Summery flamenco night at Cafe Citron. April 23, 2007
Jason Vera y Aragón and Sara Jerez. April 23, 2007 9:40pm (photo by Indira Terrazas)
It's 1:20am on Tuesday morning. I really should be in bed now considering I have to be at Las Tapas by 10:30am for a school show. But there's no use in going to bed now. I'm wide awake so I might as well do something useful and crank out a quick blog for you.
So last night (Monday) I was at Cafe Citron. And yeah I was running late again so I only had a few minutes to warm-up. It's the Spring fever. Earlier in the evening I was at Tapeo picking up my sound equipment when I ran into a friend and I couldn't resist grabbing a table in the courtyard, enjoying some espresso and relaxing in the warm summery early evening. It was good, so good that I kinda lost track of time cuz I had no choice but to take a taxi to Dupont Circle (instead of the metro) to arrive at a reasonable time. OK so for what I lost in time for warming-up I made up for in being more relaxed and in a good mood.
Despite the gorgeous weather, Cafe Citron wasn't as filled-up as I expected. I don't know. Perhaps a lot of potential customers were at other places with outdoor seating. I decided to push the first show a little later with the hope that more people would wander in. Sure enough, my friend Jason called and since he sometimes brings his cajón, I thought it would be better to wait until he arrives so we could include a little percussion to add some extra liveliness to our show. Our friends Indira and Roxanna arrived too and the club was starting to fill-up.
Miguelito and Gerard Moreno playing the birthday song for our favorite bartender Olivia. April 23, 2007 9:43pm (photo by Indira Terrazas)
It was a decent night crowd-wise but I was expecting the place to be packed like it was last Monday. (It's about 1:30am now and I'm starting to feel sleepy now. So I'll just publish what little commentary I've got so far and let you just enjoy the pics on their own.)
April 23, 2007 9:49pm (photo by Indira Terrazas)
Sara dancing soleá. April 23, 2007 9:57pm (photo by Indira Terrazas)
Around 11:00pm it was time to head out and check out the other local clubs. The weather was perfect even at this hour and I couldn't go home just yet, even for a Monday. At least for me it doesn't matter since I don't work during the day anyway.
Just outside Citron. April 23, 2007 11:01pm
Passing by Lucky Bar and Julia's Empanadas. April 23, 2007 11:04pm
I met up with some friends at Ozio, which is a few blocks south of Cafe Citron. I used to hang out here late every Monday night after my flamenco show at Citron in the summer of 2004. Nowadays Ozio is one of the few clubs in DC where you can still smoke. Not that I smoke, but it's just kind of wierd to go into a club in DC these days and not see people enjoying their cigs. Call me strange, but for me the smoke really does add ambience.
At Ozio on M St. April 23, 2007 11:12pm
My friend offered to give me a ride home, so since I didn't have to worry about catching the last metro at midnight, we just chilled out for awhile...
Random pic driving home through the Dupont neighborhood. April 24, 2007 12:03am
Home sweet home. Goodnight! April 24, 2007 12:48am
As for this morning (Wednesday), I'll be doing a school show at Las Tapas with dancers Sara Jerez and Sarah Hart. Should be fun, plus the extra cash doesn't hurt. 
Then tonight, I'll be performing at Cubano's in Silver Spring with dancer Mariya. Stop by if you're in the neighborhood. It would be cool to have some dancer friends to join us for Sevillanas and get a little flamenco party going for a change. Ciao for now!
P.S.. Natalie sent me some pics from the flamenco show at Red Maple last week. I promise I'll get around to those in a few days and publish them in a future blog!
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