Instruction Ciara Junge, ciarajunge@gmail.com; 2015 February – April, Wednesday nights, ABA, Park street, Alameda. (In 2014 Thursdays, 8 – 9pm, $10, Just Dance Ballroom, Embarcadero, Oakland.)
Category: Hobbies
NYE SF 2015
Most Interesting Westin Hotel & The Aloft, Millbrae, KISS FM NYE 2015; “KISS DJ will be rocking out at the Westin Main Ballroom – We will be grooving out to 70s Disco in the Westin Bayshore Ballroom and keeping the beat up with the WILD DJ at the WXYZ in the Aloft.“; 8pm – 1am;…
Bay Area Dance Venues
A listing of Bay Area venues conducive to West Coast Swing, Blues, Bachata, Stepping, and/or Kizomba dancing. For snack, meal, and beverage assortments perfect for dance conventions, please visit Nutriate. Last updated 2024/01/08. (2019 updated / added: 11/18 Starlight; 10/22 Comstock Saloon, Lungomare; 10/7 Musicians section; 10/4 Il Pirata, Allegro; 9/21 The Local, Habanas, Pagan…
Bicycling
Checklist Helmet – Check the expiration date! The foam breaks down over time. Brakes and gears in good working order – A bike that hasn’t been ridden in a while probably needs lubrication inside the rear gear box as well as on the chain. Newer gears ‘bite’ the chain better but also cause the chain…
Remnants
(Refer to the Writing Notes post for word usage and to Food Vocabulary for food-related words and terms. Also see Text Fragments and Famous Quotes.) “find your Prints Charming” – from a 2012 September 18 Bed Bath & Beyond email advertisement for ordering decorator fabrics online. From the Jim Butcher short story “Day Off”, “he who…
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt: Why some say ‘The Kiss’ is better than the ‘Mona Lisa’ – CSMonitor.com. – 2012 July 14 I had the opportunity to see ‘The Kiss’ and other Klimt paintings and murals this April in Vienna, and then the Klimt paintings in the Neue Gallerie in NYC on the way home in NYC. I…
Boogie Down
Alicia Bridges – I love the night life 1978 – YouTube. Seeing the musician for a song that I’ve heard (and danced to) many a time is a little odd – like seeing a movie after reading the book. Van McCoy – Do The Hustle – 1975 – YouTube. Then we have a visual where…
Succulent Tapestry
Plant Lust. Whether naturally occurring or deliberately created (for example, ‘living walls’ such as the Succulent Cube at the 2010 SF Garden Show) plants can form beautiful living tapestries. The springtime display offered by the naturalized shrubs on the embankment of the west side of the DC Beltway (near Annandale, VA) caused me to pen…
Sponsored Street Art?
Philadelphia Museum of Art – On View : Current Exhibitions. Does a protest song become merely a song when “the man” pays for it? Is graffiti art still legitimate when it’s created for a gallery showing? And likewise should the public art installation currently on view on the exterior of the Philadelphia Museum of Art…
Photography Tips
From a column by Anne Burke in the July 2012 issue of Via magazine: “In direct sunlight, use forced-flash mode to eliminate facial shadows”. Have the camera ready before you ask people to pose. If your (digital) camera has an action photo option (an option to take photos so long as the button is pressed),…