Recently my friend Jenn and I visited a traveling carnival in our DC suburb. We were on the prowl for a few good laughs and, of course, carny food. We found both, as well as a few good DC Carny Characters. … continue reading this entry.
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Saphira: The DC Belly
A BellyBash Perfomer
A few Fridays ago, for a friend’s early birthday celebration, I ventured to the Ballston area to attend a BellyBash. For those of you unfamiliar with the belly dancing community, a belly bash is a gathering of belly dancers – students, amateurs, and professionals – and their dopplegangers.
Aladdin’s eatery hosted the fête and guests ate traditional Lebanese food and of course celebrated with the perfect wine pairing while musicians played drums, tambourines and created the perfect sound with a keyboard synthesizer.
The tables were arranged in two long parallel lines to form one long corridor the professional belly bash performers used as a runway to gyrate and prance down.
DC Characters 