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: March 2013

  • Dance and The Snow Emergency

    I live in MN.  Land of humidity, mosquitoes, 10,000 lakes, and heavy snowfalls. Minnesotans complaining about snow emergencies (the city declares these after snowfalls over 3" and then a bunch of confusing parking rules go into effect so that streets can get plowed) is like dancesport competitors complaining about conditions at a dance competition.  …

  • List of Last Week’s Labors of Love

    – things I'd never thought I'd say : "Hey, it's too bad we're out of cilantro."   I have, in the past, had a general distrust of recipes containing cilantro, what with the soapiness and the acid taste outweighing the health benefits.  So like studies suggest, I wasn't too surprised to find out that my…