Name:
Gareth Leonard
Aka:
G, Andy, Andres, Excalibur, Papi
Website:
http://www.tourist2townie.com/
Where are you from?
Hilton, New York
Who do you work for?
I work for myself as a travel writer, blogger and marketing consultant, I also moonlight slinging bottles at Buller Pub in Recoleta and I have a piece of the pie at ValoreBooks.com and Bucks4Books.com back in the States.
What are your Current Project(s)?
I’m currently redesigning and expanding the Tourist2Townie.com site, while working with the Bueno, entonces… Spanish learning program to help the world converse with beautiful Latinas.
In my free time I’m working on my cardio at the gym and watching dirty dancing on repeat in preparation for a series of weddings back in New York this August and September.
Who would you love to work with?
Richard Branson, Anthony Bourdain, Seth Godin, Diddy and Sloan from Entourage.
If you had to live in one city the rest of your life, where would it be?
That’s tough but I gotta go with Chicago. I love the energy of the city, friends and family are close and there are 2 major airports so I can easily bail out to Salt Lake or San Diego in the Winter.
What’s on your iPod right now?
I love the classics like Dean Martin, Bill Withers and Ella Fitzgerald and lately I’ve been bumping a lot of 90s hip-hop. So, right now I’m on a heavy rotation of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” and Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push it” – true story.
What’s your Favorite BA food?
If I could cut up some Mollejas and Chorizo and dump it into a big bowl of Locro I’d be set. Wash that down with a tasty Submarino and you got yourself one happy guy.
What’s your Favorite BA hangout?
I’m a big fan of Peru Beach and the rooftop terrace at Carnal in the summertime. But when the weather cools off I dig some good whisky and live tunes at the Thelonious Club or Donde me Trajiste.
What are your Pet Peeves?
That hijo de p*ta who pounds a hammer outside my window 3 times a week at 7am. You can’t be doing a good job, you just bang on the same pipe every day. I’m also annoyed by those stupid little white dogs that never stop barking, people who don’t understand the greater good, ham and cheese sandwiches, negative energy and being late. I had to learn to live with the last one when I moved to Argentina.
Shout outs?
You give me support when I’m feeling low and yet you always give me room to breath. Thank you so much ExOfficio boxer-briefs for everything you’ve done for me. Also, thank you Freddo for making such deliciously creamy helados, the Flip HD for being so light and sleek, the staff of the Pelicano Hotel for keeping everything so clean and to Quadritos cereal for providing me with such a tasty, nutritious breakfast every morning.
Oh yeah and big shout out to the family and friends back in the States, new life-long friends here in Argentina and the BA Pub Crawl Crew for always keepin’ it real. Suerte.
