So you’ve decided you join to do a flash mob. You’ve seen Oprah’s flash mob, you saw that Modern Family flash mob episode, you’ve watched many flash mob proposals online and thought “hey, I want to do that.†And I say to you YES. Good god yes do it. Flash mobs are fun and full… Continue reading
Author Archives → Elaine Adolfo
In Defense of Selfies
I’m quite a bit older than your average tween so bear with me. I actually have solid reasons why you should take selfies at least once a day. I’ve been taking selfies for 8 years so I’ve had a lot of time to think about this.
Continue readingPure Uncut Joy
A few weekends ago I took a spectacular trinity of classes at City Dance. Amber, Rocko, and Emerson. 4.5 hours of dance in one weekend. I was on an endorphin high that whole weekend…then Monday hit and my body was like …NOPE. You shouldn’t have done that. Iced my knees. Didn’t dance at all. Just… Continue reading
Should I buy expensive stretchy pants?
I did not grow up rich. So if you told the 15 year old me (pictured below) that I’d be spending $98 on stretchy pants from Lucy I’d say you’re INSANE. My BFF Helen and I would spend hours at thrift stores trying to find the perfect black velvet dress that was under $20. The… Continue reading
Do I want to grind it or pop it today?
Did you know that there’s a hip hop dance class available every day in the Bay Area? EVERYDAY. I knew this was roughly true in my head because I’ve taken enough classes to know if one teacher cancels a class I can switch to another and not sit in my car stuffing powdered donuts in… Continue reading
So you want to learn hip hop dance in the Bay Area
IMPORTANT: There is an updated 2017 version of this list here. It’s the new year and you’ve decided that you want to learn hip hop dance. Or you’ve seen my constant updates in FB and are wondering which classes I recommend you take because I seem to be taking classes everywhere in the Bay Area…. Continue reading
SF Flash Mob Proposal 12.7.2013
2013 has been a year of dance for me. Thanks to some fantastic teachers in the SF Bay Area finding amazing dance teachers hasn’t been a problem. I turned 40 this year so I really wanted to end the year with something happy and incorporated dance. [View the story “SF Flash Mob Proposal 12.7.2013” on… Continue reading
Workshop Cafe: Your Third Office
Today I ended up working in the city which I haven’t done in about 7+ years. I’ve been working at really awesome place so the urge to work in the city hasn’t compelled me to go find a job in yet another dot com in SOMA. But today work needed to be done and I… Continue reading
One-Point Perspective
Saving for future inspiration. Kubrick’s one point perspective. Awwwwwwwwesome. Kubrick // One-Point Perspective from kogonada on Vimeo.
Parkour Dog
Yeah. This dog is impressive. But it ain’t so fun when your dog does this sort of thing to escape your yard and then runs into traffic. (My mom knows this all too well).