Salsa dancing
Went to a dinner party in Mountain View put on by one of Ben's salsa teachers at Google. Was reminded that whenever you put the salsa kids together, there is some dancing to be had. It's like swing kids, but salsa kids...

So this is bachata dancing. Here are some videos on how to dance bachata I found online. Seriously, MC Hammer's DANCEJAM is getting more and more disappointing to me every day. Such high hopes...



I thought this was cute. The boys got tired (it was like midnight) so Daria led PeiPei in dancing. In salsa, usually the guy has to be a good leader and the girl just follows. But apparently Daria is a good lead as well, more girls don't ever learn to lead (AKA learn the guy's moves). I personally think it's hard enough to learn the girl's side - all that twirling ties me in knots, literally!



Practice makes perfect, right? Time to hit more salsa clubs in the city. We were watching the salsa competition in 2005 on video -- the salsa team "JR & Emily" were smoking hot! She was wearing a 50s flapper-style dress to dance in, unlike some other girls in salsa competition who wear skirts reminiscent of drive-thru car washes.......