Expo Mis Tortas Marcela Capó

Today, my partner and I attended the event called Expo Mis Tortas Marcela Capó.

We simply didn't know anything about this event, which was celebrating its tenth anniversary, but the motivation to acquire a particular product and get information about it led us to the exhibition. Many manufacturers and distributors were going to gather there. So we arrived at the venue around 3:00 PM. The event was celebrating its 10th anniversary and took place across two dates, May 16th and 17th—Saturday from 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Sunday from 2:00 PM to 20:00 PM. The location was the Círculo de Oficiales de Mar (Navy Officers Circle), at 1867 Sarmiento Street in downtown Buenos Aires (Capital Federal).

The event was organized by Marcela Capó, who has her own website at the following link: http://www.marcelacapo.com, where the advertising for it can be found under the "Events" section. It also features recipes, activities, courses, and various other things.

Admission cost $80. Along with the ticket, they handed out a magazine containing recipes. The exhibition was divided into three areas: the central area, one downstairs, and one on the upper floor. On the upper floor was the auditorium where the talks were given—quite a few of them, with a different one taking place every half hour. We were able to attend two, one right after the other.

The first one was about Fruit and Vegetable Carving, given by professor Olga Elisei Pigliapoco. It was quite good; the presenter carved two swans among other figures, although due to time constraints and questions from attendees she didn't manage to finish the entire piece, explaining the technique step-by-step. At the end, the pieces were raffled off among those who had entered.

The second demonstration, led by professor Yolanda Rearte, was about Cake Decorating. The auditorium was completely packed for this talk; in our case, we simply stayed. Even though you weren't supposed to (which we didn't know), between going out and coming back in (we had already taken our entry number), we just stayed put. Much like the previous demonstration, the presenter did not finish the task. Time was lacking, worsened by the large number of questions since the auditorium was quite crowded. There was also the situation where many attendees interrupted with all sorts of nuisances: out-of-place questions, cell phone ringtones, loud conversations among attendees themselves, those who arrived late halfway through the talk, and those who left before it ended, coming and going with no respect for those who wished to listen to the presenters. I speak in the feminine because the vast majority were women, with very few men—who, I believe, were just tagging along as companions, much like me. During this talk, the person filming it (to be projected onto the large screen above) had positioned themselves in a spot where they couldn't properly capture the decorators' manual work. However, this was immediately corrected by the outcry of the public, who with continuous shouts of "you can't see," "you can't see anything," "move," and "the camera!" managed to fix the position of the cameraman, which delayed the talk a bit.

Once both talks were over, we continued touring the entire exhibition. A multitude of decorated cakes with diverse motifs, varied colors, and many with two or three tiers made the visit to the event very rewarding.

In the second-to-last photo is a decoration—in this case, of the Little Mermaid—brought by one of the shops exhibiting their products. The rest of the photos show decorations on display on tables dedicated for that purpose, mostly located in the center of the walkway. The stands were on either side, while the teachers' cakes and decorations were exhibited in the center; in this case, I only mentioned the ones that appeared in the photographs. To finish, a photograph of a ship-related object on display, though not from this event, but belonging to the venue where it took place—the Círculo de Oficiales de Mar hall, as previously mentioned.