For the last day of the year, my cousins had the brilliant idea to do a casual, 5 mile "fun run" from Crissy Field to the Golden Gate Bridge and back. It was a gorgeous Bay Area winter morning, in the mid-50s, sunny, windless and clear. Folks were out jogging, biking, walking their dogs and…
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My Favorite Swing and Lindy Video Clips from 2011
Here's one of my favorite video clips from 2011 — the world's best lindy hop troupe, the Harlem Hotshots, performing at the largest swing dance camp in the world, the Herrang Dance Camp. Sadly, I missed this performance by a week or so when I was there. Still this is some ridiculously badass dancing….
Rik doing cartwheels
It took me just 42 years, but I can finally do cartwheels. It's never too late to learn something new.
Happy Funky New Year from the FreePlay Dance Crew!
Here's a super cute picture of my dance crew FreePlay, wishing you a very funky, happy New Year!
Christmas 2011 with the Santos Clan
I hope everyone had a lovely holiday, full of loved ones and yummy food. The Santos clan gathered at the home of my Auntie Gloria and Uncle Andy in Hercules, CA. It was a good crowd of about 30-some folks, each of them bringing boatloads of food and drink to the affair. That's lasagna, beef…
Moving My Domains from Godaddy on December 29 for “Move Your Domain Day”
I probably should have done this a long time ago, but on December 29 I'm moving my web domains from the domain name registrar Godaddy.com to another service. I probably should have done it awhile ago. Godaddy has tacky, sexist advertising. The CEO enjoys killing elephant for sport. And finally earlier this month, they announced…
My 2011 Holiday Video Greeting
Just under the wire, here is my 2011 Year End Holiday Greeting, for all of my friends and family who made this year so awesome. I hope you enjoy it. Happy Holidays!
Yehoodi.com and Frim Fram in the New York Times!
My friend Swifty sent me the exciting news that the "grey lady" of journalism, the New York Times, has done a great writeup of the local swing scene in New York, with prominent mentions of Yehoodi.com and our Frim Fram Jam Thursday night dance! This is definitely one of the most prominent media mentions of Yehoodi ever in…
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Perform “He Said I Can” on VH-1 (video)
Get More: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, He Said I Can, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Music Videos, Live Performances Check out Ms. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings throwing it down on the VH-1 as part of "VH-1 Divas Celebate Soul"! So amazing. And if you like that song, her new album "Soul Time" is…
My new About.me Page
About.me is a web-service that allows you to display on one page all of your various social media links. Here's mine: http://about.me/rikomatic .