Checking-in on a Saturday night

It's almost bedtime and I thought I'd drop-in to update. We're readying to leave on schedule. I went to the mall up the street this afternoon trying in vain to find some large boxes (like plastic type) or some affordable extra luggage for tomorrow's major packing session. I have a small work crew (sister-in-law and a friend) coming over to help. I am missing a Target store right about now! I found nothing suitable for our packing needs even after trekking through the longest mall in South America! http://wikimapia.org/104141/

Wow...take a look. Here's the mall and if you scroll over you can see points of interest (according to "Wikimapia"). If you can see that big building, it's the mall (middle point being the main food area), if you click the left arrows and then use the down arrows a ways, you will find a point of interest (denoted by a square which, if you float over with your cursor, will make words appear) that says, "Restaurante da Gaucha," which is actually on the street we live on!!! We often get take-out for lunch at that place. We know the owner (having lived here so long of course; it's a neighborhood establishment.) How funny that's it's denoted on the map here. I had no idea it was famous!

And here's an interesting, if not sad, note. It used to be called, Restaurante do Gaucho (notice the o's have changed to a's). That's because Gauchos are a people group from the South of Brazil. The former owner, a man originally from the South of Brazil, and his wife have separated. His wife has the restaurant now, and therefore, Gauch"o", has become Gauch"a". She's doing very well with it, by the way. There are always very long lines there for lunch.