dancing and eating.
that's what my weekends have been full of. and not a little dancing and eating, but a lot of both. it's been tiresome and fun.
last saturday morning i woke up and taught two fun hours of class then i had one hour to turn myself into 'bellydance barbie ebony' and arrive at the Howard University campus to lead a demo for their health fair. upon arrival i was starting to feel nauseated because i forgot to bring food with me. i taught the 30 minute demo with lisa and jane assisting - to a crowd of both enthusiastic and participatory women and slack jawed folks who gawked at us in utter disbelief. then i had an hour and a half to shower, eat toaster waffles, turn myself into 'tribal fusion bellydance barbie ebony' and drive to Columbia, MD for Mianaja's annual hafla. this was so fun, and i'm so grateful to Mianaja for extending the invitation to share the stage with her and beautiful dancers like Lotus (my local favorite), Naima, Shadiyah and Nadira to name just a few.
after the show i was starving and exhausted so i checked myself into my moms house where she fed me breakfast at 11pm and let me watch SNL in her bed. i didn't leave until sunday afternoon. that night we had a family dinner at Tiramisu with gianma's mom who was visiting from Italy, raffi, jackie, gianma, my mom and me. i had homemade mushroom ravioli in sage and butter sauce...that dinner was soooo ridiculously good that we are still talking about it.
this past saturday i woke up and taught two hours of class, went home to eat a little and nap for 25 minutes, then dragged myself back to the studio to teach for two more hours. i went back home and ate again and started getting ready for my gig at Citron which was fun, as usual. after the gig i threw a caftan on top of my costume and took a cab down to Crostino where there was to be yet another family dinner including myself, mom, 2 aunts and 2 uncles - and gianma working the bar. of course i had the tagliata. i wish i had a dime for every time someone said the word 'delicious'.
yesterday was our resting day. gianma, gianfillipo and i headed down to sette for coldcuts, white wine and pizza. so freaking good. so was the impromptu nap that i passed out into on gianfillipo's couch. gianma and i finally drove down to the 'warf' to see what it was all about...fish. one day we're gonna buy some...and cook it. actually he's going to cook it, not me.
last night, though, i think was the best meal i've had in a long time. gianma made filet mignon with some kind of RIDICULOUS good shitake mushroom/white wine sauce. i couldn't stop stomping my foot under the table and saying "oh my..". he had also bought some really fresh bread and opened some fancy bottle of red. after dinner he busted out with some different cheeses and olives. oh my god, i never tasted cheese so good. i'm totally thinking about keying into his apartment tonight while he's at work to eat some more cheese...
that's what my weekends have been full of. and not a little dancing and eating, but a lot of both. it's been tiresome and fun.
last saturday morning i woke up and taught two fun hours of class then i had one hour to turn myself into 'bellydance barbie ebony' and arrive at the Howard University campus to lead a demo for their health fair. upon arrival i was starting to feel nauseated because i forgot to bring food with me. i taught the 30 minute demo with lisa and jane assisting - to a crowd of both enthusiastic and participatory women and slack jawed folks who gawked at us in utter disbelief. then i had an hour and a half to shower, eat toaster waffles, turn myself into 'tribal fusion bellydance barbie ebony' and drive to Columbia, MD for Mianaja's annual hafla. this was so fun, and i'm so grateful to Mianaja for extending the invitation to share the stage with her and beautiful dancers like Lotus (my local favorite), Naima, Shadiyah and Nadira to name just a few.
after the show i was starving and exhausted so i checked myself into my moms house where she fed me breakfast at 11pm and let me watch SNL in her bed. i didn't leave until sunday afternoon. that night we had a family dinner at Tiramisu with gianma's mom who was visiting from Italy, raffi, jackie, gianma, my mom and me. i had homemade mushroom ravioli in sage and butter sauce...that dinner was soooo ridiculously good that we are still talking about it.
this past saturday i woke up and taught two hours of class, went home to eat a little and nap for 25 minutes, then dragged myself back to the studio to teach for two more hours. i went back home and ate again and started getting ready for my gig at Citron which was fun, as usual. after the gig i threw a caftan on top of my costume and took a cab down to Crostino where there was to be yet another family dinner including myself, mom, 2 aunts and 2 uncles - and gianma working the bar. of course i had the tagliata. i wish i had a dime for every time someone said the word 'delicious'.
yesterday was our resting day. gianma, gianfillipo and i headed down to sette for coldcuts, white wine and pizza. so freaking good. so was the impromptu nap that i passed out into on gianfillipo's couch. gianma and i finally drove down to the 'warf' to see what it was all about...fish. one day we're gonna buy some...and cook it. actually he's going to cook it, not me.
last night, though, i think was the best meal i've had in a long time. gianma made filet mignon with some kind of RIDICULOUS good shitake mushroom/white wine sauce. i couldn't stop stomping my foot under the table and saying "oh my..". he had also bought some really fresh bread and opened some fancy bottle of red. after dinner he busted out with some different cheeses and olives. oh my god, i never tasted cheese so good. i'm totally thinking about keying into his apartment tonight while he's at work to eat some more cheese...
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