The Black Eye

We met this woman, Fiona, who is British and an editor at Elle in the UK. She is staying at our hotel and passing through BA on her way home from trekking and camping throughout Patagonia. We all went out last night.

First we went to this out of the way, very local seafood restaurant which was amazing. Then we decided to go out in our neighborhood. We went to this club, but it wasn't quite a club. The main floor was a little lame, but you could go upstairs and it there was a rooftop bar and lounge area with a mini dance floor. The bar was covered and then the seating was half covered, half outside.

We got some cocktails and found a seat. There was this local couple sitting near us and they got what we thought was bottle service and Speed. Speed is the local equivalent to Red Bull. They finished one bottle and ordered another. I could not believe how much vodka they were drinking. We even commented to the guys sitting near us that we couldn't believe it. One was British and the other Finnish. So we all were curious about the drink and finally asked them.

Turns out the drink was white wine and Speed. So of course we had to start talking to them about the drink and they gave us a glass to share. It was the MOST disgusting drink I've ever had in my life. There isn't a name for it except vino blanco y speed, so we called it The Black Eye because the woman had the biggest black eye. I guess if you drink too much of that bad things happen.

We then got back to the hotel, got our bottles of water and started talking to Javier who was working the front desk. He was telling us how delicious vino blanco y speed is and how everyone drinks it. I couldn't believe it. We then tried to tell him not to order it in the US porque speed es una droga ;-)