Snow weekend!

It's supposed to snow here and sleet for 24 hours soon. Because I am in the south this causes everything to shut down. I probably won't miss any work (because it's the weekend), but being the homebody that I am, I will have a great reason to stay home this weekend.

I'm already preparing my lofty list of activities to do over the weekend (besides play in the snow and watch movies).

1. Finish the curtains I made for the bathroom. The hooks I bought don't work, so I need to make fabric loops instead.
2. Work on my purple stash bra. It's constructed and covered. It just need embellishments.
3. Finish the dance choli I made out of extra fabric that I used for my pink and purple dots costume. The pieces are cut, it just needs to be sewn.
4. Hang up the 3-canvas painting that I made over the Christmas break.
5. Finish the graphic design work for the Souhail Kaspar workshop/show.
6. Work on my Web site and February newsletter.
7. Rephotograph my jewelry for etsy. I think part of the reason my jewelry isn't selling is because the quality of the photography isn't high enough.
8. Belly dance drills! Maybe I can get in some yoga too.

If for some reason the winter storm isn't as bad as they say it's going to be (although I've seen numbers that there is a 100% chance of wintry weather), then I hope to make it to Asyia's veil workshop, as well as the unveiling of the Nissan Leaf at the "green" McDonalds.

We'll see how much I get to. If I get to half of them I'm golden.

Tamalyn Dallal is awesome...

For those of you who don't know, Tamalyn Dallal, is a old-school American belly dancer who has had a huge influence on modern belly dance. She's trained the super stars, Bozenka and Amar Gamal. She has also dedicated her career to the study of world dance and history, mostly focusing on Middle Eastern Dance.

The lovely Asyia, brought Tamalyn to Raleigh as a part of the 40 Days & 1001 Nights Back Roads Tour. I was so excited to be a part of this. I, of course, intended to go to all of the programs she had to offer, but I missed the lecture and the documentary. However, I made it to the Oriental Choreo Workshop, the Beledi workshop (which also featured Shaabi) and one master class.

I was also very honored to have been able to perform at the Gala show, which was totally awesome. I debuted my cane and my new hot red dress. I'll be posting pictures of those soon. For now you'll have to make due with this very non-glamourous photo of me and Tamalyn after Monday's master class.