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About Me

How can you write about yourself? The outcome will always be biased and can only reveal what you think about yourself rather than who others see you to be. Having said that, here's what I think about me... I love life and enjoy it's fullness. I love sharing that life and experience with others. I care deeply for people I know (and many I don't). I find it hard to express my feelings. I can be easily hurt. I love good food and dining out is one of my favourite things. I love good music and I love to dance. I love beaches, but not sand. I love sunsets and sunrises. I enjoy good wine, good Scotch (Glenfiddich is fine!), Irish Whisky, and drink boubon and cola, but don't like beer. I love cake but not coffee (unless it is in a great tiramisu, or mixed with liqueur). I love to travel and see new places and meet new people. My present favourite place to eat is "Bungalow 8". From time to time I love "Three Clicks West" or "Rockpool" (I do so love the "ballet" of food preparation and service at Rockpool and could go just to watch!!) My favourite chef was "Marco" previously of Zeffirelli's. The world has lost a great person recently with Marco's death. I have been married twice. I must be a failure at that. I love to hold and be held. I am a christian and that is very important to me. It holds all the rest together.

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I love meeting people. It does not matter how bright they are, how much money they have (or don't have). It does not matter their age, race or religion. We all need to realise that there is much more that makes us alike than those few things that make us different. Let us explore and celebrate our humanity together, rather than letting the differences tear us apart.

My Blog

Adventure in BA - Day 3

On Saturday we walked to Gallerias Pacifico once more to locate the "Escuela Argentina de Tango", one of the main tango schools to which we had been referred. We obtained a list of classes and found t...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:52:00 GMT

Tango in BA - Day 2

Friday was the real start to our time in Buenos Aires.We walked the ten blocks down Cordoba to Florida (which the heart of the tourist area). Florida is a street that has been closed off as a mall for...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:35:00 GMT

Buenos Aires - Day 1 - Continued

The day had not finished, just my time on the computer yesterday!We were delighted and surprised to find that Negro Luis did have food and it was wonderful. Perhaps we had surprised them by wanting to...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:52:00 GMT

The Trip - Day 1

I like to be among the last off a plane. It is not that I like to be last, but I hate standing in the aisle, holding people up, trying to get the bags from the luggage cabinet, while impatient people ...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:53:00 GMT

Tango in Buenos Aires

My three weeks in Buenos Aires are almost over and I have not had time to write anything on my blog. Indeed, I have not had time to visit MySpace at all. Today is a quieter day and I...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:42:00 GMT

Tango in Bali

I have a love affair with the island of Bali, although until recently I had only been twice (1998 and 2000). I love the warm weather, the delicious food (I could eat real Nasi Goreng for breakfast eve...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:43:00 GMT

Tango 3 - After 2 years

It is now just two years since I "stumbled" onto Argentine Tango. I use the word "stumbled" because I feel that that still describes my dancing.Yes, I have gained some understanding of the dance and o...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:11:00 GMT

The art and joy of Singing

I love to sing, and especially to perform before an audience. It is not that I have a high opinion of myself or my singing. I am OK, but there are many who are far better than I.It is hard to describe...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:05:00 GMT

Tango 2

Argentine Tango is a "walking dance". My friend and singing teacher, Jonathon Welch, says that "singing is just exaggerated speaking on pitch". Tango, therefore, is "exaggerated walking with rhythm". ...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:34:00 GMT

The Tango Experience

I am going to try to document my journey towards being able to dance Argentine Tango competently.Argentine Tango is a "walking dance". It is based on walking in time to the beautiful tango music.There...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:45:00 GMT