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Traveling in Style
Filed in travel, January 25, 2010, 11:30 pmEvery time I travel with someone new, I learn a new trick. Last time I went to Vancouver, I learned about the art of carry-on luggage. So awesome. There is a ridiculous amount of shoes and clothing that can fit into a seemingly small space. It’s rather astounding! I also learned about wine. More specifically, [...]
Sun & Salsa
Filed in life,swing, July 20, 2009, 1:14 pmSunday was the Sun & Salsa Festival in Kensington and Swing Dance Calgary was there dancing away. There was a moment in the afternoon where the sky was so moody and dark and awesome that we feared a thunderstorm. I found myself wishing I had brought my other lens, as the 60mm just couldn’t capture [...]
Lindybout III
Filed in swing,travel, April 21, 2009, 7:23 pmLindybout III in Vancouver was a combination of a variety of words: exhilerating, intimidating, hilarious, shocking, disappointing, amazing. It felt a little like a rollercoaster, as the nature of competition led to disappointment when I didn’t make it into the finals, being in a different city was occasionally a little intimidating, and yet performing for [...]
Quebe Sisters
Filed in swing, March 27, 2009, 11:23 amLast night I swung out to a very fun, very cute country swing band from Texas, the Quebe Sisters. Honestly, with their accents and cowboy boots, no word describes them better than ‘cute’. It was great dancing in front of the crowd that gathered, mostly people 3 times my age who took every available break [...]
PLEX Reflections
Filed in swing, March 25, 2009, 8:37 amPLEX and the City was very fun, filled with great live music (Bow Djangos and the Polyjesters) and amazing people from other cities (Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg… etc). But also exhausting, as the combination of fighting a cold and dancing my feet off turned out to be too much for me. I definitely crashed the instant [...]
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