Today is usually "dancetastic" day, but I cannot think of a thing to write on the subject. It must be because I'm out of the game. Two weeks and suddenly I'm lacking an opinion on something which I usually love to opine? Maybe I should have this baby, so I can get opiniated again… *crickets chirping…*
I will try to satiate you with a photo.
Old school, yo. This was 2007 at Minnesota Madness. [Thanks for the pic, Sandra Colson!] This is what smooth dancing looks like when done by a rhythm dancer. Nice turnout.
Okay, enough self-deprecation!
Exciting things today…
I found the Milwaukee Avenue neighborhood. I know, that means nothing to you. Ten years ago or so, my bro-ski took my folks and I on an outing to this really cool old neighborhood lined with railroad houses. The houses don't face a street, but a sweet sidewalky-boulevardy thing. No cars! So pretty! So quaint!
I found it again about five years after that, but this street seemed to be in a wormhole or something. I would stumble upon it, but I could never find it on purpose. It was elusive. Mysterious. Cagey, even. All I could ever remember was that it was off Franklin Avenue (if you're not a Twin Citian, that reference doesn't help much, but Franklin runs pretty much all the way between the fantastic Minneapolis and St.Paul areas).
Well, I was hot and the girls were sleepy, so we went a-drivin' in the A/C'ed car. I decided I was going to find that place if it took all afternoon. It didn't take that long.
We went for a "walkie."
Mae Cake was amused by the little train-themed playground. And the construction boys.
See? Sidewalk! No street! It was once called 22 1/2 Avenue, which amuses me.
It was a lovely day for a walk.
Except for the monster mosquitoes (not pictured).
We collected lots of sticks and leaves. Because we needed to sweep. (V really likes to clean. She is not pictured here because she "cannot be bothered with pictures." True story.)
This tree looked as if it was eating this house. *NOM!*
A neighborhood cat wandered by. V went to go see it. Mae Cake went to attack it.
Kitty smartly hid under a bush from crazy, small-animal-loving small child.
Good times. Pretty houses. Happy ladies.
Also exciting, our nice neighbor who owns a couple turtles delivered us a free newspaper and in that newspaper happened to be the recipe for Bread & Chocolate's Fabulous Fudge Bar, of which I just delighted in yesterday! EEEEEEEE! Seriously delicious treat here, people. Guess what's hittin' the blog on Monday?… The recipe.
[Source: Anne Rucker]
Other thing to get excited about today?
This…
[Source: VMan #18 by Inez & Vinoodh, Summer 2010]
Riot and Frolic 
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