Belly dance conundrum!

Why are all the bellydance classes on the same night and the same time?? Unveiled bellydance ann arbor, choreography and level 2 wednesday night 5-7, Nadira and dance pavilion wednesday night 7-8, Tribal belly 101 wednesday night 7-8 tree of life Chelsae. Why do you make me choose?? Okay Okay its not 100% true. I really love belly dance and all the different styles. I feel really blessed to live in an area that has so much to choose from and so many amazing dancers. Belly dancing isn't just a great core work out but something that transports me to another world for a little while. I love going to shows because its like a mini vacation. Right now I'm most interested in the tribal style. I'm glad I have such a firm foundation from studying with unveiled. I was really happy that they added the choreography class. I like drilling because it makes me a better dancer but learning full dances is a big part of that too. I want to continue to experience more new things in and around A2. I'm so glad I made that original leap to take bellydance. It has had an enormous return on such a small risk. I think I should find more small risks to take just to see where it all leads. I am going to dance some everyday. (there is no try)
links for your enjoyment.
http://www.unveiledbellydance.com/annarbor/index.html
http://treeoflifestudio.org/
http://nadiradance.blogspot.com/

elevatedpress and peter baker show. February 20th

We went to this great show! Peter Baker whom I met through the ann arbor crappy camera club and his wife Michelle put on an awesome gallery show. Peter's photos are fun and interesting. He had just some fantastic pieces up. Michelle had tons of sample and her latest cards and prints on show and for sale. The elevated details of letterpress give it a very classy look and feel. She also demoed her really cool letter press machines and explained how the process worked. I especially love the industrial paper cutter. If you have ever made a large amount of things with the plastic home paper cutters you might be able to guess at the glory of seeing this contraption. J Tree cellar's wine was also there. He provide the wine for the event. J. Tree cellar's wine is made in Michigan, near blissfield. The wine was quite good and had the extra thrill of being local. Now I know nothing about ice wine but I got that intuition that there is or will be something extraordinary about J. Tree's ice wine. It was very fun to meet the brewer. I love talking to brewers and anyone that makes something they love with their own hands. It was a great evening and Peter and Michelle are great hosts. check out all the appropriate links below:
I'm just saying,
~elizabeth

event:
http://elevatedpress.com/blog/elevated_press_open_house_tomorrow_night/
Michelle's elevated press
http://elevatedpress.com/
Peter Baker
http://peterbaker.net/
http://elevatedworks.com/
J. Tree's wine : can't seem to find it online

The yoga saga

While meeting people Ana at A2 yoga was kind enough to give me a 1 week pass for classes at the studio. I have to admit I had no idea how hard yoga really is. Dang this is hard, what a great work out. No wonder those yoga chicks are all skinny and ass kicking looking. I also tried the Nia class and it is a well balanced and fun work out. Nia is a dance exercise class that is a little more open ended where you can vary the exact move. The A2 yoga studio is beautiful inside. They also try hard to be green and to continue to be greener. They don't use any paper towels, instead they have a large about of small washcloth/hand towels. Kinda neat but i'm not sure if they are a ton greener then recycled paper towels?? Well that's being green everything comes with questions. I think the cloth towels are just nice. I feel the same way about cloth napkins, they're just nice.
i'm just saying,
~elizabeth
http://a2yoga.com/

Coffee for 1 dollar and 9 cents

This is highly awesome and yet another instance of my ignorance fixed! I went in to the Coffee Creamery on jackson rd. in desperate need of coffee. Since I have some hippie tendencies I brought my travel mug in with me. Lo! She filled my mug and only asked for $1.09! This is extra exciting because the Coffee Creamery makes some darn good coffee. This trend seems to continue to other establishments as well. Now where else might have this excellence? I'll be on the hunt.

http://www.coffeehousecreamery.com/

i'm just saying,

elizabeth.

Hello world

or hello Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. This is my repository for all the little pleasing pieces of information I learn about our town. As these updates often bore friends and associates I will keep them here. I will try to avoid a lot of the better known but awesome things about the town.

~elizabeth.

note: This blog format is in honor of the absolutely wondrous blog dude craft by Paul Overton.

http://www.dudecraft.com/