tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487602498482117212024-03-13T00:14:08.611-07:00Aspira Studio BlogJeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-599891205661875952015-10-15T13:37:00.000-07:002015-11-05T10:16:48.408-08:00Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-18864319962700292982013-10-27T20:25:00.000-07:002013-10-27T20:59:25.572-07:00Halloween Fun on Etsy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Halloween is hands down the best holiday of them all. Summer is over. The leaves are changing. What better way to celebrate than with overdosing on candy corn, carving up over-sized squash, and participating in bizarre costume rituals over hard cider. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To celebrate this festive time of year, I wanted to showcase the work of two of my friends on Etsy: <b><i>Reesies Attic</i></b> and <b><i>A Love of Drawing.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Reesies Attic</i> is a new store created by artist Darice Moyer. In <i>Reesies Attic</i> I found some of the most stylish and sophisticated Halloween cards and decorations I had ever seen:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All of Darice's designs are currently available for instant digital download. I can't wait to see what she does for Christmas! Download them here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><i>A Love of Drawing</i> by Danielle C. McManus-Sladek is one of the coziest stores on Etsy. Whenever I see her cards, I just want at curl-up by the fire with a large cup of cocoa. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span itemprop="name"><i>Set of Three Colorful Halloween Magnets</i> </span><span itemprop="name">from A Love of Drawing</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span itemprop="name">and her new line of home goods is at:</span></span><br />
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Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-36723970742851625382012-03-09T09:55:00.003-08:002012-03-09T10:09:18.287-08:00Wake Up!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">More fun with morning commuters! This time it's a gentleman who's face seemed to slowly wake up as I drew:</span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxAuHig2gc7XRp9Nm-8jU0wX3tI8cAFQhOvfL98cPZMURdn2EMuxWd9TuBp3YVUgwWT0zB4Iy2vnA-LTL_C8A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-51454311390011137902012-03-02T12:27:00.010-08:002012-03-02T12:56:16.943-08:00Morning Commuters - NYC Style<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Inspired by my friend Nathaniel's current blog posts of people on the NYC Subway, I thought I would post of few of my own. These were all done pretty fast (like 1-2 minutes each) on an iPhone. What I love about quick iPhone drawing is that it's literally like taking a fast note. Like: big nose, arched eye, frown, furry hair, done. So without further ado, one morning on the E train:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HN6pqCvrNQqfvA2V31JeG1fA-wh9Cdj89LSgalf4X_Ea0M5JKsQBgNcX9ZJJYZV7soS0321q50DySwVBMH4uyubI-Lt2ZMn5Qq86IgbnabhZRetX1XAG4CyCXqW_l8bqm14pii8QdygL/s1600/Pensive+Point.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HN6pqCvrNQqfvA2V31JeG1fA-wh9Cdj89LSgalf4X_Ea0M5JKsQBgNcX9ZJJYZV7soS0321q50DySwVBMH4uyubI-Lt2ZMn5Qq86IgbnabhZRetX1XAG4CyCXqW_l8bqm14pii8QdygL/s400/Pensive+Point.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715402218347818674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A Pensive Moment</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FdH91SYzn6Umx2K4hR8yjIlXnyLeoMen5wE6bFIBsT5LKBorOZagVvunTQbSx0iOZYhxAOmL8scX8O0tTmIlhUlDwteaDQ4xeNJyBV40bNiNEpQjz8S6JhOkFCnmuDLqhMAfLAHxR8Tw/s1600/Morning+Person.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FdH91SYzn6Umx2K4hR8yjIlXnyLeoMen5wE6bFIBsT5LKBorOZagVvunTQbSx0iOZYhxAOmL8scX8O0tTmIlhUlDwteaDQ4xeNJyBV40bNiNEpQjz8S6JhOkFCnmuDLqhMAfLAHxR8Tw/s400/Morning+Person.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715402219859897298" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A Morning Person (rare sighting)</span></i></div></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSGveqoxBAN3kc0BVX4FKUbLppgDnECGyYV0j1n1rhJ9UL8rHIFv0H9u5NQrCANMgQcqirmHQEGytB6PH1mTtQjplfZM1rIktIA8b95qA3ucKufCoVyShWha_uspS7UTeJtEQMZT1Q0ap/s1600/Frowny+Snooze.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSGveqoxBAN3kc0BVX4FKUbLppgDnECGyYV0j1n1rhJ9UL8rHIFv0H9u5NQrCANMgQcqirmHQEGytB6PH1mTtQjplfZM1rIktIA8b95qA3ucKufCoVyShWha_uspS7UTeJtEQMZT1Q0ap/s400/Frowny+Snooze.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715401643417098978" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i>Lines and Frowns</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByAxPnQm-WBZbLRlDuWaDDfCxwzqpQCZD3kne9Z7gNl0I7Ygyz5TwFUGY-qcn2l-NVLvsg9TuaG9_LZLogVFYW3x5ejCXi-eVgav5-2V4VFrnOSElUmrqKJDkQiRfIwEKMwNRSsup8Je_/s1600/Serious+Day+Ahead.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByAxPnQm-WBZbLRlDuWaDDfCxwzqpQCZD3kne9Z7gNl0I7Ygyz5TwFUGY-qcn2l-NVLvsg9TuaG9_LZLogVFYW3x5ejCXi-eVgav5-2V4VFrnOSElUmrqKJDkQiRfIwEKMwNRSsup8Je_/s400/Serious+Day+Ahead.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715401640496644818" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Serious Day Ahead</span></i></div></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2PWzSscsHSpiqkGeTm5xXpDi6qNmVLx-U8YQrN384gv95zyWMGVOPj7uhVulUuVr8HqurDOebS1s7A-zTXZ0ftJk-DyAQ7bu5N_7sViTG4qW40xshwELiuL1PLXaCXQR0P-g7eLCbPIi/s1600/Happy+Furry.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2PWzSscsHSpiqkGeTm5xXpDi6qNmVLx-U8YQrN384gv95zyWMGVOPj7uhVulUuVr8HqurDOebS1s7A-zTXZ0ftJk-DyAQ7bu5N_7sViTG4qW40xshwELiuL1PLXaCXQR0P-g7eLCbPIi/s400/Happy+Furry.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715401634438229842" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Happy in Fur</span></i></div></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBb43-Sc-gBknX-rwIDRPka1QA82P96x9s9nw4AXNv1I0-EPAPcSyF_iSAiOM0LB1ou_cP-X7STG0XjG1MEqftVhDl70kKhLZl1x6xXzerBZkw-YENMOWItK1Iv54UHFgb_X7q2k0wGGA/s1600/The+Big+Snooze.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBb43-Sc-gBknX-rwIDRPka1QA82P96x9s9nw4AXNv1I0-EPAPcSyF_iSAiOM0LB1ou_cP-X7STG0XjG1MEqftVhDl70kKhLZl1x6xXzerBZkw-YENMOWItK1Iv54UHFgb_X7q2k0wGGA/s400/The+Big+Snooze.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715401632982099618" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Big Snooze</span></i></div></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXetxAZzJqayhVmyrRtygmPb5BREA7SU2vDP4yrgY9T15-jXI95qDwpLu3wjVpVG1fhiNV7Ki8NdB0ltsX0aMWdQxZSTwOqF0lDY7zkxrHzl1Rx3wgewAqPGt4GE5bcFCTkMCqXsaBq5YT/s1600/Frantic+Makeup.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXetxAZzJqayhVmyrRtygmPb5BREA7SU2vDP4yrgY9T15-jXI95qDwpLu3wjVpVG1fhiNV7Ki8NdB0ltsX0aMWdQxZSTwOqF0lDY7zkxrHzl1Rx3wgewAqPGt4GE5bcFCTkMCqXsaBq5YT/s400/Frantic+Makeup.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715401624720315234" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Frantic Makeup</span></i></div></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dedicated to my buddy Nathaniel. May he travel well through life. You can see his posts here: http://millerocity.blogspot.com/</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-90109199230708256812011-11-04T12:14:00.000-07:002011-11-04T13:10:25.907-07:00Paper Roses<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC3QdqPogKJVebqIaPJPdX3kNfwoeRJegKNb0AghI23VjMEzjrRjlHmbLiWk93o-2vKna6MbV5P0gqU_cy_qp4P0uZJ44EiUo6-L2FjNQBQWp8vRjubisuzuSSmKUaaoSgq07dB0LgGyx/s1600/Sepia+Roses.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC3QdqPogKJVebqIaPJPdX3kNfwoeRJegKNb0AghI23VjMEzjrRjlHmbLiWk93o-2vKna6MbV5P0gqU_cy_qp4P0uZJ44EiUo6-L2FjNQBQWp8vRjubisuzuSSmKUaaoSgq07dB0LgGyx/s400/Sepia+Roses.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671228546158982114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALte7USfmOV-AH5nAtASPBEZKBxEd0iC7R74931JgiM5f7DIKrfvXB0oudhKFZMqz-j90yqbNQeT-5nF0t2u_xjgEDajHhigxTZdB0FoOQA7505dddutEKKWwATPPYExJ2t0rMH9g4yz7/s1600/Gold+Roses.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALte7USfmOV-AH5nAtASPBEZKBxEd0iC7R74931JgiM5f7DIKrfvXB0oudhKFZMqz-j90yqbNQeT-5nF0t2u_xjgEDajHhigxTZdB0FoOQA7505dddutEKKWwATPPYExJ2t0rMH9g4yz7/s400/Gold+Roses.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671228542599490962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vPDtg5aYcU7mXwl24xYzd76BIfFegIO9HIuekExjIRIqz2Xkfw75YogoNcXt9sMh2ePVzNVOsyDorb4uFbI3KCo12DPTxQXQYawO2yvqR7EyA6lamofRHRsR9yl5mbWRhMpOjeGqz-Uu/s1600/Roses+over+Woman.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vPDtg5aYcU7mXwl24xYzd76BIfFegIO9HIuekExjIRIqz2Xkfw75YogoNcXt9sMh2ePVzNVOsyDorb4uFbI3KCo12DPTxQXQYawO2yvqR7EyA6lamofRHRsR9yl5mbWRhMpOjeGqz-Uu/s400/Roses+over+Woman.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671228536827684930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKi5RhUnob2zrm3pfoU61d9MOVy5U57QWSUtQCvKx3mUFVI_9uiOp0RpyN3sP61I6HotYEaVxXwU5-nzbUwUF92MFnBTqI87m50b-GROLjnADl1D7LvxJZdlWPB0pZ3dfoxCUiC6m3gbJ/s1600/Horizontal+Roses.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKi5RhUnob2zrm3pfoU61d9MOVy5U57QWSUtQCvKx3mUFVI_9uiOp0RpyN3sP61I6HotYEaVxXwU5-nzbUwUF92MFnBTqI87m50b-GROLjnADl1D7LvxJZdlWPB0pZ3dfoxCUiC6m3gbJ/s400/Horizontal+Roses.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671228531120782018" /></a><br />It's hard to believe that the Holidays are right around the corner. Stores in New York like to jump-start holiday shopping with festive windows immediately after Halloween. One of my favorite window theme trends is the "handmade" look - probably started by Anthropologie (which reminds me - need to go check them out!). So I was pleasantly surprised by the tastefully simple white rose and snow flake designs Sephora created for theirs. These were shot at the new location in the Meatpacking District of NYC - which I highly recommend visiting. It's uber chic with black surfaces throughout that showcase artwork like "Flamenco Tornado", a distorted Flamenco dress-sculpture by E.V. Day, and Chihuly-inspired light fixtures (this may actually be a Chihuly piece - I just can't verify it :( ). I was asked not to photograph inside, so we will just have to make due with their windows :)<div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-76196378557683251732011-11-01T11:38:00.000-07:002011-11-01T17:11:30.200-07:00An Evening Commute<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGFEdNJ62mOvFxAJ0GTgdKsvGPIokYnssMACaWmKPNo55JVCe8wwSeNfOshF7VU4pPaQ4fW6g1AEBDEcdm_-VrvsmKFof4YLhVGuUB1Yr0KpsmYEEl1VvwD-2FfU5rGdyZYx0dZf17TAh/s1600/Freedom+Tower.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rush hour in New York City - usually just an unpleasant necessity during the work week. But on this rainy Fall day I stopped and looked around, and the evening's rain and fog romanticized for me the otherwise industrial landscape. These images were taken at the World Trade Center, outside the Path train. I'm sure there will be lots more of these to come!</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGFEdNJ62mOvFxAJ0GTgdKsvGPIokYnssMACaWmKPNo55JVCe8wwSeNfOshF7VU4pPaQ4fW6g1AEBDEcdm_-VrvsmKFof4YLhVGuUB1Yr0KpsmYEEl1VvwD-2FfU5rGdyZYx0dZf17TAh/s400/Freedom+Tower.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670139434671161634" /><i>A quick look up before I go down into the station - The Freedom Tower is looming above</i></span></div></div>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-45863865963680349032011-08-18T09:55:00.000-07:002011-08-18T10:17:56.389-07:00More From the Capital<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;">Along the line of thinking from the last post, this one is about using Nature as an industry, through Environmentalism. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1_HrtLHAecSSaZt8p1HLw_SzbsxeloXuri_XK7PKCl_wOwD6EVkfzBs-IZ2mZ0joFxRdeTX2i7Ymbix85tKBAXjyo7OhShTiqelt0n2WhVzkmdw2T8YA2yN913XclakYRhbnLhexhhfA/s1600/Green+Government+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1_HrtLHAecSSaZt8p1HLw_SzbsxeloXuri_XK7PKCl_wOwD6EVkfzBs-IZ2mZ0joFxRdeTX2i7Ymbix85tKBAXjyo7OhShTiqelt0n2WhVzkmdw2T8YA2yN913XclakYRhbnLhexhhfA/s400/Green+Government+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642241408172481106" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;">Environmentalism - America's best friend?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;">Our country was founded through industrialism, and it's our heart and soul. But with the outsourcing of so many industries, who are we today? What makes us strong? Again, I think we need to look to Nature.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;">I know we are still young in this industry, and the rewards are a ways off. But I think we need to keep to this path, despite the wars, despite the economy. By developing technologies that create energy from the environment without depleting it (i.e., solar energy), we can create a place that is more in tune with Nature. And more aligned to ourselves.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;">
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<br /></div></div>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-89905652914140019342011-08-17T20:09:00.000-07:002011-08-17T21:37:42.160-07:00There Will Always Be Flowers<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p class="yiv1460289351MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This post started with me going through a sketchbook from this past Spring and finding some drawings I had wanted to blog about. I was visiting some friends in </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1313641848_0" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">DC</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and spent one morning drawing around the Capital. The cherry blossoms were on their way out, but spring was in full bloom on the Mall, and I found a bench surrounded by blossoming trees and perky little tulips.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1460289351MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHshirrjdjSLBTrYlyqvYoaG8jyenUmzQuhONPnk2y_-IRbRvI7QnL1gw9HzbR5GlGHud97GjcQiJes-XRiKujOBS3B5Jf15rCJyX8YNCFMya5OOsGmBcjtFEeAo7MV8Y5pkL513dEWOXD/s1600/Spring.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHshirrjdjSLBTrYlyqvYoaG8jyenUmzQuhONPnk2y_-IRbRvI7QnL1gw9HzbR5GlGHud97GjcQiJes-XRiKujOBS3B5Jf15rCJyX8YNCFMya5OOsGmBcjtFEeAo7MV8Y5pkL513dEWOXD/s400/Spring.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642048589248178482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Spring</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As I started drawing I was struck by how powerful and resilient Nature is, moving along on it’s own cycles, despite how much we try to interfere with them. It was bursting all around me, and made an interesting juxtaposition to the political architecture looming stately above.</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
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<br /></span></i></span></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-9gkV-_YHEsOM7ysmNivr-K4PrUZX9g2bQ9A9UuOeEMUapc3ux1qiUwRSgjipT3rAAxjIegcWdT6chP7BlUfKQvFZXy1wX3drZJVn6il6NVKVIYdZHue2JgtXe6As5F58l6bINRUfcJw/s1600/Fall.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-9gkV-_YHEsOM7ysmNivr-K4PrUZX9g2bQ9A9UuOeEMUapc3ux1qiUwRSgjipT3rAAxjIegcWdT6chP7BlUfKQvFZXy1wX3drZJVn6il6NVKVIYdZHue2JgtXe6As5F58l6bINRUfcJw/s1600/Fall.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-9gkV-_YHEsOM7ysmNivr-K4PrUZX9g2bQ9A9UuOeEMUapc3ux1qiUwRSgjipT3rAAxjIegcWdT6chP7BlUfKQvFZXy1wX3drZJVn6il6NVKVIYdZHue2JgtXe6As5F58l6bINRUfcJw/s400/Fall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642048582019520146" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fall</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
<br /></span></i></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The flowers and trees seemed to be watching us, quietly observing our changing culture. And with the ups and downs of our current economic climate, these observers with their bright petals and sturdy branches gave me a sense of security. Nature will thrive, no matter what we are doing. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKm61Ev4EP12DpPUZQcAdvkHeL1kwpnhg8csPFr-WSjNS7uUzUuSqqICNG5gMr9efS1HmHgnbKzoIEtr0YTsX1xV_zgWfHH9ozpBqQnBzlnn-OXFnMH2MOeBawtyyJnIVhwfRFExrJXuW/s1600/Winter.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKm61Ev4EP12DpPUZQcAdvkHeL1kwpnhg8csPFr-WSjNS7uUzUuSqqICNG5gMr9efS1HmHgnbKzoIEtr0YTsX1xV_zgWfHH9ozpBqQnBzlnn-OXFnMH2MOeBawtyyJnIVhwfRFExrJXuW/s1600/Winter.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKm61Ev4EP12DpPUZQcAdvkHeL1kwpnhg8csPFr-WSjNS7uUzUuSqqICNG5gMr9efS1HmHgnbKzoIEtr0YTsX1xV_zgWfHH9ozpBqQnBzlnn-OXFnMH2MOeBawtyyJnIVhwfRFExrJXuW/s400/Winter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642048578100105362" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Winter</span></i></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">No matter how crazy or stable our economy is, Nature will live, and it will be there for us. </span></span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So look to the plump little tulips, and soon changing leaves – they know the truth, and will put our minds at ease.</span></span></span></div>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-49700931918299370562011-01-20T09:50:00.001-08:002011-01-20T11:05:45.481-08:00The Cangelosi Cards at White Heat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc0tDoKUU4FhWiGGLiNem1RmKWCtmda91c7hKO8Nmbten9DkATv2agB5Pbv6562FKhZIIpFszLwcCK-Ugu3FnlSv3MECc9JUi-39jVuNXXaCFgdBYhnTmGmNIYos6F2wvOtjMnhwEObDo/s1600/Tamar+Korn+in+Lace.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc0tDoKUU4FhWiGGLiNem1RmKWCtmda91c7hKO8Nmbten9DkATv2agB5Pbv6562FKhZIIpFszLwcCK-Ugu3FnlSv3MECc9JUi-39jVuNXXaCFgdBYhnTmGmNIYos6F2wvOtjMnhwEObDo/s400/Tamar+Korn+in+Lace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564343703139055010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Tamar Korn of The Cangelosi Cards<br /><br /></span><style>p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >Conjured-up images of torn lace and discarded cigars on a dim winter evening. Balboa movements on wooden floors. Banjo and bass run a musical race; fast and slow through jazzy blue tempo. Thus is the setting of White Heat Night at Dance Manhattan. </span><br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeszJPeuQM_9G_h0-Sv-SbGUzDrMhrWdxSYfgI5hvmq8-01DJOZizn6PSU9JgPkjGAJdGaI551j9nkygqLB5il5Jeep2MdX-bUEkNvezw6QqWbppSWbGof2iU5hpLRSQ-jgZrvs5XnkSR/s1600/CANGELOSI+CARDS.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeszJPeuQM_9G_h0-Sv-SbGUzDrMhrWdxSYfgI5hvmq8-01DJOZizn6PSU9JgPkjGAJdGaI551j9nkygqLB5il5Jeep2MdX-bUEkNvezw6QqWbppSWbGof2iU5hpLRSQ-jgZrvs5XnkSR/s400/CANGELOSI+CARDS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564343697907934194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Cangelosi Cards</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >This night is hard to find. Only known to a small group of swing dancers, it’s a seasoned Lindy Hopper’s dream. No overcrowding like the Frim Fram, and every other week the music is live. Tonight it was The Cangelosi Cards. Mixed jazzy bluegrass folk, from quick tempos to sultry rhythms. The pliant vocals of Tamar Korn wove through strings, harmonica, </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >accordion. Cassidy Holden plucked the bass with a somber mustached face.</span><br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cLgOPjl2Hq6MzBQxVgmeIOQWSsI1NCYkXl1Hv9NcMMDW3G9bnNPOheKwoedoOxNKY21mI8BSb8PBC9YsDi2Ne_N9zBr6TMjKin2pwfrf35EjYMWajsING_SGKNqiBJAf3ixnLGgoizCQ/s1600/In+Full+Swing.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cLgOPjl2Hq6MzBQxVgmeIOQWSsI1NCYkXl1Hv9NcMMDW3G9bnNPOheKwoedoOxNKY21mI8BSb8PBC9YsDi2Ne_N9zBr6TMjKin2pwfrf35EjYMWajsING_SGKNqiBJAf3ixnLGgoizCQ/s400/In+Full+Swing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564343695693937522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Mixed Dancing - Balboa to Lindy Hop</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">But for dancers, you can't help but smile when you swing. Energy is the thing. </span>A momentum of go, creating sweet Lindy flow.</span><br /></div>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-39344657809166243352010-12-24T19:50:00.000-08:002010-12-25T02:26:10.733-08:00Dream a Dream of New<div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwkkwTkqklTAEr8dzVq9n8Oy88r_rrqfFg69GJQr6pogGEpfOyNv7lqOQaGtB32beIghcCVroqQ35yJ_7D1jTTlNkZ3X7BPm0zER-0CFLx1NcrDxzDSgcA3kGpiRG2D_Gw95XAkd62aS7f/s1600/Toogie+Dreams+Sepia+Small.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwkkwTkqklTAEr8dzVq9n8Oy88r_rrqfFg69GJQr6pogGEpfOyNv7lqOQaGtB32beIghcCVroqQ35yJ_7D1jTTlNkZ3X7BPm0zER-0CFLx1NcrDxzDSgcA3kGpiRG2D_Gw95XAkd62aS7f/s400/Toogie+Dreams+Sepia+Small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554462702449697378" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;">Ashton Dreams</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">As we slumber sweetly into the New Year, let us dream like my sweet sleeping </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1293249045_0" style="font-family:lucida grande;">Nephew</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">. For him, all is New. So I have a </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1293249045_1" style="font-family:lucida grande;">New Thought</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">, a New Dream, flying from my Mind into Time, creating a New Year. Happy Holidays everyone!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Jeanette</span>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-1512609323684703942010-11-02T15:24:00.000-07:002010-11-03T15:57:01.380-07:00Kronos Quartet: String Theory<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55cXQwHp-zVKWsv9t_hHM5UTo_ZANfxyHSmBEy796NvKRbaQF4HZYFj5oNX5FkNToANxn6SKpbb51Fg47JRDixX27jKNEmbSviLlkmymNvJijhtKDeIO7YYVC_d-Eigyvw_0-Qf3rfJE3/s1600/David+Harrington+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55cXQwHp-zVKWsv9t_hHM5UTo_ZANfxyHSmBEy796NvKRbaQF4HZYFj5oNX5FkNToANxn6SKpbb51Fg47JRDixX27jKNEmbSviLlkmymNvJijhtKDeIO7YYVC_d-Eigyvw_0-Qf3rfJE3/s400/David+Harrington+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535442907045177650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">David Harrington during a performance of </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Aheym (Homeward)" </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">by Bryce Dessner</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />While String Theory attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity, so the Kronos Quartet attempts to reconcile sound and humanity through string.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I had the privilege of hearing them play at Le Poisson Rouge early last month. I have been a fan since college, and I'm continuously amazed at their diversity of sound and openness of mind through stringed instruments. No culture, time, or artistic movement is out of their reach. </span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-UgGnYq4hWN19p8cfBcVIMd2hCNwvtIinlBguMjduHunnTcPf_A1sFVX90XS8WGOEzm3_OHFNovWMhnttme9gHru-qkmYz_7CKcPy7gct5BN-MO8WiBS0FkJEx0qFGwbSOxgTuXLQxyC/s1600/John+Sherba+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-UgGnYq4hWN19p8cfBcVIMd2hCNwvtIinlBguMjduHunnTcPf_A1sFVX90XS8WGOEzm3_OHFNovWMhnttme9gHru-qkmYz_7CKcPy7gct5BN-MO8WiBS0FkJEx0qFGwbSOxgTuXLQxyC/s400/John+Sherba+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535445165293834898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">John Sherba plucking and playing his violin</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Le Poisson Rouge is not a large space, so during a performance it becomes a box of sound. In the dark, sultry room the quartet is highlighted by spots of blue and yellow beams of light. When the sound is at it's height, the only way to find the music's source is through these little illuminated beacons on the stage. </span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhva6tAd4yZlGWEctL-F1aY8CYn5h14oCayVk8_P8ve4gbD-PjD1s5zNrTJwcJLgEGDwGP2-Pb907mjxrYOmyP8lm4G-DLvIICCGhkPmSfraoH8hlnxmgRQtMujnGiWKu44OM3hPC6JcTZi/s1600/Jeffrey+Zeigler+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhva6tAd4yZlGWEctL-F1aY8CYn5h14oCayVk8_P8ve4gbD-PjD1s5zNrTJwcJLgEGDwGP2-Pb907mjxrYOmyP8lm4G-DLvIICCGhkPmSfraoH8hlnxmgRQtMujnGiWKu44OM3hPC6JcTZi/s400/Jeffrey+Zeigler+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535445158795439106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Jeffrey Zeigler's gentle intensity with the cello </span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">As cords of instruments are plucked and stroked, so are the threads of nervous systems. You tense and relax on each new wave, never knowing what is around each corner of sound.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQh4m6jBh6r1qdhZKZH4hDA0_gxtzegiKlqjav7SpB5DkXCdykq86L3cecusrMsO0Ibei6VPiW_Q4MP4TFRvN2TihSgEYCDZTCFpxfHQ6zH1ZtVGmd1G894pql5KHRo8Xus4fc2vZSuiNd/s1600/Hank+Dutt+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 349px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQh4m6jBh6r1qdhZKZH4hDA0_gxtzegiKlqjav7SpB5DkXCdykq86L3cecusrMsO0Ibei6VPiW_Q4MP4TFRvN2TihSgEYCDZTCFpxfHQ6zH1ZtVGmd1G894pql5KHRo8Xus4fc2vZSuiNd/s400/Hank+Dutt+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535445156125932194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Hank Dutt on his viola during "Harp and Altar" by Missy Mazzoli</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Sweet tender cords joined them that night, through the Young People's Chorus of New York City. Their merged voices became the fifth instrument of the evening. </span><br /></div></div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYacVKwRV3jxdL_4zsMPpqZNMBjRC43KCmP_M1qNHuFHScukH9-vdAPP86718GM2NyhoFnvrQZqzKmYgFE0k880nMDTwvmkIfN68eF_85QrdzMnEkNY1hKD_X7dw7rICmxcbNPQVZB9NYb/s1600/Yound+Peoples+Chorus+of+NYC.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYacVKwRV3jxdL_4zsMPpqZNMBjRC43KCmP_M1qNHuFHScukH9-vdAPP86718GM2NyhoFnvrQZqzKmYgFE0k880nMDTwvmkIfN68eF_85QrdzMnEkNY1hKD_X7dw7rICmxcbNPQVZB9NYb/s400/Yound+Peoples+Chorus+of+NYC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535458575952452514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqPi6eoB4-KW3Fo_giG-MgXIucSwJZE8vUcou8vZvzvx4W3wyNclp7eKUCg5S-BjUj1nHYmdgn2e2ELveNcxvifmbS5_ld-wFh4JrFfhWpNtzNeChb1Nk_zOBHnMOcPRSHAQfh7-p6oAs/s1600/John+Sherba+copy.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntFWM9W6MLOTHH8eGmUK9l41rwtfUnSVQ-5JU4S4ol5q_0IJb8FQzmQVObkI5CAw3JH3QnvBPqSIDvMCT3BjQ4-BQFfBfdTeA6km1f4KmAKqrAVE55kObTLXGa-_CAcnmZ_wjvr37cckt/s1600/Jeffrey+Zeigler+copy.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzg7H5qozSJpvH3hNN_nl5Fm8-NRKStt3hsqo3z0diwgS10uUS3qjW9bhiMjwjT7B6Pm3rKdHRCM_NdtVFygg70et7cf9ZET3ywkQUjI37SUQuf8WaRasi9314Ed6OYimlZTF2-svU8Rm/s1600/Hank+Dutt+copy.jpg"><br /></a><br /><em></em>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-64898178742792465562010-07-08T14:36:00.000-07:002010-07-08T20:50:40.832-07:00Midsummer Swing, Haiti, and Some Big Hair<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsi1Ddq9Y2jWveuXoZi-qE5XpoKUFwCnmPVkPSil8kyfylzeQnUQJfv9A-cYjNfhwv38RdTbli8NCKGLOYe4rrBS-uqLA5hp_xaGb8sh8BM0bIGFwY5IuDJolMFJOL0lYiI4hUuCk9apv/s1600/Blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsi1Ddq9Y2jWveuXoZi-qE5XpoKUFwCnmPVkPSil8kyfylzeQnUQJfv9A-cYjNfhwv38RdTbli8NCKGLOYe4rrBS-uqLA5hp_xaGb8sh8BM0bIGFwY5IuDJolMFJOL0lYiI4hUuCk9apv/s400/Blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491654295932178546" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel="File-List" href="file:///Users/jeanettesimmons/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Clipboard/msoclip1/01/clip_clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>119</o:Words> <o:characters>680</o:Characters> <o:company>MedReviews, LLC</o:Company> <o:lines>5</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>835</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>10.265</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >The other night I went to reportage another dance at the Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center. On this occasion, Orchestre Septentrional d'Haiti was performing. They are a Haitian Jazz (jazz means band in Haiti) group that has been around for 50+ years (members alternate). I was so excited to see a band from Haiti. They were amazing - great Konpa Music that evoked vibrant colors. Unfortunately I could only see one drummer from my vantage point, so I mostly watched the crowd. And there I found the other main attraction - HAIR.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >That's right. There were some of the most incredible coifs there that night. Hair that looked like it had not been out of the closet since the Cuban Revolution!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >My friends, April and Jennifer, are witnesses to this. What you are about to see is a true account of HAIR AT LINCOLN CENTER!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span><meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel="File-List" href="file:///Users/jeanettesimmons/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Clipboard/msoclip1/01/clip_clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>18</o:Words> <o:characters>104</o:Characters> <o:company>MedReviews, LLC</o:Company> <o:lines>1</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>127</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>10.265</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >I'm sure some major contra ban hairspray was liberally applied to achieve such heights. Marie Antoinette would have swooned!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br />And when these ladies hit the dance floor the true genius of coif engineering was in action. Everything was moving but the hair. Like a mini earthquake, but none of the buildings fell.<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span><!--EndFragment-->
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<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Vibrant music. Personalities galore. Just what a Midsummer dance is for.
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<br /></span>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048760249848211721.post-43349715205967511632010-07-01T13:56:00.001-07:002010-07-01T16:09:27.409-07:00INTIMIDATING Tango<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBibWnycPEmBHYSzLs4PxzKrmURwnB6aVmeeN9yurvLxesZDCCb2rgMru0I8-V4PHvP4eyX_yRseYKTwSTKW35hAwCr0K0q9MNftJ7BOoOvUaI2GcVY_OP-AmmTM5ADLcedaEPRydg4C6I/s1600/Intimidating.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBibWnycPEmBHYSzLs4PxzKrmURwnB6aVmeeN9yurvLxesZDCCb2rgMru0I8-V4PHvP4eyX_yRseYKTwSTKW35hAwCr0K0q9MNftJ7BOoOvUaI2GcVY_OP-AmmTM5ADLcedaEPRydg4C6I/s400/Intimidating.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489078144388891794" border="0" /></a><br />This week begins the MidSummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center. I went on Tango night with my friend Nathaniel for a little reportage.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHLAiikH8-iKI2DRxRkXHI3-ThdkWqhq8ee4ut5nWuaf-OS2H1ZzJuOUTKgy4aARIdigxRIaIzqJqTCDYqctbOa9FHm3e-ScXRxgDXoquZdEkv5MXToj_8Vmv_tuL_3TCNsa4iA563y5a/s1600/Practice.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHLAiikH8-iKI2DRxRkXHI3-ThdkWqhq8ee4ut5nWuaf-OS2H1ZzJuOUTKgy4aARIdigxRIaIzqJqTCDYqctbOa9FHm3e-ScXRxgDXoquZdEkv5MXToj_8Vmv_tuL_3TCNsa4iA563y5a/s400/Practice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489078012529454802" border="0" /></a><br />Tango has always seemed a bit intimidating to me. The intensity and attitude of professional dancers makes it look like some secret dance with it's own special language. But tonight helped to lift the veil (or should I say the foot?) on this sultry dance.<br /><br />Before the dance was a practice session. This was really a joy to watch. Couples giggled as they pulled each other close. Feet were steeped upon, the left and right foot was discovered. Amazingly these same people were able to create a beautiful flow of movement after only one hour of awkwardness.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSxcj-8Qic8yGMt9JWRnkvcG4XEToM9GYwu5S5Wk_5u84dfK7GaOdwPK9jknDHakmQ7_azgU1_RItpGunIJw_cOBe5x5CM49q1dPkzD7Z9TqLW-75bUJmfr2vi8EkPGmVNtCbh_D4RTEa/s1600/The+Pros.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSxcj-8Qic8yGMt9JWRnkvcG4XEToM9GYwu5S5Wk_5u84dfK7GaOdwPK9jknDHakmQ7_azgU1_RItpGunIJw_cOBe5x5CM49q1dPkzD7Z9TqLW-75bUJmfr2vi8EkPGmVNtCbh_D4RTEa/s400/The+Pros.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489078009211095282" border="0" /></a><br />You could recognize the gal that was seriously there to Tango. She would have a spaghetti-strap dress, usually red, some black, and one was green. The green dress looked great doing the "Sandwich". The "Sandwich" is a classic Argentinean Tango step that is composed of half ocho (eight) backwards, the beginning of a leading of feet without doing it, and a resolution by the ocho forward. I love the fact that it's based on eight. Such a sexy number!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikIvyBMKUpKOTQmWpq-SFBBGgY6R7J-h8LIe19DjK8QVaG1S9H4rGP43QBHDrNv8J7eBk13gk7RqxgEZVGpVr9woWJHGXcrHs3wm7ZmLaraHbW1vwcpKTxjs5tL_KGtz32ugxSP1eXaMk/s1600/Awkward+Amateurs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikIvyBMKUpKOTQmWpq-SFBBGgY6R7J-h8LIe19DjK8QVaG1S9H4rGP43QBHDrNv8J7eBk13gk7RqxgEZVGpVr9woWJHGXcrHs3wm7ZmLaraHbW1vwcpKTxjs5tL_KGtz32ugxSP1eXaMk/s400/Awkward+Amateurs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489078002954796738" border="0" /></a><br />For some reason there was allot of very short men with very <span style="cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1278025481_0">tall women</span>. The men were really into it and seemed to know the steps. The woman just looked a bit perplexed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ORp8y8v3EFwQipI0T8jnJVDRxiJneArVgiDauR4DskETDuGuDnD_mcrzSLjdPXy_pMLlyQ5Wn7V3HlUGxgPswpYvEWS2OmwOrtbaGMGpA9mb3HnFuW61qRZifsWtbxPpAWNL3k-e2795/s1600/The+Tango.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ORp8y8v3EFwQipI0T8jnJVDRxiJneArVgiDauR4DskETDuGuDnD_mcrzSLjdPXy_pMLlyQ5Wn7V3HlUGxgPswpYvEWS2OmwOrtbaGMGpA9mb3HnFuW61qRZifsWtbxPpAWNL3k-e2795/s400/The+Tango.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489077999920598930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times;">By the end of the night there were mucho ochos all over the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1278025481_1">dance floor</span>. And a little romance.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckEISRwZnPbRiOzpzRk1L7EYenBq13Lpuf9sZM4ZbD4aMEy5O03Oz7g21xGpKxQ15tTSjFr6R2JVzcbU7Ml2Kc1cqeqnqcn_HPaPM7wOShRaarCSCTYPPZGrtZcGAYaj20VjbB4yrocb0/s1600/Poster+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckEISRwZnPbRiOzpzRk1L7EYenBq13Lpuf9sZM4ZbD4aMEy5O03Oz7g21xGpKxQ15tTSjFr6R2JVzcbU7Ml2Kc1cqeqnqcn_HPaPM7wOShRaarCSCTYPPZGrtZcGAYaj20VjbB4yrocb0/s400/Poster+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489077993481959234" border="0" /></a>Jeanette Simmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957932608375998776noreply@blogger.com5