Friday with Miguelito. August 18, 2006
Sunset at Georgetown waterfront. August 18, 2006 6:38pm
It's 2:40pm on Saturday as I type these words. Right now there's a tango private lesson going on in the studio next to my room so I'm kinda stuck in here until they're done. At least the music is fun to listen to and judging by the laughter they seem to be having a good time.
Anywayz, did my usual gig at Cabanas last night and finally arrived home really early this morning from an all-night party and pretty much slept-in until now. Here are a few random pics...
Mariya, Miguelito and Ginette. August 18, 2006 9:28pm (photo by James)
There were a lot of customers, partly for us of course (we have some loyal fans and gained a few new ones) but the place was packed because of the "Restaurant Week" specially-priced dinners.
August 18, 2006 10:06pm (photo by James)
August 18, 2006 10:11pm (photo by James)
Afterwards, Jason and I were invited to a late-night party hosted at a Peruvian friend's house in Virginia. They had some delicious homemade food, yum!
My favorite Peruvian dish: papa a la huancaina. (Thank you Jossie!) August 19, 2006 12:11am
The DJ played everything from salsa to reggaeton to cumbia to bachata. But at one point we had some live performances of Marinera accompanied with cajón and singing. I tried my best to accompany on guitar of course.
There were also a number of flamenco dancers at the party and so later the host asked me to play some flamenco, I invited them to get up and do some bulerías.
Cindy, Daniela, Raquel and Jason. August 19, 2006 12:27am
I took many more pics throughout the evening, but my friends were understandably very picky about what to publish since they know people all over the world see my website. hehe.
Daniela and Miguelito. August 19, 2006 3:48am
It's OK, take my word for it. It was fun. Peruvians really know how to party and it went on literally all night long. As usual, we stayed until the end and joined in the after-party cleanup...
Raquel, Cindy and Jason. August 19, 2006 5:56am
They offered to let us crash on the couch, but we were awake enough to make it back home safely.
Sunrise. August 19, 2006 6:24am
When we passed by an IHOP, I insisted we stopover and get something to eat.
August 19, 2006 6:36am
Pigs in a blanket and hash browns. Yum! August 19, 2006 7:06am
I'm just going to take a really quick nap, before taking shower to wake up, get dressed and head out to my gig for tonight at Tapeo. The dancers will be Ginette Perea and Shahram Tehranian. A reporter from a major radio station will be coming to record some sound bites of the show and interview us afterwards. Yay! More publicity for the DC flamenco scene.
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Comments
Hi,
I'm new to this whole flamenco thing. I've seen on your site and elsewhere of flamenco dancers, singers, and guitarists. Have you seen or do you know if any flamenco dancers who sing as they are dancing?
Posted by: Lisa Francisco | August 20, 2006 9:28 PM