Tag Archives: It was Ugly

(FYI- Picture Above Not My Toe.  My Toes Aren’t Photogenic.)   I am kicking myself for not bringing my camera to Lucky Strike Sun, Dec 14, 2014- DC Casineros put on a SPECTACULAR SHOW at Lucky Strikes! Engaging Performance, Dynamic Choreo, Nice transitions, Mucho Energy projected throughout the entire piece, Great Body Movement, and Awesome Synchronicity and Formation! Normally when ...

Good Dance night, at least for ME, last Thursday at The Salsa Room in Arlington, VA. DJ Hercules was playing some good stuff that had me itching to dance every song and quite a few good leads came out to play. I even asked 2 totally new guys to dance and danced with one new guy who requested a dance ...

Recap of Yamulee Footwork Class at the 2014 NY Salsa Congress.  OMG- I finally made it through a true intermediate level (I think) Yamulee Footwork class with the Master Osmar Perrones in the flesh to the very end for the 1st time! I normally dropout within the first 15 minutes completely lost and demoralized by my inability to remember anything beyond ...

I went on a group outing to mount the Majestic Old Rag Mountain April 2013 and it was a heady affair that left me reeling, shocked, shook, and not thrilled although there were many “thrills” to be had during this hike, surely.  But I was told by a wise man (Sir William J. Melendez Diaz) during the tail end of the ...

Being Comfortable is for Kids.  Yesterday for me was one of life’s emotional rollercoaster rides of wtf, mild embarrassment, lols, & extreme hunger while working strenuously to maintain my cool in the presence of human crazy. I went into work believing I had lost my job- at my instigation. While I have been itching to leave my do-nothing, dead-end job ...