Swing heil!!
Well, I must admit I did try to wriggle out of tonight's swing dancing what with the nervous eating stomach ache and all, but although Madeleine went off to a movie or something, and Tyler did not respond to my text message, Claire got off work an hour early and I used that natural circumstance to help buck up my ideas about myself. So Claire and I went! We got there exactly an hour before they stopped the live music, but it was a nice little taste of The Wabasha Street Caves.
The place is honestly amazing, I want to have a birthday bash or wedding reception or something there. It's basically a castle on the outside and a posh batcave on the inside. The dance floor wraps around the brick walls and there's lots of tables throughout and a bar on the other side of the dance floor/big brick wall.
Although Claire and I were limited in our swing steps, we had fun improvising and I knew I wouldn't have been as comfortable getting my footing (hahaha) with anyone else.
But now I am pumped to go next week with my cousins Haley and Nicole, and Claire's bringing Jon, and I'm going to ask Erik and Ty this weekend, and hopefully Madeleine doesn't make other plans!
We listened to DeVotchKa and Bjork in the car there and back and it was extremely fitting for reasons we could not place. We both just felt it.
Also, I finally managed to wear one of two pairs of cello pants my mom bought this winter! Unless I am in a cello recital, it's hard to find places to wear these beasts, but it turns out swing dancing is perfect! They even hid my tennis shoes! hahah.
Claire and I went to IKEA by the mall of america instead of taking the light rail to the farmers market because we were pressed for time, since she had to get back to work. It was nice just to spend the afternoon in her company :)
I should sleep now, if I want to get up at 8 to run and pack and such before leaving at noon. I better make the most of the weekend, I've always been jealous of kids with cabins. And kayaks!!
The place is honestly amazing, I want to have a birthday bash or wedding reception or something there. It's basically a castle on the outside and a posh batcave on the inside. The dance floor wraps around the brick walls and there's lots of tables throughout and a bar on the other side of the dance floor/big brick wall.
Although Claire and I were limited in our swing steps, we had fun improvising and I knew I wouldn't have been as comfortable getting my footing (hahaha) with anyone else.
But now I am pumped to go next week with my cousins Haley and Nicole, and Claire's bringing Jon, and I'm going to ask Erik and Ty this weekend, and hopefully Madeleine doesn't make other plans!
We listened to DeVotchKa and Bjork in the car there and back and it was extremely fitting for reasons we could not place. We both just felt it.
Also, I finally managed to wear one of two pairs of cello pants my mom bought this winter! Unless I am in a cello recital, it's hard to find places to wear these beasts, but it turns out swing dancing is perfect! They even hid my tennis shoes! hahah.
Claire and I went to IKEA by the mall of america instead of taking the light rail to the farmers market because we were pressed for time, since she had to get back to work. It was nice just to spend the afternoon in her company :)
I should sleep now, if I want to get up at 8 to run and pack and such before leaving at noon. I better make the most of the weekend, I've always been jealous of kids with cabins. And kayaks!!