Monday, May 7, 2007

#101?

Can I add one more? If I did, it would be belly-dancing. Seriously...
Saturday before last we (people from EUUC who took OB's Balkan dancing class) went to a Greek restaurant, Georgia's, in Seattle that featured live music and dancing. We knew there was going to be another large party there -- I envisioned people of Greek heritage who wanted to dance. Wrong -- it was a retirement party for someone. A few of them did get up and dance. The music was fun, although they kept playing one style of song so we danced the same moves a lot. But given the size of the dance floor, we couldn't move a lot. On the band's breaks, a belly dancer appeared. Clothed in long drapey clothes, which she removed during the second song each time to reveal an outfit that revealed her belly. It was impressive to see how she could move, very lovely. During the third song, her male companion put a dollar bill in the waist of her outfit. Some of the women I was with said they'd never done that before. From their discomfort, it was clear that some of the men hadn't either. Anyway, we enjoyed watching her enough that several of use decided we would love to learn how to belly-dance. (But not out in public!)
Good food, but nothing in comparison to my favorite, Hoda's, in Portland.

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