Last night I went out dancing to a newer place in Gardena. I’ve been there only once before. One of the nice things about the place is that it’s not crowded, so there’s room to practice big moves (you know all that cool stuff you learn from YouTube). I showed up just after the class had finished, so no one [...]

When we went to Palm Springs and took Jorge Elizondo’s class, he mentioned about a last minute workshop that would be happening at the Paso de Oro studio together with Alejondro Rey (who was one of the instructors at Palm Springs and gave an awesome bachata/salsa performance Saturday night). Of course we had to go, and I’m really glad we [...]

This past weekend I went to Palm Springs for the Salsa Mambo Festival. Prior to going to Palm Springs, I wondered why people go there because it’s in the middle of the desert. Now that I’ve been there, I’m still wondering why people go there. It’s ridiculously hot (it was 105F during the day and 90F at night), it’s tiny [...]

I’ve been dancing salsa for a little more than 3 years and Reiko for about a third of that. A couple months back, Reiko and I joined a performance group. Although we are learning tricks and other things we don’t normally get to learn, salsa has become more like a job than a passion. Even as such, Reiko and I [...]

So 2007 has come and gone. Looking back, 2007 has to be one of the more difficult years in my life. The first third of the year I spent sitting at home looking for a job. The second third I spent getting my new life in LA together. The last third of the year I spent mourning my mother, but [...]