Almost 2024! For my final post of the year, here are a few things that I consider highlights of 2023: California Balboa Classic (January) This is one of the largest balboa events that happens each year and we had such a fun time that right now I feel like I would like to attend every …
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74: Extraordinary 2023
2023 is already almost 2 months in so I guess it’s clear that blogging is not at the top of my list of priorities this year. There is, of course, a list of priorities, and I do plan to continue posting somewhat regularly, but I’m not making any promises about the frequency. First, let’s get …
72: 2022 Roundup
It’s almost the end of the year so I guess it’s time for my annual “Things I Bought” post. Fun! This year is my 4th year of tracking all the things I have bought. Over the years, I have changed the definition of what goes on the list. The first year it was any products/physical …
71: Birthday Week
It’s the first day of my birthday week off! This is a favourite tradition of mine; I take a week off with no big projects on the schedule and just indulge in doing whatever I feel like. This week’s plans include tomorrow night’s Jazz Cats Social event, plus between 3 and 7 more live jazz …
70: Fall Plans
It has been super rainy for the last few days (with an atmospheric river on the way), and today is the first day off I’ve had in months that has zero appointments or tasks scheduled. Finally, I am getting that fall feeling that I love so much. It’s belated this year due to ridiculously long-lasting …
69: Pentastic Returns!
After 2 years off, we went back to Penticton last weekend for the Pentastic Hot Jazz and Music Festival. It was everything we remembered plus more that we had forgotten about in the meantime. I made a real effort leading up to the event this year to try to recruit more swing dancers to come …
68: Dance Community
When I first started this blog I thought I was going to have interesting insights into things and that some kind of theme would emerge as my focus, but after 3 years it’s pretty clear that I am just into blabbing about myself. I would like to blame the pandemic for that because the last …
67: Social Life
I feel like a very busy person lately, but in a good way. I’m not someone that has to be busy all the time to be happy; in fact, I love downtime and I need it to re-energize. But also, after 2+ years of excessive downtime, I can’t help but want to do all the …
65: Getting Back Out There
The past month has seemed almost… normal? I know I am likely setting myself up for disappointment if I expect it to be smooth sailing from here on out, so my plan is to just enjoy everything I can while it’s available to me. White Rock Traditional Jazz opened back up again this month and …
64: Roaring Twenties
Is this it? Are the roaring twenties finally starting? I feel excited. This week, for the first time in over 2 years, Michel and I took a trip to Seattle. Pre-pandemic, we used to go there several times a year for concerts and dance events. We definitely took it for granted how simple it was …
