Two parties, good food and Borat, finally! November 3-5, 2006
Aru and Miguelito. November 4, 2006 1:00am
Just a quick blog entry to sum up my weekend. Sorry no pics of flamenco this time, but as wonderful as flamenco is, it's good to get a little bit of something else to balance things out don't you think? Anywayz, after my Friday night gig at Cabanas, I headed over to Dupont Circle for a party at Aru's apartment. You remember Aru, she's the one who helped me put together a show at the International Student House two years in a row.
So it was a dinner party featuring dishes from Spain and India, yum!. I did meet a flamenco dancer there just by chance. Her name is Cristina. But I wasn't able to convince her to dance some Sevillanas for the guests, oh well. I invited her to come to Citron for my Monday night flamenco show. There was a contingent of Desi so I requested Aru to put on some bhangra...
Bhangra dancing. November 4, 2006 1:21am
Fast foward to Saturday evening...I did my usual gig at Tapeo and enjoyed a pan of paella and a sampling of tapas from one of my dancers.
Paella clasica--seafood paella with shrimp, mussels, cod, scallops and squid. November 4, 2006 9:58pm
Champiñones al ajillo--mushrooms sauteed in garlic butter and parsley. November 4, 2006 10:15pm
Carpaccio manchego--ultrathin slices of beef dressed with olive oil, Manchego cheese and olives. November 4, 2006 10:15pm
Almost finished! November 4, 2006 10:15pm
Vieras al azafrán--sauteed scallops in saffron cream sauce. November 4, 2006 10:17pm
Fun evening combination: flamenco, spanish food and ice skating (not necessarily in that order).
Ice skating rink in front of tapeo. November 4, 2006 10:38pm
After Tapeo, headed across street (to my former apartment building) and to join the party already in progress...
Just-for-fun gambling--no real money involved. November 5, 2006 12:48am
Plenty of alcohol. November 5, 2006 2:29am
Fun friends. November 5, 2006 2:52am
Gorgeous view. November 5, 2006 3:02am
Didn't get to bed until 4 or 5am so I pretty much slept in all day Sunday and woke up in time to catch a the last showing of Borat at 9:50pm at my neighborhood cinema and believe it or not it was nearly sold out!
Got home after midnight and I just felt in the mood to work on something new for my website: an interactive map. Check it out.
As for tonight, I'll be at Cafe Citron and I'm sure I'll have some flamenco pics for ya. See you there!
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Comments
Didn't know you knew what bhangra was. Be sure to check out the world famous youtube "tunak tunak" video by Daler Mehndi. The food pictures are making me hungry - I love to eat -Punjabis are known for working hard, eating, doing bhangra, and something I haven't done... having a lot of babies.
Posted by: Saadia | November 6, 2006 3:59 PM
hey saadia, yeah the song that first got me hooked on bhangra was panjabi mc's "mundan to bach ke." here's the music video version on youtube.
Posted by: Miguelito | November 7, 2006 1:03 AM