It really is the quintessential Buenos Aires apartment building, which is what I wanted. And guess what the little store on the street level sells — art supplies! How great is that?