Your Close Embrace With Victoria and Sappho

I want to take a moment between tandas to thank all of you who keep coming back to our tango Confessions. To be honest with you, I'm surprised how quickly our community is growing here. But from the emails you've sent me, it's clear that you're embracing Victoria's poems and Sappho's openness as if they're the last tango of the night.

I hear La Cumparsita* in the background, but that's ok--we'll meet again at tomorrow's milonga.

Your Divine Invitation

Wow, Victoria--thanks for an awesome post! I'm sure tango folks understand now why I was so excited that you were going to write Confessions here. And for our readers who haven't started tangoing yet, please take inspiration from Victoria and jump into this wonderful world.

What are you waiting for? Your life will be richer after you dance tango--I promise.

If you live in the SF Bay Area and want to try tango, we're here to help. If you haven't tried it yet because you feel you have two left feet, don't worry--if I can learn tango, anyone can! If you don't have a ride, we'll pick you up. If you don't have a partner, we'll dance with you. If you're shy about meeting new people, let me introduce you to the nicest tango dancers you could imagine.

Your new friends are waiting for you here in tangoland. Please join us...although you don't have to come to us on a stretcher.

What Have I Gotten Myself Into?

Dear God, what have I got myself into? What crazy, unknown step has Mark led me into this time? I should have known- he once tried to convince me I missed instruction on tango "flips" after I briefly stepped away from a class for a short break. Well, here goes, I guess I'll follow- I do like surprise and mystery. Let the dance unfold......

Victoria Is In The House!

Well, she's at least here in our little milonga here in Confessions. It is with great pleasure I give you Victoria I'm sorry I can't reveal her real identity, but I can tell you I've danced with her before (now let me see, was that in Bs As, San Francisco or Prague?). I can also tell you she's a wonderful person, a delightful dancer, and Victoria has a poetic view of tango and life (one in the same, aren't they?). What I mean by that is she sees things most of us don't see and then expresses the deepest truths of tango that are invisible to me until her words break through the fog and reveal them to me. So, in a sense, Victoria is my tango sherpa--guiding me up the impossible ascent of the Mt. Everest that is tango. Victoria is also very humble, so I know she's not going to be happy with me for saying all these things (she'll think they're exaggerations, but they're not). Anyway, I wanted to give you this background, so you have a sense for why I never gave up hope that Godot would arrive. I know you'll connect with her words as much as I do with her when we tango. OK, I'm going to shut up now and let Victoria talk for herself, which she'll start doing in her inaugural post within a few days. Welcome, Godot.

Her Identity Must Remain A Secret

She's in!! I just spoke with my friend and she's agreed to start posting Confessions, but under one condition: she'd like to use a nom de plume in honor of her great grandmother who loved to dance. So, she's going to go by the name Victoria and I know you'll agree she's worth the wait. I've kind of felt like Estragon in "Waiting for Godot" waiting to see if Victoria would show up, but the great news is Godot is about to arrive. No, seriously--she really is.