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Scending a Reach-y, Arm-y V3

Posted on July 20, 2018July 20, 2018 by

It felt so good to top this V3 this morning, which was really strenuous and had holds just out of my reach. I have been struggling to just start it for awhile. Finally last session, I figured out how to start. So this session was all about getting all the moves down and scending it….

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Sabbatical Week Three!

Posted on July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 by

I just realized I am already into the middle of week three of my work sabbatical! This is really the first day I have had completely schedule-free since I finished work at the Cal Academy. So far it has been completely wonderful to have this time to take a break and take stock of things….

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My Favorite Loss

Posted on July 14, 2018July 16, 2018 by

I’ve lost a lot of dance competitions. But my all time favorite loss was on a warm summer’s evening in New York. A few years ago, my friend and I entered a lindy hop dance contest at a popular music festival, along with several other dancers in our scene. It was held in a large…

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Chaka Khan’s New Single “Like Sugar”: Your Summer Jam Has Arrived!

Posted on July 6, 2018August 25, 2018 by

Holy smokes, funk legend Chaka Khan has a new track out, and it’s amazing. Could “Like Sugar” be funkier? Not possible. I look forward to the many dance videos featuring this track. Chaka Khan’s “I Feel for You” was a big part of my adolescent sound track. Still gets me moving, decades later.

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Feeling Both at Home and an Outsider: Why #BlackLindyHopMatters

Posted on July 5, 2018June 12, 2020 by

Here’s another reason why #blacklindyhopmatters. All this week I’ve been participating in the Get Free Hip-Hop Dance Festival, a week of urban dance classes, talks and competitions in San Francisco.  Today, a panel of female artists were talking about feminism and hip-hop. One Black dancer explained how she was in the process of discovering the…

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Competing (and Winning) a Lindy Hop Dance Contest in Singapore!

Posted on June 21, 2018July 15, 2018 by

Photo Credit: Andrew Lin Yikai About a month ago I had a blast participating in a Jack&Jill dance contest in Singapore at their World Lindy Hop Day celebration. I finally got the video of the comp from local dancer Lionel Tan, who graciously allowed me to share it here. Such a fun time competing with the…

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Fabulous Sisters of Japan: The Power and Drama of Waacking

Posted on June 20, 2018July 17, 2018 by

  I just can’t get over how amazing this performance by the Fabulous Sisters of Japan was on the TV show “World of Dance.” This is what blows me away about waacking when done at the highest level: the drama, the power, the expressiveness. And that group choreo is just so damn tight and flawless….

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On Dining, Dancing and Infectious Happiness

Posted on June 18, 2018July 15, 2018 by

Another fantastic weekend of fine music and dancing   I was talking with Gilles on Saturday about what makes a superlative dining experience. It’s more than just the food. It’s the setting, the servers, the energy of the people eating there, even the kind of lighting.   Gilles put it more simply, “I like eating…

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Changing Oil and Changing Frames

Posted on June 16, 2018 by

I got to practice changing my self-talk yesterday, after I picked up my scooter from the shop. When I arrived, what I thought was a $500 set of repairs and a tuneup turned out to be closer to $700. That was a lot more money than I had hoped to pay. During the scooter ride…

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On the Perfect Pastry Cafe Experience

Posted on June 11, 2018 by

I had a small revelation this weekend about what makes a pleasurable pastry eating experience for me.  I realized its much more than just the lamination of the dough, the kind of butter used, and the freshness of the fillings. (Although I care very deeply about all of those things.) It also has to do…

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