Tag Archives: dancing

Moonlighting dancing girls and tiny high-kicking Koreans (Rousse)

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Taking advantage of the coincidental timing of the Edinburgh Festival and Paris Olympics, the hotel proprietor organised pre-dinner entertainment for his guests. First, a troupe of barely dressed dancing girls weaved their way between the dining room tables. Then a … Continue reading →

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Traitors, faithfuls, and the University of Birmingham Ballroom Dancing Society (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Playing a traitor was not as easy as it looked, especially when the other two insisted on tailing me as I wandered around the building. We spent so much time apart from the others that when I asked a prominent … Continue reading →

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Tubby topless teen teacher (Belle)

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I was out for my afternoon walk when I saw a pasty shirtless teenage boy dancing salsa with a middle aged woman. He was twirling her around and calling out the steps – “One, two, THREE, four”, and she was … Continue reading →

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Mother’s ruin (Belle)

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Dreamaticus

My mother and I returned home late – it was 1:30 in the morning. The street was packed with badly parked cars. I was even more confused when I let myself into the house to find it full of unknown … Continue reading →

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Dot.com heyday reunion party gatecrashed by secret lover (Rousse)

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Dreamaticus

The huge Sun Microsystems Sunrise reunion was hosted in a massive chain hotel in a major US city. It was almost as if the heady days of the dot.com boom had never ended. My boat was so late docking in … Continue reading →

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Christopher Walken, dancer and time traveller (Belle)

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The venue was pretty run down but we were trying to make the best of it. A fellow traveller ran up to me. “Say, do you remember that film?”. I did not. Then she brought out a 1970s ‘movie viewer’ … Continue reading →

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From garden wall antics in North Berwick to ballroom dancing at Glasgow Queen Street (Rousse)

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I hoped that that those travelling in the morning traffic out of North Berwick towards the A1 and west into Edinburgh passed by at a sufficient speed not to notice our antics on a stranger’s garden wall. Afterwards we considered … Continue reading →

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A dancing Donald Trump (Rousse)

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Dreamaticus

It was only midday when I registered for the event, but already most of the delegates – including Donald Trump – were dancing in the auditorium.

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When the party ends in tears (Rousse)

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Dreamaticus

DT and KJ urged us to buy a new house that was suitable for huge parties. NP chipped in with a special request: plenty of floor space for dancing. We eventually found something that met these criteria: a huge tumbledown … Continue reading →

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Dancing on a Sunday night (Rousse)

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

GR persuaded me to speak to his engineering students, but I lost him on the way to the lecture theatre. LO’N retrieved me and invited me out dancing on Sunday night. This was a much better prospect than anything that … Continue reading →

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