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.

Will She Write For Confessions?

Well, I asked my friend about writing Confessions and she's going to think about it. God, I hope she agrees to it--she'd be an awesome contributor! It turns out she's written some tango poetry and has an interest in sharing some of it, but she's a bit reluctant to put herself out there in a public tango forum like this. TBD...

How Can I Write Confessions Without A Partner?

As I've written more of these Confessions, I started to realize that something was missing--a partner! Writing about tango from my perspective as a male is fine. But now that some of you have also asked for the woman's view I realize that without it Confessions would be incomplete. So, I have someone in mind whom I believe would be a great addition and I'm going to ask her to write her own Confessions here. Keep your fingers crossed for me--I'm about to cabeceo* my friend to write...I hope she agrees.