Sad I am missing DJ Lubi’s big party with La Excelencia in Leeds UK tomor so I’ll listen to his list of salsa tracks this weekend and have my own lil party til I can get my salsa shoes back on again. Despite my lack of dancing the last 6 weeks of my sabbatical I was very pleased to discover on arriving in LA last week to see some cousins that it was the weekend of the Los Angeles Salsa Congress. I nearly DIED from joy at the timing of it. It was really too late to catch much of it … Continue reading DJ Lubi’s Top 10 salsa tracks

Cannot say how much I have come to love and adore this band! I got their first album when it was still free and Live at Eddie’s Attic. I drove 6 hours round trip on a Monday after work to go see them and come back that eve (good show, horrible evening with a stressful drive to make it in time, will try* not to do that again!) They are coming in November to Newcastle and you can bet I will be there again. (Thanks friend for the ticket!) And the line “people always told me be careful what you do, … Continue reading The Civil Wars – Billie Jean (Michael Jackson Cover)

I think I’d like to coordinate a routine to this one. It would be very interesting and sad to a very beautiful but sad song. One girl and a team of guy dancers is what I am thinking. Continue reading La Excelencia – María

I’d have preferred this to have some cool music video for it or even just better camera shots for a video but forget the video and listen to the gorgeous piano music. Found it through http://www.Pandora.com Miss this station when I am in the UK! Sorry world.. unless you are in the USA you can’t access pandora. But if you are.. it is way cool and well you have probably heard of it already because it’s been around for ages.  Continue reading Finn McCool – Michele McLaughlin

What can I say.. 8 years ago I was introduced to what is the shockingness of Eurovision. It is an annual mockery of a music competition that the Europeans totally take seriously whilst British announcers are dubbed over it in the UK to do one job: take the mickey out of the whole event (that would be mock or make fun of to you Americans) My first Eurovision experience was to be invited to my British friends houses in Liverpool to dress up in “Pick A European Country ” fancy dress (costumes for you Americans) and to participate in the … Continue reading And then there’s that time of year when we especially remember why Britain isn’t Europe

My friend Brittney is an American married to a Brit living in Somerset. A very good friend of mine and a funny blogger who has lived in the UK a bit too long. Here is her take on how us yankees can drive Brits mad. Us more means “you Yankees” because people like Brit and I can agree with a significant amount of these after living here too long.. 🙂 http://lifeofanexpatparent.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/10-things-americans-do-that-drive-brits-crazy/ 10 Things Americans Do that Drives Brits Crazy Continue reading 10 Things Americans Do that Drive Brits Crazy

Do you remember that little kids song? Be careful little eyes what you see.. with verses that say be careful little hands what you touch and little ears what you hear and be careful little feet where you go? I saw this article and it made me think of that song. My cousin is a lawyer and neither him nor his wife are on facebook because they want to safeguard their marriage from something he sees all the time at work.. the amount of divorces where the affair started on Facebook. But really, to probe deeper, affairs start earlier than that. … Continue reading Be careful little eyes what you see…