Back to it!

Weeks 6-8: In Motion

First, I would like to apologize for not posting in so long. I was sort of expecting that I will have less and less time to keep up with the blog, but I'm still trying. Work has been picking up. Numerous training sessions, new deadlines, ad-hoc requests… a little stress. However, I must say one thing: dancing is good. After the boys left, I was back in my groove. Every Tuesday I would go to Sandunga, my new favorite salsa studio. Wednesdays I started going to another studio, United Dance Academy. Staying busy certainly helps keep mind off negative things.

I discovered a few new venues: Pearl, a jazz/live music lounge with an impressive 2 floor setup, where ground floor is the bar and stage, while upstairs houses a gallery and pool tables; and Absinthe Lounge – a really shady but classy looking lounge in the basement of an eclectic loft building somewhere on the outskirts of downtown. Sandunga was also a completely different venue on a Friday night – they hosted a social, BYOB kind of gig with a good DJ. It was awesome. Other than that I also got to go to the Galleria again, but this time I went ice skating! One of these weekends, LaQuenta had a friend visit from New Orleans, so we ended up at Dave and Busters, sort of a Chuck E Cheese for people of 21+ age category. It was my first time, and it was quite fun.

Foreign Origin: It seems like I had much luck confusing people with my speech. A particularly memorable note – an elegant Latina I danced with asked me if I was Puerto Rican and told me that I sound like Marc Anthony. Another particularly amusing instance was when a middle-aged waiter took me for an Aussie/Briton. First time for both. Win! On the same note, I had another girl at UDA dance studio ask me directly: “Are you Jewish?”. It must be the dark hair and a foreign name…

That is all for now – Week of August 29 will be closing in the next posting, since the week ends with me arriving in NOLA.