We Shall Dance!

Mike and attended our first dance lesson last night! We decided to (finally) join some friends for Level 1 East Coast Swing/Jitterbug. The experience was interesting to say the least. I thought that maybe, just maybe, there would be about 10 people at the class. Man, was I wrong. There were about 20 couples! It was insane as I really didn't expect so many people there. Most of the folks were a little bit older and not all of them were couples.

The school's philosophy is to make sure that everyone dances with everyone else. Yuck. It, at first, was not really very nice. For one, you are dancing with all these strangers. Some are nice and some are just creepy. I'm sure they will become nicer as you get to know them better (the class if for 4 weeks total). Anyway, some of those guys really are a bit odd and smell funny. Hands are sweaty, the room is hot with all those people in it, and everyone is on edge a bit. By the end of the evening I had loosened up a bit and actually enjoyed myself. Wish us luck. Turns out my honey is not a great dancer. WHO SAID THAT.

After the dance we stopped in at the Rita Room for a little re-hydration. Lord, do they have some serious drinks. After just 2 drinks Mike and I were weaving home just a little bit toasted. Okay, maybe a lot toasted. The unfortunate part is that we drank all the calories we had just burned. Dammit!