lifestyles of the rich and famous

"Brandy, you're a fine girl; what a good wife you would be

But my life, my love, and my lady is the sea. . ."

-Looking Glass, Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

Big, big news: I'm moving.

Moving out of Buenos Aires, out of Argentina even-- to Uruguay.

And not just anywhere in Uruguay, but to Jose Ignacio, which is a little town about 30 minutes from the city of Punta del Este. Punta del Este was huge in the '40s to the '50s, with stars like Yul Brynner and the Rat Pack vacationing there. It's still popular, with Leonardo di Caprio, Robert de Niro, and Antonio Banderas visiting in recent years, but for many of the elite, it's lost its luster. They wanted to have a hideaway that was their own again, and they found it in Jose Ignacio.

Jose Ignacio started out as a little fishing town, and from what I've read, it still retains its rustic charms. There are only a handful of hotels in the area, and the restaurants are very difficult to get reservations at. Many celebs go there to get away. They can eat dinner at a spot so exclusive it can only be reached by boat. They can ride horses along the beach under the moon. And that's where I come in.

I got a job working as an au pair for a family that runs a ranch in Jose Ignacio! They have a stables and they arrange horseback riding excursions through the forests and down to the ocean. Their property has ample views of the Atlantic, and they've got around 40 horses. And the woman's cousin is one of the world's greatest chef! He's basically the undisputed top chef of South America. And he has a restaurant in the next town over.

So. I'm going to be spending three months living on a horse ranch, watching a nine-year-old boy for 25 hours a week, spending all my free time on the beach or on a horse, in the town where Naomi Campbell and Giselle Bundchen go to party and Shakira owns a ranch. What?! I can't even comprehend this right now.

And can I just say-- you all officially have no excuse not to visit me.