Flamencos Chillin' at Chadwick's. April 12, 2007
Ramin Rad, Cecilia Terrasa and Carlton Ashton. April 12, 2007 11:48pm
It's 10:48am on Friday as I type these words. Last night (Thursday) I did my usual gig at the Andalucía and had a number of going out options after my show, but I decided on stopping by Chadwick's where a bunch of my flamenco friends were hanging out after dance class. And yeah, this restaurant/bar happens to be walking distance from my house so it worked out very conveniently for me when we left at 2:00am. I could've walked home, but a friend offered me a ride.
OK, so allow me to take inventory of the flamenco-related venues we have here in my neighborhood:
1. The Pink Flamenco--where the monthly Sala Rociera flamenco party has been held for the past year or so
2. Bambule--where there are rumba shows on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and for a short while they actually featured a flamenco dance show.
3. Famoso Restaurant--where rumba duo Duende Camarón just started gigging on Thursday nights.
4. Joy of Motion dance studio--where Estela Velez teaches.
5. DC Dance Collective--where a bunch of flamencos teach
What I love is that all of this is right here just a few blocks from where I live! So anywayz, it just so happened that it was also Cecilia Terrasa's birthday so other than just chillin' out with our fellow flamencos after class, we had a good reason to celebrate. Here a few more pics...
Jack, Pam de Ocampo, Midori and Sarah McKenney. April 12, 2007 11:51pm
Doing shots. April 13, 2007 12:01am
Jason Vera y Aragón, Genoveva, Richard Marlow, Cecilia Terrasa and Juan Delgado. April 13, 2007 12:04am
So I "hear" some of you asking, "So, um, like where are the flamenco pics dude?" Well, for today's blog entry, these are what I've got. I can't always get pics from my shows--mostly because, hello?, I'm busy playing guitar all the time. And yeah, I have pulled out my camera in the middle of a show a few times, but c'mon that's kind of tacky. 
Instead every now and then, I'll publish blogs of us flamencos hanging out. You see, flamenco is more than just doing shows, it's a way of life. And these pics are just a reminder to all of you out there that we're just like the rest of you: we like to hang out and have a good time. We're not always living and breathing flamenco every waking moment of our lives.
Anywayz, since many of you know my daily routines from reading my blogs over the years, you know that my weekends are usually very busy, so I usually prepare by taking it easy on Fridays going out for lunch or coffee with a friend, catching a movie etc. Haven't decided what I'm going to do yet but I'll probably write about it as usual. As for tonight, I'll be at Cabanas with dancers Ginette Perea and Pam de Ocampo. See you there!
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