Jillian in Belleville

Back at home in Belleville with my old friend Jillian. Old as in I've known her for a while and as in she's 88 years old and looks great for her age.

Fever

Nellie and Gierre belt out a tune on Karheaoke night. I think they should go on tour don't you? By the way I think Karheaoke should take place once a month as an opportunity to discover new talent like the duo of Nellie and Gierre.

SHake Shack

ALISA'S on the blog. Spent some time with Alisa before our rehearsal at St. Mark's Church (Dancespace). She told me about her experience at the Doug Varone Workshop at Purchase. After rehearsal I crossed eating at Shake Shack off my list of things to do in the summer of Rhea. They tried to sell me cucumber ice cream but I told the server that I might buy it as a cosmetic product for my skin but I don't like vegetables in my ice cream. No thank you! He gave me a sample and I am now more secure in this belief. I got a chocolate, strawberry, banana, shortbread sundae. No veggies, totally delicious. 

Day of Worship

After Julie's last salty story I thought I would cleanse the blog with something a little more spiritual but not a whole lot more. Today I will dedicate it to Pina.

Day of Worship

Julie's Celeb encounter

On the way to Connecticutt Julie tells me a story about her Portland celebrity experience. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily share the views expressed in this blog. I have no opinon about Brendan Fraser. I don't actually think I've seen him in any movies or any bars. I might try and catch the upcoming film Julie mentions if it ever comes out. Just to see how he's doing. I think this might be the movie Julie is talking about: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244659/.

Julia's Baby Shower BBQ Part Deux

JULIA is in the blog. Congratulations Julia. I can't wait until little Julia Jr. or Ryan Jr. or Will Ferrell Jr. arrives.

Baby Shower BBQ

MICHELLE IS IN THE BLOG! No not Mrs. Obama the slightly cooler and less married to the president Michelle. In this edition at Julia & Ryan's baby shower bbq, Julie tries to find her reflection in a lollipop. Which I think is the best place to look because no matter what sticky image you may find it will be sweet. Also Michelle and I take a walk on broken glass down memory lane where she recounts the day she defied the odds by drinking chunks of glass and surviving. There's also some baby shower stuff in there too. 

Baby Shower Cards

On Sunday Julie and me took a trip to Milford, CT for a baby shower bbq.

Grand Central Dance

Sometimes life in NYC can be crazy and sometimes you may feel as if you've lost your mind. This can happen particularly in crowded subway stations and Grand Central station is the king of stations, but our own personal "grand central station" can get confused at times. What train leads you to your "grand central?" Is your central station the brain? the heart? the soul? Think about it it's a very, very deep thought. I think that's what this video is about. Julie dances and loses her mind to the special guest vocal stylings of Stephanie.

This masterpiece was filmed by Steph on a UWS Manhattan rooftop.

Upper West Side

Time with Steph in the Upper West Side. Wedding planning is tough. There are so many choices.

Brunch

We've crossed the Brooklyn Bridge. Now we are hungry. 

Part 2 of the Brooklyn Bridge Walk.

Brooklyn Bridge Walk Pt 1

I checked one thing off my list of 50 things to do in New York. Walked the Brooklyn Bridge.

Nellie Dancing In a New Space

Here is Nellie dancing an improv for a film we created June 7, 2009 to a video called Mowiony 1 (Spoken Movie 1) by Wojciech Bakowski). The film is called: "There is Girl Sleeping in the Room Next Door."

Dance in an Elevator

This is a music video I made with Nellie today on the first day of "The Summer of Rhea"(that is the official name of the summer of 2009).  It may be the best video dance you will see today.