On balance
When I was maybe about 6 or 7, I was pretty into gymnastics. I did some kind of classes at the YMCA, and whenever tumbling and mats and…
Tag: Might as well face it you’re addicted to Lindy
A love letter to Lindy Hop
It’s Frankie Manning’s birthday today, and also World Lindy Hop Day. And since dancing has done so much for me in such a relatively short period of time,…
Where to next?
Before I even got back, people were asking me this question. People continue to ask me this question every day. So here! By popular demand. A short list.…
Let me tell you that I love you, and I think about you all the time
‘Maybe Tomorrow’ by Sterophonics has been on heavy rotation in my Chill The Eff Out playlist for this whole trip, most likely because it’s used on Long Way…
Saigon. Or Ho Chi Minh. (Depending on who you talk to)
I still don’t have a definitive answer on this, so I have mostly been calling it Saigon. This seems to be what the locals call it. (And the…
China with company
When I set out on this adventure, I said that I was doing it alone not because I have some deep desire to be on my own in…
Dancing in Russia
One of the goals of this trip was to dance as many places as I can, especially considering I’m doing a weekend-long Lindy camp at the end of…
St Petersburg
So once I remembered that I have very little patience for (most) museums, I kicked off three months of Kate Walks Around Foreign Cities Looking At Things Til…
Still home
I’m back to posting! And I don’t even know where to start. Out of practice and all. Yesterday I moved out of my flat for good. A place…
A (freezing cold) river ain’t too much to love
So hey! I’ve not packed it in, I’m still here. September started with a Cold That Would Not Die and some pretty bad family news – a combination…