Settling Down in Bs As and Getting Physical

Once I got my apartment in Buenos Aires, next step was to find a gym. I reckon that once you have a place, a supermarket and a gym, you can actually get yourself into the sort of pattern that will make wherever you are feel like home.
So I put on my jacket and walking shoes and went looking for a gym. Argentinians, it appears, love their exercise- there were gyms all over the place!
The first one I saw was a bit far from my place and was very (I mean VERY) posh. The equipment was brand new, the people were all beautiful and in great shape, it was in this five-star shopping mall, it even smelled like teen spirit, if there is such a thing. Think Fitness First Premium then triple it.
The next one was a little closer to home, and not quite as posh, but still bigger and brighter and well, grander than anything I can think of in Sydney.
So I was contemplating where should I go and what should I do and trying to work out the trade-offs of posh and proximity as i was passing this other gym, even closer to my place, called Always.
And that was it.
I felt uncomfortable taking photos, so you will just have to imagine it. It was big and well equipped but in a 1980's sort of way. And it had the loveliest staff any gym I've ever been to had. The people looked (well, most of them) like they were taken straight out of the set of Olivia Newton John's Physical. The whole place looked like a gym from a US college in the 70's. Like what I imagine to be the set for Debbie Does Dallas.
But it was close to home, really cool, had the nicest people and was so cheap it made me giggle.
Always became my Bs As gym.


PS. For those too young to know or those too old to remember... Here's good old Olivia asking to hear your body talk.



PPS. Talking of the devil. The Sydney Morning Herald's telling me that Olivia just got married last week. Congratulations Olives! I told you performing at Mardi Gras would pay off eventually! 27 years later and still the hottest girl in town!