Riot and Frolic

a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog

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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

Month: August 2011

  • Bow Down!

    Now, the fun part of today's title is you can either read it as "bow down" [as you would to royalty] or "bow down" [as in that hair bow you made just fell on the floor].  Ooh, you crazy homonyms. Whew, now that I've gotten that nerdiness of my system (for now- bwahahaha!), I will…

  • It’s So Fluffy I’m Going to Die!

        The other day, I mentioned how I made up my own crochet pattern.  It's not the most original thing, but since I made it up myself, I feel okay making doodads with it and maybe selling them.  Or at least telling you how to make it (not today, peeps- I have a short…

  • Arguing With My Brother-In-Law

    No, not that one.    Not the other one either.  (Why don't I have a picture of you, Huge?)       This one.   The one that is, what, 20 years my junior?  The one that, maybe because of our age difference or my maturity level, I would choose not to argue with?  Oh,…