Dancing at the Casa Loma Ballroom

February 19, 2016 - It's time to step out on to the floating floor of the historic Casa Loma ballroom.  It was originally built in 1927 and since then it has played host to some evenings with musical greats like Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw.

This evening, we danced to the live music provided by the 17-piece Second Generation Swing band.

We're all amateur dancers, but if you weren't totally concerned about appearance, it was fun to practice our dancing with a live band.  They played a variety of music, so by the end of the evening, I'd tried out swing dancing, the polka, waltzing, the foxtrot, the cha cha, and the shim-sham.

Guide to proper dance floor etiquette

Micaiah learning to waltz with the dance instructor, Luzcciana Martinez

Practicing the foxtrot

New Year's Ball - Photos

January 1, 2016

OCT 1955: Enchantment Under the Sea Dance

October 20, 2015 - In this post, we go back to the futu-er...last fall. If you've got your time circuits on and set to a destination time of OCT 20 1955, then it's time to get the flux capacitor fluxing!

Great Scott!  We made it just in time for the Enchantment Under the Sea dance...

...in what appears to be Gotham City.

Time for some music to set the mood...

Dance Practice - Videos

Videos from Friday night's dance practice!


 Black Nagg



  Hull's Victory


  Key to the Cellar

  Young Widow

Comical Fellow

Scottish Polka

Redbirds, Chicago, and Snowboarding

February 4-7, 2016 - Over the weekend, I drove up to Chicago with friends.  I woefully neglected to take many photos, which makes it very difficult to craft this post into an engaging narrative.

All packed up for my trip into Chicago Cubs territory.

#conversationstarter

Driving the tollways of the Chicago suburbs 

I'd call this a pretty aggressive storefront choice

My "we arrived safely" selfie before hitting the hay

So, my best baseball conversation was with a gas station attendant - who conceded that the Cards would probably win the division.

On Saturday morning we drove up to Wisconsin (first time to WI!) to go snowboarding (first time snowboarding!) at Cascade Mountain. 

PC: Matthew Thomas

A quick video from the ski lift:

The view from the coffee house/lodge

Drinking hot coffee and cocoa before hitting the slopes for the evening with new and old friends.

Photo credit: Kristen LaPrise