YOU... Guys... Are... AMAZING

I didn't get as many drinks as I'd like to have had ...it was impossible. You couldn't even get to the restrooms, for cryin' out loud.

I begged ...and GOT, for the most part ...extra free drink tickets for our volunteers. But some tiquecitos went to all of you just to take the load off the cashier and bartenders. The problem was not so much a lack of personnel (although, they were surprised to see a bigger turnout than Friday), as a lack of change for hundies. $100 peso notes were much more prevalent than last time for some reason.

Well, we didn't count you guys like we did last time ...so I have no idea how many of you were there.

Some people say 500; I think that's nuts. Although, I had to use the mens' room down the street... simply because there was no way to make it to the back of the joint.

A solid 400. If there's anybody that disagrees: please share your honest or, even, dishonest! observations! Seriously, I have no idea how many of you were there. If i'm talkin' outa my a**, lemme know in the comments.

Every single member of DAA's Executive Committee was there (except for Dick Tihany ...who arrives back from Finland on the 7th!) Meghan Doran was filling in all the gaps ...until there were no gaps that could be physically filled. Emelia Ramirez was tending her hand-trained commandos that valiently provided all the Obamania (t-shirts, buttons, pins, etc!) to the hungry crowd. Laura Atkins' steady hand at the Voters Registration table kept the myriad different rules for each state well contained ...although by this night, her crew has registered almost EVERY interested voter in Capital and Gran-urbano (it's mostly voting advice, at this point, for Laura and her Lieuteneant Elissa Hambrecht. If you vote from Buenos Aires this year ...chances are that you have these two individuals to thank ...along with so many more that I'm unable to name them all.) Alicia Blumencweig, who organized tonight's and last Friday's event at Sacramento, was unable to attend due to her mother continuing to be hospitalized (surgery tomorrow; please pray if you're good at that kind of thing.)

I could go on and on and on... but I won't. I'm tired and I'm ecstatic. I am so very proud of all of you. I had almost nothing to do with the event. No kidding. You and an army of volunteers (whom I will list on a wall of honor ...as soon as I have permission to use their names) did what was probably the biggest VP Debate Watch Party ...on Planet Earth. No exageration. We love you, madly.

Don't even think I'm forgetting our own Martin Frankel and his Expat Connection. I'm not. Once again, without any prompting, he mentioned us to his considerable following. DAA has done multiple events with Martin in the past ...and never have we been less than thrilled with the outcomes. He looks like a tough guy from Miami ...but his heart of gold has been obvious to us this year.

I thank you all ...and good night.