My Year of the Life of Leisure

I left my job, left my apartment, sold most everything in that apartment and embarked on a year of travelling and leisure. I am working on writing a couple of books. This might be one of them... But then, my chief pursuit is leisure, so who knows exactly what will happen.

Thursday, October 14, 2004

Unprepared, but still excited

I have bad habits from my tango class in Seattle. Too, I learned some very good basics there, and I´m very happy about that. This is to say, I went to my first tango class today. I intend to go back 3-4 times per week. The class is 10 pesos (about $3.15), for about 1.5 hours. Can´t be beat. I was chastised for having flat dancing shoes (they are shoes I use only for classes -- I wear heels for dancing). I will be going to get some custom shoes hopefully later this week. Some German women I met this morning had theirs done for 95 pesos, which is a reasonable price for beautiful leather shoes in any country.

Am planning on going to a milonga tonight, with some others. A milonga is a tango dance in a dance hall. I feel so utterly inadequate as a tango dancer, but I will know at least one lead to dance with.

The sun is out today. Maybe 75 F, or so. It´s not dry heat, but there isn´t a great deal of humidity. Take that Miami. I got pink this morning, while sitting drinking tea with the other pensioners this morning. Am happy I bought the sunscreen in Miami and I will remember to put it on before morning tea, from now on.

It´s been said that I brought the sun to Buenos Aires, as the past week was overcast, cold and misty/rainy. I like being one that brings good tidings.

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