Birthday/Dancing Weekend in Atlanta!

Two weekends ago I went to Atlanta to be with friends and to celebrate my birthday. I was a wonderful weekend and of course I went dancing!

I started out dancing Friday at The Sanctuary with my dear friend and mentor Anana and her husband and a new friend Anthony. It was a great night of dancing. The dance floor was PERFECT and the music a nice variety of merengue, bachata,Puerto Rican and Cuban Salsa. I don't think I stopped dancing from the first moment my feet hit the dance floor. The guys had no problem asking a new lady to dance :) The location looked like it was actually a restaurant that held a dance on certain nights of the week and was very chic. The only draw back was that parking was scarce and what was available you had to pay for.

Saturday night started out really rocky but ended on a very high note. I met up with a few close friends at Loca Luna. There was a live Salsa BAND!!! Oh man, now that was electric!! Not alot of people came there to dance but me and my crew most certainly did! Anthony and I danced a lot but most folks there didn't dance at all. Me and my friends moved up to the front of the stage for the band's last set. My best friend Asali and I used to dance in a dance group when we were younger and brought back the past by starting a dance move and following each other. Of course it was all Latin dance movement but not in couples. At some point I looked behind me and saw that the majority of the people, 50-60, were following us!! It was amazing! The band really fed off the crowd's energy and by the end of the set the female singer who was Cuban was dancing in front of the stage. She put us all to shame! An phenomenal dancer!

The place itself is not a spot for dancers to go to. Most folks seemed clueless that people were dancing so Anthony spent a lot of time getting me out of harm's way. The floor is concrete so not so great for turns. The highlight was the band. I love dancing to live Salsa music. Needless-to-say, I walked out of Loca Luna elated!!