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Greeley Nightlife with Friends

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Saturday night we went out with Damon, Shana, and Clifton to the Island Grill in downtown Greeley for a blues band. Damon’s friends Jessie and Dee came down to hang out with us since they hadn’t seen Damon in a long time ever since he moved to Santa Barbara, CA. We also ran into JR (of course!).

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Blues Band at the Island Grill Greeley

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At Island Grill in Greeley

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Shana, Me and Jessie at Island Grill

The band was pretty good, but slow and loud, so we went to Pitchers on the other side of town by UNC. We drank one pitcher of beer at Pitchers and then decided to go to our house. We played cards but the only cards I could find were Easter Egg shaped. Both Britton and Clifton played for push ups which was pretty funny to watch. Then we played Catchphrase until about 2 or 3am.

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Our Egg-shaped cards

Finally everyone was either too tired or had too much to drink so they all stayed the night. Every couch and the futon was taken. It was an interesting night. Some other highlights: We saw a bike crash that laid a guy out in the middle of the road. Another guy wore a bike helmet all night long in the bar (maybe he saw the wreck too and wanted to be safe ??).  JR dropped Shana when he went to dip her. And I got a Landshark beer glass to take home. Who says Greeley doesn’t have much of a nightlife? There are things to do in Greeley at night, but you have to pay attention. It was pretty lively last night anyway.

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Salsa Dancing Lessons

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We completed our 3rd salsa lesson at the FunPlex in Greeley on Tuesday night. Our final lesson will be next Tuesday, the night before we leave for Puerto Rico. Britton and I are feeling much more comfortable dancing to it, and we laugh through the whole thing. We learned a cute move called “the chase” and we did the fast right turn and the slower left turn that we call the “funky monkey” where Britton gets to do the “snake” with his arm. It’s pretty cool.  So, since we will be frantically packing for Puerto Rico after a long day of work and salsa lessons next Tuesday, we decided to go out to the Rio in Fort Collins for their salsa night last night with Pam and Shana.

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Me and Britton (ha-ha)
It was so much fun. We walked in and they were playing Aguanile (LaVoe)! We danced until about 10pm and would have gone longer were it not for having to get up early for work the next day. Some songs were much faster than our lesson songs, but we remembered most of the moves that we were taught. We also did a little merengue and bachata even though we weren’t taught those.  Bachata seems to be pretty simple – a sexy little dance with two steps to one side then lift your hip, two steps to the other and lift your hip. I think we might continue to take lessons, but at the Rio there in Fort Collins instead when we get back from Puerto Rico.

We told our instructor that we were going to the heart of salsa: Puerto Rico and she seemed worried that the real experts might think our style is completely wrong. Well, at least Britton and I have a style that we understand.

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Friends, Fun and a Frugalista in Greeley

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Friday night we went out to the Rio in downtown Greeley where they were having a live music night with a blues band. We met Shana and Garrison there and had dinner and danced a little. We even ran into JR which was a fun surprise.

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Shana, Garrison and Me at the Rio

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Live band and dancing at the Rio


Shana, Garrison, Cassie, Britton and JR

Saturday we ran a bunch of errands including going grocery shopping, to the library, out to Chinese food for lunch (we were really out of food), and I convinced Britton to stop at the Goodwill in Greeley. It’s a good thing we did! They were having a 50% off sale! That means most things that were usually $3 were only $1.50! I got a bunch of t-shirts for the trip to Puerto Rico for between $1-2 each. I found American Apparel, Old Navy, and other nice brands.The genuine Rolling Stone t-shirt in the following picture was only $1.50. Talk about being a frugalista! I am still so stoked about the deals! Does Puerto Rico have a Goodwill? I looked online but only found Salvation Armys. Anyway, after our great finds, we went over to Matt and Jamie’s and hung out with them and Erin and Chad.

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Erin, Me and Jamie

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Matt and Britton hanging out

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Feel the Noise- Puerto Rico Movie

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Britton and I just watched the movie Feel the Noise. I think it is one of Jennifer Lopez’s films and I thought it was pretty good. They had a lot of music, especially reggaeton and hip hop. The parts I liked best were the scenes in Puerto Rico. There were a couple of scenes where they were playing basketball by the Fort -El Moro. We were like, I know exactly where that is…except when we were there a horse was on the court! Truly! See below…

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Click for a bigger view-Horse is in middle of picture…only in PR

Anyway, I’d recommend the movie. It’s not spectacular or anything, but it’s fun and gives you a feel for Puerto Rico and the connections to New York which they call Nuyorican.

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I liked this song because of the coqui frog sounds incorporated into the beat.

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