Strange things about Buenos Aires/life in a big city:

• The traffic lights go backwards, and by that I mean: green, red, yellow instead of green, yellow, red. But sometimes there's yellow lights in between both. It would probably be a good system, but since everyone is busy trying to cram 10 cars into 4 lanes, it's a little less effective.
• Vendors sell things everywhere, even in restaurants. Sitting in the Christmas pizzeria (there's a whole other story there), a man offered to sell me socks. At our table.
• Buying food off the street is never a good idea, but today I bought some trail mix from a woman and found a rock in it. Last time I buy something off the street.
• There are a TON of British TV shows on at all hours of the day. What's even more trippy is when an Argentinian person realizes you're American and switches to English, but they have a really strong British accent. WEIRD.
• I mentioned this before, but COPS on 4-WHEELERS.
• The dogs in this city remind me of the gang in Oliver & Company because they are SO STREET SMART. There are dogs everywhere that don't need to be on-leash because they know better than to run off or step in the street. Brilliant!
• 24-hour flower stands on almost every corner. I'm guessing they have a lot to do with the infamous telos but I wonder, what kind of person needs flowers at 4 am?
• The Grant's Restaurant: haven't been here yet, all I know is that the front porch of this restaurant has a giant portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. Very intrigued...
• Of course there are McDonalds basically everywhere, but they are much...classier (can Mickey Ds be classy?) than they are in the U.S. It's like, a sit-down type of restaurant with silverware and all, which is also because it is a bit of a social taboo to eat in the street. I have to admit I've been tempted to eat there because it seems so much better than at home but there's no way! I refuse to be fooled by your "cafe + medialunas" deal, McDonalds!
• Well, this is Nan's kind of city. In grocery stores, the milk and eggs are not refrigerated, they are just on the shelves. I have no idea how this is possible, but if Nan were here she'd fit right in: she could leave food out of the fridge for days and then eat it like it's still perfectly fine!
• As you know, public transportation is the way to go here. What you probably don't know (and never expected) is that at night, it's very possible that the bus you hop on will have Playboy bunny stickers on the windows and purple neon lights. Even the bus drivers know how to party.

As I think of more, I'll be adding to this list.