Mr Trail Safety Speaks!

1. The money I didn't make in my earlier years was inversely proportional to the cool things I was doing 2. I shoot film in mid-century semi-vintage cameras. By the time I die I'll be shooting with an 8x10 view camera using very slow film. 3. I'm really glad I quit smoking. Everything. In 1981. 4. I've been riding bikes since I was 7 yrs old. The thrill never fades. 5. Garlic and cayenne are Nature's way of saying you're special 6. I hate looking for work 7. I don't believe in God, or any of the prophets. My religious notions reside between Haitian Voudou and Tibetan Buddhism 8. I have better friends now than I ever did before. 9. Other people do marriage way better than me. 10. I've got at least 5 good photo books in me. Getting them out is going to be the fun part. 11. Tango gave me a new viewpoint. 12. I need to travel more. 13. Espresso 14. 86% of the drivers in Los Angeles should be on bicycles—everyone would benefit. 15. My math grades in elementa...

Vertigo can be informative. Greetings Earthlings! As my Final Chapter in the Epic Work "Worldwide Tango Trails of Devastation: A Chronicle by El Senor De Rotacion" I went to the Thursday Milonga Dec 29, at La Nacional in Manhattan. I must have been commandeered by space aliens because I showed up at 11, after a swell dinner with friends down in Little Italy. I stayed until they kicked everybody out at 2am.  The room was way nicer than the Bungalow Club here in Los Angeles, the floor having gentle waves instead of a sudden crater. It was packed solid, probably 150 people or so. All my moves got a lot more conservative, but there were some in the room who insisted on running into people. At one point one of the MCs got up and lectured everybody about line of dance, passing, cutting in and all the rest. Things improved after that.  All levels were in evidence, as well as a busload of Canadians. Their leader appeared to be a gangly gent wearing a Mr Rogers sweater vest. Fortuna...