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.

List of Last Week’s Labors of Love

– what?  It's only been, like, 92 weeks since my last LLLL post.  

– shortly, here's what I've been doing/where I've been:

  • Cleveland for a competition (thanks, Nichy!  love the Cleveland Dancesport Challenge)
  • road trip to Virginia for a wedding (thanks, Wyatt and Margaret!)
  • road trip back to Minnesota for… living (thanks, St. Paul, for continuing to exist while we were gone!)

– ran that damn marathon.  More on that later this week.

– road trip to Chicago for Harvest Moon Ball Championships (Moon Ball?) with no children (thanks, Godfamily!) and two friends.  Kept wanting to throw Goldfish crackers and My Little Ponies into the backseat on the drive there to placate passengers, but the absence of whining made me stop.  Note to friends: whining gets you treats AND toys.   (I probably just shot myself in the foot by letting them know that.)

– Chicago is great, duh.  

 

burger

Priceless waitress: What's wrong with him? Is he yours?
  • I want this cooler in my house.  Next to my bed.  Note: it is stocked with Nutella snack-packs (cracker sticks included for convenient dippage), string cheese, green smoothie things, hummus and pita chips (packaged together for your munching pleasure), applesauce, 2-glass box o' wine, beer, fresh cut fruit, and salads.  WHAT ELSE WOULD I EVER NEED?  Milk.  It's missing milk.  

 

best cooler ever

I want to go to there.

 

  • I want to hate Old Navy, but I can't.  Because these shoes exist within their walls.  But not in my size.  SOMEONE FIND THESE IN A SIZE 9 FOR ME!

 

mint pointed patent shoes

MINT PATENT POINTY FLAT SHOES

 

– congrats to Peter and Yulia on a great event (the Moon Ball, as I will now call it).  They've really turned that competition around in the last two years.  It's at a lovely hotel (a bit phallic in the decorating, but lovely nonetheless) and they have great perks for competitors and judges and spectators (great prize money! bottles of vodka! great show!).  Plus, their daughter is adorable and Yulia is a ridiculously attractive pregnant lady.

– worship the can-opener or whatever for a long-time ballroomer and a dear man, Dr. Dave, who collapsed during one of his heats at the Moon Ball.  Speedy and full recovery is wished whole-heartedly for you, Dr. Dave.  

What have you guys been up to this month?  How's the Indian Summer treating you?

Drapper

 

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