Upcoming Workshops!

So far my workshops are doing well...this will be the second time teaching workshops at Borboleta.

10/27: Basics of 9/8 Turkish Roma with zills (12 out of 16 slots)
11/3 9/8-Turkish Roma-Zills Choreography (8 out of 16 slots).

I think some people are planning to wait and see if the basics are too hard. Usually (I think) choreography sells better than introduction to X classes here...but we're talking THREE thingsthat dancers often think of as difficult AND niche...all piled on top of eachother.

The Kitchn: My increasing hatred of The Kitchen Cure...

Day 6 and day 7

Day 6: Monday, October 7
Assignment: Consider appliances, gadgets and tools

Today is the day when you are allowed to bring in a few things that aren't perishable, so choose wisely. If you have a budget set aside, today is a shopping day. If not, it's a dreaming day. Either way, you'll have some fun. Before clicking through, take a long deep breath and promise yourself that you won't just fill up the new empty space you created during the last few days. Really consider whether or not you need anything new and know that the best cooking comes from having a positive attitude and a few skills, not from having the latest gadget.

(there's more on the site)

Are you goddamned kidding me? You frontload the cure with cleaning and purging...the sort that took >me< longer than and hour and I am a single woman who spends a lot of her time using her kitchen, making sure it is well-thought-out, and who knows her medicine is off if she goes on ANOTHER kitchen organizing spree.

You take Saturday and Sunday off...which is when many sane people might be able to handle crazy items.

You don't broadcast whats coming up or what future things to start thinking about so people can budget time or say "I can clean more when they are telling me to shop!!"

You spend TWO days (5 and 6) telling us to buy (or think about buying) new things?

I did buy 5 new things but that's in part because they were on a past list of things I'd been planning to get AND when I observed classes of my "might be future job today" my way home passed the Ikea...on a weekday afternoon.

New items:
A new knife
A new set of measuring spoons and a new measuring cup because having one of each doesn't make sense for me. Cooking often goes quicker if I have one/one-set for dry stuff one for wet stuff.
A knife magnet bar
A new spatula
A table runner that was in the marked down items that works as a tiny table cloth for my tiny table.

Day 7: Tuesday, October 8
Assignment: Special project

This is where it gets really fun: it's Special Project time! Your special project is about improving the functionality of your space, with a slight eye toward the aesthetic. I've seen people repaint their kitchens, strip wallpaper, replace faucets, and create new systems for storing knives or compost. Some Special Projects take an hour or two, some take longer — have you ever painted a small room and thought you could finish in one evening?! — so just get started today, don't stay up all night.

(there's more on the site)

In a prior post I wondered if The Kitchn would ask me to carve out a meditation space in a newly cleared pantry...this is maybe that.

Remember I just dis-assembled, sanded, primed, painted and reassembled an Ikea step-stool that doubles as a surface to put things on and some-times chair for me. I've done this.

oh...about pantries. There were many comments (on The Kitchn) I read during the pantry purging. There was a long conversation about pantry moths that I kept parsing as panty moths. I've thought a lot about panty moths since then. I imagine dusty drawers and wings flittering out from elastic-ribboned boarders. Since then I have had a  hard time reading or typing the word pantry correctly.

Bet: sometime in the last 3 days they try to get me to buy more kitchen linens.