finally a good story

so, we had lunch the other day at some restaurant called "los heroes: restauran, bar y mas" there were six of us so they took us to the basement where we were the only ones. seis gringos. the placemats had sudoku and on tv there was this weird 80s channel and each successive song was better than the last. we ate a full meal, even postres (dessert) and two pitchers of beer and the whole lunch cost $8 each. it's our new favorite spot.
so then we walked around downtown and ended up at la plaza de armas (seen above). we found a street performer with a large crowd of about 100 people, and right away he singled us out. "Gringos! Where are you from? Come a-here! United States y Chile, Washington, y Chile!" He brought us into the center of the circle, made fun of us, made fun of the crowd, asked the boys if they were gay, sang a little Donna Summers, and even had some interactive play acting where we each picked up Emily while saying, "Tranquilo, bebe, yo te salvare!" (Calm down, babe, I'll save you). This was about a 30 minute experience, and he was almost done with us but he needed a final stunt. He excused all of us but Carl who insists he was feeling the cerveza and asked Carl to promise him something. He spit on his hand and Carl did the same and they shook, much to the entertainment of the crowd. Then he explained, "the Gringo promised that if I got 40 tips, he would kiss me". The crowd started passing out their coins, and before we knew it the guy had 40 tips. He chased Carl around the circle for a good 2 minutes, and finally he laid a big wet one on him. Asqueroso! Carl tried to laugh it off but we were all a bit traumatized. Oh, Santiago. And weird street performers who smell.