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This post reminded me of the time I was taking an introduction to Arabic college level course to learn how to speak and read Arabic, as a means to make myself more valuable in my job...
Only to discover that the person who was teaching it was a Caucasian American, and despite having lived in Lebanon as the child of US diplomats, he was instructing us to pronounce words with a decidedly American inflection, thus defeating the very purpose of my taking the class.
One, two, tree... INDEED!!!
Hey - maybe my kid and his gf can take your classes for you - she lives in Woodbridge...he could go there...
My husband and I received 2 free lessons from Fred Astaire once. Huggy had grown up ballroom dancing so he was a natural of course. I was so pathetic that I was not encouraged to continue or even take the 2nd lesson.
Sucks to be white.
But were they hot panties? ; )
Hilarious! I love the ending.
You are certainly adventurous and I admire that. My high school spanish class took salsa lessons for extra credit...that was my first and last time! I'm a natural clutz.
But I wasn't wearing any panties.
Gord and I took swing dancing lessons a couple years ago. It was fun. But at one point, Gord was supposed to do one thing but did something else ... and the teacher good naturedly named the step "The Gord". Ha!
Re spas, so far I like the Elmwood the best. It's not cheap but they offer a lot more services than most. Hammam is even more pricier than the Elmwood with not a lot of services (no hottub, pool, etc.) and the pedicure chair was very uncomfortable. We had a good time but wouldn't go back.
at least you gave it a shot! i mean it was worth it just to read this entry!
so ideas for date night eh? maybe a walk to your favorite eatery. Or maybe a different kind of dancing is in order. :wink:
Too funny! That's my kind of luck...They were clean, right?
As an old white guy, my idea of dancing is to stand rooted to one spot while swaying, I hope rythmically, to the music. I justify this pseudo-dancing by rationalizing that it makes my darling wife look so much better in comparison.
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Triplets, my dear, triplets. That's where you take 3 notes and put them in either 1 or 2 beats.
And how I would have loved to be there to see your panties as you twirled around. Definately worth the price of admission.
My goodness, that sounds like Broadview Ave, near the Don Jail. I used to live on Simpson, in a past like, befor the Annex, Y&E and now Ottawa.
Brilliant tale, btw.
HaHa! That was a good read. I'll be coming back for more. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Sarah and I took dancing lessons prior to our wedding. These were otherwise known as "Thursday Night Hour-and-a-Half Sessions of Hating One Another."
I trust your panties were fresh from the washing machine and in good condition.
thanks for my laugh of the day. salsa dancing was very brave of ou but even braver of jason. i think t might feign malaria to get out of dancing lessons. there's hope for the next generation of men in our house, though... h has taken ballet and jazz for 4 years now! he's discovered it's not so bad to be the only boy in a class full of women in tight leotards. and he's not even 8.
Hilarious! I've been bugging Pap to take ballroom dance lessons with me for years, I think we'll forgo the salsa and stick with a waltz or something.
The best thing about being a white male is knowing that I look pathetic when I try to dance.
Loved it--particularly because it killed any incentive for me to mandate 'date night' with my girlfriend.
G.
OK I know, ha! Totally funny and I feel for you because I've been there but........
It sounds like so much fun! I would love to take dance classes with my husband!
i'm actually surprised you were wearing panties on a date night, guess you're slipping
Viva la twirl!
I've done salsa dancing before and it is definitely tricky-- next year for our anniversary I'm forcing my husband into dance lessons! Pity him!
This isn't a date. This is some kind of mind torture.
Jason is a HUGE sport
Hey, whatever you've gotta do to make your mark in the world!!
Hoop still doesn't believe that "booty" is a type of dance. So... No go on any type of lessons any time soon.
But I'm proud of you guys for trying!
Awesome! I've thought it might be fun to take a dance class with GuTTer MuNKi sometime, but I fear we may be too white to carry any sort of rhythm/coordination combo, and I think your post may have headed off any attempts on my part to sign us up, thus saving at LEAST 2 lives. So thank you.
I pretty much died laughing at this post, you are too funny! Salsa is the most fun with a partner like Jason, I'm sure. There's a great salsa club in Toronto, Babalou's. My girlfriends and I love to go there sometimes and try to keep up with the pros!
Dancing near Koreans always seems to be a recipe for trouble.
At least you were wearing panties! Salsa dancing can be a lot of fun, if my pathetic attempt can be called that. When I lived in Dallas TX we went once, and as you can imagine, in Dallas, there were a lot of people who had grown up salsa dancing. They were wonderful to watch and very polite considering our white ass attempts.
Shit, that was so damn funny. I remember taking a couple square dance classes. I figured it was a "white persons" dance, so I would learn it.
HUGE MISTAKE! I not only stunk it up, but I got paired up with a really smelly Man. I'll never forget it as long as I live.
I hope that they were nice knickers
I have always thought I wanted Brian and I to take dance lessons for fun. No longer do I feel that way. I'm sure it would end similarly. But hey, at least you tried.
I'll read that all later, Jay, but i wanted to quickly tell ya... It's Becky's birthday today :D
*nudge*
Geez I hope you were wearing your neon smiley face knickers then Jay.
Sorry I missed your turkey post below, I just wanted to say that I think you two have your own "tradition" based on that you do whatever pleases you for each holiday! That in itself is a tradition.
It's too bad you're not sticking with it.
I really enjoy dancing, particularly the salsa.
Mrs. J can be quite shy about dancing, which is easily overcome with alcohol.
Actually, the last time we salsa'd we burned up the floor. One of those excellent moments when you connect with your partner on a higher level.
Hey Jay, nice ass. 
So when are you two crazy kids going back for the next session?
Clearly, that instructor was from NORTH.. errr, Canada (the militant use of explosive force up-beat music gave it away).
I really enjoy salsa dancing, but the pressure is definately on the guy to a) keep the rhythm, and b) to actually LEAD. I don't envy them that, considering our generation grew up with no clear concept of 'couples-dancing'.
I was glad to learn that there IS an effort to teach kids the fine art of mixed-gendered musical interaction (the movie Mad Hot Ballroom), so there's hope for the future!
hahaha
got to get chris to try this....this ones a toughy
Ok, all the panty comments have been taken so I'll leave that alone. I am as whitebread as they come Jay and I wouldn't have the balls to even take the lessons, no matter how pretty my panties were. (Hey, I worked one in anyway! YAY ME!) Have a good one doll.
TG
Damn, you're high maintenance!
You made me laugh out loud. That doesn't happen very often. I could totally picture your lesson. Well done!
Hmmm, Bay and Dundas or Yonge and Finch.
So you think you can dance?
Priceless. We did that but neither of us showed our panties.
Lucky for you that you were wearing panties!
*grin*
You are such a dork...
Awesome story.
Thanks for the belly laughs this morning. A nice way to start the day
LOOOOOOOOOOOL...
i don't really know you, neither vice versa... but i stumbled onto ur entry by a search (whatever...)
and.. i had REAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLY fun reading your entry on salsa...
bcz, em... i had almost similar things during my Tango class that i booked w/ my boyfriend... lol... but the result was a bit better... i mean, the leg wasn't as blue as i thought it might be:P LOL.
anyways, as much as i know Salsa, i don't think u had the wrong 1st experience ... and i think you should continue on dancing, bcz on the 1st time you will not realise how fun it would be... but it doesn't need much to feel that ur addicted by the fast beats and drugged by the adrenaline rush...
or, simply try smthg slower: Rhumba...
or SLOOOOOOOOwer: Argentinian Tango!
ciao!
Annie!
Woohooo! You're on, Babe!! Euchre it is, as soon as one of us crosses the pond that is.
see i'd keep asking the instructor when we would get to the moonwalking portion of the class, because that's where i really bring the noise and the funk
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