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Wait, what? Its past 5 am? Geez, that's what I get for staying up planning a cool weekend for me and the Mister, who arrives at 9:30. And for daydreaming of cake... cake!

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Ok, I had a small piece of banana streusselkuchen tonight... One of the few things this town gets right are the German sweets and dishes. And the beer. Other than that, the only notable food was my momma's bolognese. Ok. I'm craving grape streusselkuchen and strudel like crazy, I'll admit.
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One of the best things about enjoying great food is sharing it with people we care about, isn't it? Ok, sometimes one has to treat oneself, but sharing is always more fun.
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So, after writing and reading much (but no new posts to Luxuria yet), and lunch, I put on something simple and left... Off for a couple errands and some pointless walking. Since I've lost touch with most people here, I wandered alone till it got close to the schedule I had arranged with my mom.

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Meanwhile, I entered a second-hand book store and went scavenging. Scored a 1958 beauty manual. Sweet. This vintage book says I'm my ideal weight. Does that make mine an authentic vintage figure?


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Also managed to torture myself over the dilemma of eating or not a chocolate clair. Guilt and my super-ego won that battle.
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On of my favorite parts of the Dance Festival is the shopping. Next to the theater there is a huge warehouse, created specially to accommodate a market. All the most important brands have stalls, some bigger, other smaller. And obviously, now is the time of the year to renew my dancing wardrobe.
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Since I didn't have that much time, I focused on Capezio. There are still many things I want/need, like this adorable torture item:

But for today, I blew the bank with a new bag (my other dance bag is in a pitiful state), a long sleeve leotard, suplex tights (most of mine have holes or runs by now), a long wool jumper and two pairs of ballet slippers.


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Then I ran up to meet my mom and my brother for the show.

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I'll be honest with you guys. I don't "get" most contemporary ballet. Out of 7 groups, I only loved one of the numbers. The very same group that had me reconsidering my views on contemporary last year. They're good. Too bad they didn't win.
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There were very few weak dancers among the hip-hop/street dance performances. It appears to be the focus of the festival this year, and MJ's choreographers are in town. They danced too. Wicked.
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Obviously I'm full of new ideas and inspiration. Pity the few photos I took turned out awful.
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Guess who planned a fun weekend? Aside hanging out with the Mister, stuffing my face with yummy noms and shopping for more dance gear... (it's a necessary evil, darling. Besides, its much cheaper here), there is a lot more dance to be seen and enjoyed.

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Let the good times roll...

P.s.: If you're around here, tomorrow morning there's gonna be a (free!) tap jam session at Estao da Dana.