Today I had a little adventure and took my first ever salsa class. This is something I probably would have never picked up on my own, but my friend Stav convinced me to try it. Stav lived in Costa Rica while working on a sea turtle rescue program and was feeling a bit nostalgic for Latin culture. She found the website for a place in Chicago called the Dance Academy of Salsa, and it looked authentic enough, so we both signed up for a lesson. The studio was located in a Puerto Rican neighborhood and Stav and I were the only English speaking students in the class. The instructor, Miguel, was an old salsa pro and coached us patiently as we struggled to find our rhythm. I eventually mastered the basic salsa step, the cross body lead, the half left turn, and the full right turn. Now I just need to convince Don to come to a class or two so I can have a dance partner ... like that will ever happen.
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