Coincidences

Most people have heard that expression "things happen in threes".  Something has happened to me twice recently and I was waiting for it to happen again and sure enough it did.


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Over the past 2 weeks, I have been sitting at dinner and I have had the waiter or waitress accidentally knock something over and it just misses me.  I don't recall where the first place was but the 2nd time was at Bar Uriarte in Palermo.  I went there for some drinks with Gina and we were sitting at the bar;  the bartender's name is Diego;  a thoroughly likeable chap.  I thought he looked a bit like a Latino John Travolta.  The drink of the week was a cocktail called an "Italian Jack";  I had to try one and it was very good.  It was such a nice pleasant atmosphere that we decided to have dinner there and there was no  tables available so we ate at the bar.  We just happened to be sitting right by where Diego makes the drinks.  Dinner by the way was excellent;  I had some herb stuffed chicken on a bed or barley. Shortly after dinner, Diego loses hold of something as he was making a drink and it splashes over my dinner plate and mostly misses me.  I had to laugh at it all as it was narrow miss and I just got a little water on me.


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Today, I was in the mood for something different from grilled meat and went to have some Mexican food in Palermo Veijo.  I decided to walk from Caballito to Palermo Vieojo.  There is a bus but it takes such a winding route that I though walking would be better even it is about a 50 minute walk.  And today was more of the hot spring weather and there was a breeze which made it quite pleasant.  So I get to restaurant and sit outside on the street to enjoy the day;  I ordered a coke and I drank it so fast that I ordered another one;  the waitress brings me a coke she places it on the table and as I was just about to ask her something the coke bottle falls over onto a plate of nacho chips and spill all over the table making a mess;  again it mostly missed me and I just got some coca cola on my shorts.  What happened the tablecloth was covering a hole in the table for the a sun umbrella; the coke bottle was placed just over the hole;  it was an accident waiting to happen.  I had to smile as this is the 3rd time that I have had a meal or drink almost end up in my lap. There you have it happened for the 3rd time.  And this has never happened to me before like this; of course, I have had drinks knocked on to me but usually that was me or a friend accidentally bumping something not the serving staff.

And another coincidence of a sort.   About a week ago, I met up with Gina in Bar 6 in Palermo Viejo and after a few minutes the film actor Willem Dafoe with an acquaintance enters the place;  I thought it was quite  a coincidence to see an American movie actor here in Argentina;  and then today I went again to Bar 6 with Gina and Willem Dafoe also he shows up again after 5 minutes after we did.  I guess he must be staying in the area.

Willem Dafoe at IMDB



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