Author Archives: tangobunny

Traveling down the I-5 corridor to visit grandkids before my big Argentina trip later this month-I arrived in PDX in time for Alex’s Berretin milonga Saturday nite, febrero uno. An auspicious way to begin the month. It was good to … Continue reading →

I guess I’ve been on a fast from tango-not by choice but brought on by necessity created by the event of retiring and moving all at one time. Thus, not much room for dancing. Feeling deprived last Sunday, I willed … Continue reading →

It’s good to get an “Alex Fix” at the Wednesday practice, and we ladies who study with this master teacher all agree. Of course, one is not always so lucky, but this last Wednesday: score! And it was a bit … Continue reading →

I haven’t been to Taiwan, nor did I ever think to go there until last night when visiting in Seattle I dropped into the Century Ballroom. Theoretically this is a great place if you dance wc swing, Balboa and AR … Continue reading →

So the singer sang! So it goes sometimes at the milonga. Visiting family in Davis I decided I needed a tango fix so off I went to dance at the river-front tango venue in Sacto. Not a huge crowd but … Continue reading →

It wasn’t traditional tango . . . .I am not exactly sure how to categorize the music that started that tanda . . . blues? swing? jazz . . . .?  Whatever it was, it was groovy all right, and … Continue reading →

So, before I left Tucson I took my friends, Tom and Sue to a Milonga. It was the Saturday night early milonga from 8-10pm with a live tango band. They were great! Both the band and my friends! T and … Continue reading →

So, I awoke today-Sunday-with headache and sore throat . . . still have this throat thing! So, laid low at Tom and Sue’s lovely home until late afternoon.  Sue made fab. pankakes on her Welsh thingie–round flat piece that sits … Continue reading →

Hot and dry, that’s Tucson. Felt great at first coming from snowy and wet Oregon. But not so much now. It’s all about in and out of airconditioning. Ugh. Doesn’t help that I have been sick since arriving-bad throat, body … Continue reading →

The father of my many children died two days before Christmas.  I was pissed off for a while-not that he decided to die but the timing—it’ll just always be there–thet’s what happend when momentous events happen near the big holidays–so pissed … Continue reading →