friday dance - love me or leave me

it's still may, so it's still APAHM... :)

i give you probably my favorite lindy hop team routine of all time by the california rolls (whose members look to be all asian american):

 

 and a short choreographed by anthony lee... josie say mentioned to me that she used to be in a dance crew with one of these dancers.... not surprised. :)

 

 happy friday y'all!!!

happy mother's day!

i'm heading out to las 'burbs to hang with my mom & extended family, celebrate the day and the arrival of the newest member of our family, a new niece, olivia, born very early today!!!  but before i leave, i just wanted to wish all the moms a HAPPY MAMA'S DAY!  i lurves youse, laydees...

...and coz you know i gotta get my laugh fix...

 

lastly, if you haven't already checked out jonathan yi's East of Main series on HBO... do EEEEET!!!

new day, new laptop sleeve

today, i start my new job working with a local designer of custom made shoes...  i will need to bring my laptop with me, so i made a new sleeve...  i used this tutorial & pattern from sew mama sew.  it was very easy to make, only took a couple of hours.  i really like how it turned out.  i especially like the fabric designed by tim coffey.

thanks for coming by & reading! hope you have a productive tuesday! :)

pablo!!!

check out this interview with paul overton (of dudecraft & everyday is awesome)  re: dancing & relationships over on swungover!  as i mentioned earlier, paul and sharon were my first and bestest lindy hop teachers... :)  paul as per usual has some great advice to impart...  :)

me & paul on the ferry to long beach from catalina 1999 :)

apahm friday dance -

so... i think imma try to highlight some apa folks for upcoming friday dances since it's APAHM...  :)

first up, fil am drummer, danny barcelona...

 

lastly, the funniest crew i've ever seen on abdc just exited this week...  BOO!  :(

Stepboys - they're amazian! i will miss them the rest of the season....  :(



whatever you do today, i hope you take some time out to dance! :)

perception

so...  i bit the bullet and went to one of those not so expensive chain haircut places....

i was hoping to look like this when i came out:

...am slowly realizing that i may or may not look more like this:

ooooooh yeeeeaaaaah....

hope

if there was any story i desperately needed to see/hear last night...  it was this one:

 

God bless you and your family Steelo!  Whenever I lose patience with my slow healing, I will watch you!  Best wishes for a complete recovery!

Flounce Skirt in Action!

soooo happy to find that lindyfest FINALLY posted the instructor jam - where virginie is wearing the gored flounce skirt i made!

when i was in san francisco in march, i saw her try it on, and she swiveled a bit in it, but i didn't see it like in the video below!

BESTEST MATCH UP OF SWIVEL & SKIRT - LIKE EVAAAAAARRR!!!  :) (if you don't have time to watch the entire video, you can fwd to the 6:03 mark...  but, really?  you can't watch the entire video??!! what are you doing??!!)

 

hope your tuesday is progressing quickly and without incident...  :)