Happy 2010

So it’s January 2nd and I’m already a day late. But not really. I’ve vowed  to write more regularly on this first blog in the coming year.  I plan to continue writing freelance pieces, articles as the Latin Dancing Examiner, blogs as owner of  Classic Coup all while grading essays, dancing salsa, and being a fulltime mom.   I may even paint again and…

Barcelona for Salsa, Sangria, and Gaudi Girls

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Nashville Latin Dancing Examiner: Salsa in the City…Wonderful Night for a Moon Dance

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Nashville Latin Dancing Examiner: Salsa bash by Funtopia…passion lives here

NOTE:  Updated January 2017.  From 2009-2014 I wrote  for Examiner.com as the Nashville Latin Dancing Examiner and published some of the links on this blog.   Summer 2016 Examiner.com closed and many reporters lost their online content (including  me who had published 50+ pieces).  Sadly interviews with many amazing people vanished.   This article written about two special people was salvaged from the Funtopia…

Girls’ Night In–Happy Valentine’s Day!

My Hopeful Romantic Valentine’s Eve Party theme was “Celebrating the Many While Waiting for the One.”  I wanted to honor the women in my life with a Girls’ Night In. How and why I started these parties to survive…even thrive on V-Day is here and here. Keep the menu simple: “Let ’em Eat Cupcakes.”  Cupcakes stacked on crystal cake plates makes an elegant centerpiece. …

Valentine’s Day Survival Guide–Pt 2

As I said in Part One yesterday, 2007 I had a new plan and a new attitude for surviving Valentine’s Day. When I was married, it never occurred to me how much I needed women in my life.   I was too buried beneath diapers to change, birthday parties to plan, coupons to clip, papers to grade, and a house to clean.  My husband…

Valentine’s Day Survival Guide–Part 1

My best friend Kim always inadvertently refers to Valentine’s Day as Halloween. Some sort of brain switch she says. Given the terrifying nature of February 14th for many singles, I get it. Just when a girl survives New Year’s Eve, she is stalked by that little hood, Cupid. At least Father Time, a gentleman, plays fair. He confines his Love Fest to one night…