Kickoff Podcast Taping

We have set up October 3rd as our kickoff Podcast taping. Our focus will be Vietnam, and my guests will be Dong Mach and Scott Le, two of the Designers I work with at M+W Zander in Phoenix. My employer is a perfect place to start, since M+W Zander employs so many different nationalities. Of course, it is a multinational company based in Stuttgart, Germany. I found out recently that their home office is only a few miles form the village, Korntal, where Bill and I lived while he worked for Porsche in Zuffenhausen, a suburb of Stuttgart. Such a small world!!!

I went to the Mesa, AZ swapmeet last weekend (flea market) and bought a sash with coins on it for my Belly Dancing class - it makes it so much easier to feel how I am moving in the class. I also bought some Arabic music on CD, and I play it in the car a lot. I rode to class again in my friend Terri Shoemaker's orange Lotus. She took pity on me coming home and took the top off the car. It is so much easier to get in and out of the car without its top on. I called Bill to let him know we were headed home, and told him - We are out on Route 101, and we are driving topless. It is so much fun riding in her car!!!!!

Is My Belly Dancing Fast Enough?

A few weeks ago, a couple of the young ladies I work with at M+W Zander in Phoenix were talking about classes they have taken. Then Lindsay, a tall, blonde, beauty from Nebraska chimed in that she was about to take a class in Belly Dancing, and did we want to take it with her. My first thought was, "Who are you kidding? I can't do Belly Dancing." But then I thought about it for a while and I decided, "Why the Hell not?!?!"
So now all three of us are driving to Scottsdale Community College on Monday and Wednesday nights for 1 1/2 hours of crazy active dancing. I really love it, and it really plays into my Diversity mania. We actually do have a lovely lady from Brazil in the class, and I am going to ask her if she would like to do a show for my Podcast. I have already bought one CD of Arabic music, and that sure helps you swing those hips. There is another grandmother in the class, so I'm not the only older person in the class. I am going to put a picture of one of our teachers on the sidebar of this blog.