up in smoke

[elessa]

saturday evening was a girls night out at desert rose.

ah, smoking raspberry from a hookah and watching incredible bellydancing. quite a nice night!

i really wish i was coordinated enough to bellydance. i have tried to take lessons twice in my life. the last time was two nights a week for six months. hah! i have absolutely no sense of rhythm nor the ability to isolate the muscles in order to move with grace.

i might try taking lessons again. i need some form of exercise!

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[buzz-overdrive.livejournal.com]

I hear it's great exercise. Rumor has it Duke Guillaume took belly-dancing (or some form of Middle Eastern dance) to improve his core-strength and improve his fighting. According to reports it worked; the action is all hips, where your speed and momentum come from.

Personally, I'm going to stick with walking a half-hour a day, hitting the gym once in a while, and making it out to fighter practice more often. Nobody really needs to see this trying to belly-dance.

Out of curiosity, where does one find hookahs and incredible belly-dancers in LA? Shah Abbas does both at some point during the week; the last dancers I saw there were pretty good.

[elessa.livejournal.com]

desert rose, (http://www.myspace.com/desertroselounge)5042 n. vineland, noho

friday and saturday night my friend jamie lee dances.

yeah, i too had heard that guillaume took dance lessons. i know some guys who are disgustingly good at bellydancing. makes me envious that i can't move like they do.

[muzadi.livejournal.com]

Swordwork, German and Italian for me, I think. Somehow it's easier to exercise for me when I'm hitting people.

Strange, that.