Catching up on old blogs that I forgot to post here...

Soooo I LOVE this site for blogging, but yet have forgotten to post my blogs. I know, silly.

So here they are...I'll put the original date in the body :o)

July 14, 2008


NYC *IS* my second home
I really forgot how much i LOVE this city. Everything about it. The smell of car exhaust on a really hot day. The smell of sewage. The trash on the streets. The busy, noisy sidewalks. The sound of the announcements on the subway. I love everything about this city.

We arrived safely last Wednesday night, very late. Our adventures thus far have consisted of going to Passport Fridays at the Queens Museum of Art, where we saw a live West Africa dance exhibition with live drumming. The dancing was beyond amazing. I had chills the ENTIRE time! They also gave us a short class, where we learned one of the dances. Very easy, LOTS of fun!!

We saw the waterfalls at the Brooklyn Bridge by an artist named Olafur Eliasson. I felt like we walked the entire eastside of Manhattan (though we didn't lol), but it was a ton of fun! Quite an adventure! On our way we found a cute, small street fair. I'd love to go back to get a few things. The waterfalls were interesting. I want to do another harbor cruise to get a better view. Pier 36!

We went out on Saturday night in Astoria. Had a great dinner, went to a few bars, came home. Sunday consisted of us hitting the 15 blocks of Astoria's street fair. GREAT prices, TONS of fun! We ate a Zagat ranked Thai place, that had amazing food! It was a good day.

Today was the first day of classes for Kristina and I. As you know the ankle is giving me serious hell, which tells me that I MUST find some sort of treatment soon. I had Erika Dankmeyer *gasps* today, and it was WONDERFUL!! She gave me a nice correction in "turns around the back", which felt really great! I realized I had more mobility in my hips that I originally thought. I was in a lot of pain towards the end of the class, but my mentality is to just work through this as well as I can. I called the Harkness Center this afternoon, which caters to dance injuries. I had to leave a message but I'm pushing to be seen by them. There's a good chance I could get some physical therapy in the 4 weeks I'm here to perhaps aid the rehabilitaion, even if it's for a short amount of time.

Kristina's classes went really well too. I know by the end of our stay here her mind will be full of understanding of more of the technique. After all this is her first in-depth exposure to it. Repertory seemed like a lot of fun for her. I was hesitant to do it, and decided not to after the pain I've had with the ankle, and am glad. The piece they're doing has a lot of jumps at the beginning. Big no no for right now lol

I'm auditioning for the Professional Training Program on Saturday. I don't expect anything out of it, except to gain some auditioning experience. There's a meeting on Friday for it. *IF* i were to get accepted into the school, my plan is to start in the summer of '09. I'll have to see where I am as far as graduate school is, but that's a bridge I'll cross when I get there :o) I plan to attend a few other auditions around the city for the same reason. We'll see what happens!

I'm exhausted. I miss everyone terribly. But, like last year, it's another great experience!

Until the next time....all my love :o)