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Boilermakers Jazz Band Playing Live at Frim Fram this Thursday!

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

This Thursday, November 4, we are throwing a very special Frim Fram Jam swing dance.  We are delighted to be showcasing the Boilermaker Jazz Band performing live, with DJ Swifty spinning during the breaks. Plus this is the beginning of the month, so we will have a beginner dance lesson taught by the talented Mr….

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My Awesome “Scott Pilgrim” Swag + “Scott Pilgrim” on Blu-ray November 9!

Posted on November 1, 2010 by

In the interest of full disclosure, and cause I wanted to brag, here's some free "Scott Pilgrim" swag I received recently from the nice folks at Oni Press. And my parents said that blogging would never pay off! Included in the "level up!" kit from Oni Press: two Scott Pilgrim wristbands! two keychain fob thingees!…

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Breaking photo shoot with Lynn and Eugene

Posted on October 30, 2010 by

This morning I had a really fun time at a breaking photo shoot done by my friend Lynn, a talented photographer and fellow lindy hopper.  She has a good eye for catching dancers in motion, as you can see from her recent shoot of the General Mischief Dance Theater group and awesome lindy hoppers Evita…

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Cute Halloween Logo on Yehooooooooodi.com!

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

Thanks to awesome graphic designer Damien Fate for creating this adorable Halloween-themed logo variation for our website Yehoodi.com! See more about Damien and his design work on the Pixel Valley website. For Halloween weekend dance opportunities, see our New York event calendar at http://yehoodi.com/nyc. Who wants pumpkin pie?  

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“Toy Story 3” Dance Scene Copies Lindy Hop Viral Video

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

Captain Morgan on Yehoodi.com posted that there are some very telling similarities between a dance scene in "Toy Story 3" and a clip of dancers at the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown from 2006. The dancers in the ULHS clip are Todd Yannacone and Frida Segerdahl.  Watching the two clips together, it's hard to imagine the…

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Awesome recipe for “Preserving Children” in the Powell House Cookbook

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

I love this recipe for "preserving children" that you can find in the Powell House cookbook (now out of print). Tom Rothchild brought this gem to my attention. The recipe is as follows: Take one large grassy field, half a dozen children, three small dogs, and walk along a narrow strip of brook, pebbly if…

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Kitty Litter Cake is Tasty and Gross at the Same Time

Posted on October 25, 2010June 24, 2025 by

I know this is an old and juvenile joke, but a bunch of us at the Brooklyn Meeting retreat this weekend up at Powell House got a kick out of this “Kitty Litter Cake” made the resident chef Kris. It’s basically a chocolate pudding cake, with crumbled up cookies on top to look like the…

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Resting and Recharging with the Brooklyn Quakers

Posted on October 25, 2010 by

This weekend I got to enjoy the company of 40-some Quakers in upstate New York for the 2010 Brooklyn Quaker Meeting Retreat, which I helped organize. It was one of those times that reaffirm everything that I love about Quakers as a community. The locale was the historic and quaint retreat center called Powell House…

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A Fantastic Weekend with the Brooklyn Quakers up at Powell House

Posted on October 24, 2010 by

I'm sure I will have more coherent comments about the past three days once I've had some more sleep and time to think about it. For the moment, let me just say that this weekend totally rocked.  I was up in the beautiful retreat center run by the Quakers called Powell House along with about…

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Hundreds Fete Yehoodi’s 12th Birthday with Dance Jams, Cake and Contests

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

I'm exhausted but smiling today from the awesome celebration of 12 years of Yehoodi.com that took place last night at the Frim Fram Jam at Club 412.  It was such a great feeling seeing the nearly 300 folks who came out to fete a dozen years of Yehoodi, from newbies who've been dancing for a…

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