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SPRING has arrived and we
continue enjoying Milongas in San Antonio and Austin. On
March 19th I went with my dear friend B to Ricardo Moncada's
Milonga at Learn to Dance in Austin. To our great surprise,
the dance floor was full of tangueros from San Antonio. We
enjoyed the evening dancing. Mi amigo George Villalva, does
oil painting during his free time. He gave me an oil
painting of a couple dancing tango, Wow! What a beautiful
gift - you can see it here, isn't it beautiful? Mil gracias,
querido George - what a generous friend you are. I was just
thinking that I wanted to hang several paintings on one of
the walls at home and I will start with yours first,
George.
Kathy, what a great idea to invite Sonia Perez to teach us
some Yoga before our Tango Classes at Jazzercise - it surely
helped me relax before taking my tango class.
Listen
Tangueros!! I need to raise money honey $$$$ for our Posada Milonga
this year. It will be on Friday, December 16, 2005. Mark
your calendars. I need your ideas for fund raising since we
are going to have some expenses. Since Nadia is leaving her
home in "my care", I was thinking that I could
plan several Milongas there and charge an Entry Fee, what do
you all think? Or, you could come to my home (mi casa es su
casa) in Eagle Pass where we could also have a Milonga and
charge an Enter Fee to raise funds. Please let me know what
you think. Do NOT abandon me - I need your help and ideas
friends so that we can have a successful Posada Milonga this
year.
Last Saturday, March 26th, Margie
accompanied me to a Milonga at Virginia and Alvin's lovely
home in the Monte Vista area. While there, Virginia took us
to the Alaska Room (she lived in Alaska for many years) This
lovely room is decorated with many interesting objects and
photographs of Alaska. She had a buffet table in this room
with many delicious hors d'oeuvres, including a smoked
salmon brought in all the way from Alaska; she also had some
yummy empanadas, made by Virginia and several bottles of
wine for all the guests. The Milonga was attended by a
pretty good-size group of tangueros & tangueras,
including our good friend Orazzio whom I had previously
introduced to Virginia and Alvin during one of the Austin
Milongas. Of course all of us enjoyed and danced to the
grand music of Daniel Monserrat! It was a lovely evening!
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Ask
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Dear
Maleva,
I have found that after following for hours and hours my
hips, especially my right hip, get tight. Do you have any
suggestions for stretches or other exercises that could help
with this problem?
Thanks!
Dear Reader,
There is one
exercise that I personally really like for opening the hip
joints and stretching them out:
Stand on your
left leg (either in bare feet or with flat shoes) and grasp
the ankle of your right leg with your left hand. Place the
right ankle across your left leg just above the knee. Your
legs are now in the shape of a number four, like this:
l\
l \
l__\
l
l
Keep your
left hand on your right ankle and put your right hand on the
right knee that is sticking out at an angle. Slowly bend
forward at the waist and at the time bend the left leg that
you are standing on, as if you are about to sit in a chair.
At this point you should begin to feel the stretch in the
hip joint. Go as deep as you can, hold, and then repeat with
the other leg. This is also a great exercise for balance!
I hope this
helps!
Ask Maleva is published courtesy of
www.close-embrace.com
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This issue is dedicated to the memory of
Freddie L. Ellsworth
1927
- 2005
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Born
Dec 7 1927 to Fred and Opal
Uzzell of Bee County, TX. Survived by husband Harold W.
Ellsworth of Beeville, TX, daughters
B Sharon Clifford of Pipe Creek, TX, Susan Thomas
and husband TR from Angleton, TX, brother Bobby Uzzell and
wife Patsy of Beeville, TX. Grandmother to Clif
Eissler of Coral Springs FL, Stacy Nettles of Angleton TX, Sammy Jackson of Sonora
TX. Great grandmother to Clint and Amelia Eissler of
Coral Springs, FL, Josh and Jake Thomas of Angleton, TX,
Colton, Wesley and Sarah Jackson of Sonora, TX.
A
graduated of A C Jones
High School Beeville, TX class of 1945. She drum major for the Trojan
Band. Proprietor of the
Carousal Children's Clothing Store downtown Beeville in the
'60's. Also
the Ellsworth's
Country Gallery Hallmark Card and Gift Store during the 80's
and 90's. She was a long time member of
Trinity Christian Center.
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"CAFE
TORTONI"
. . .
much more than
a Cafe
Special report from Buenos Aires
By ORLANDO BUDINI
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At
the very moment that you step in through those magnificent
wood framed crystal doors you realize deep deep inside
yourself that you are entering in a temple. You are
entering in an important peace of history, you can see
visitors from all over the world looking at those walls in
silence with a kind of respect and veneration. "El
Tortoni" affectionately called that by the portenos, is
one of the most traditional cafes of Buenos Aires. It was
founded by a Frenchmen called Messie Touan and of course,
was named after a famous cafe located in Paris but what
really makes the difference with other cafes of those
times was that in 1926 intellectuals, artist, bohemians
and poets started "La Pena" organized by "Gente
de artes y letras" group among whose members was the
famous "La Boca" painter Benito Quinquela
Martin, the group used to meet once a week at the wine
cellar and Messie Touan sponsored those meetings. Roberto
Arl, Ricardo Gutierrez, Alfonsina Storni, Raul Gonzalez
Tunon, Carlos Gardel, Baldomero Fernandez Moreno, Luigi
Pirandello from Italy and Federico Garcia Lorca from Spain
were regulars from those Penas. Jorge Luis Borges, Julian
Centeya, Carlos de La Carcara and Julio De Caro were later
guests of "El Tortoni". These were the times of
the Art-Noveux revolution the arts, where the times when
South America follows the examples and fashions of the
Belle-époque, it was the times when the art, the spiritual
expressions and the beauty came before the
materialism. It was time of poets and artists from all
over the world to find the right place for their
expressions in "El Tortoni" Penas. El Tortoni
was not only a place to enjoy a cup of coffee, it was a
place of reunion, a place of discussion even politicians
found a place to chance history, in one of my many many
visits to this venerated place I found a picture with Juan
de Dios Filiberto (tango musician and author), Benito
Qinguela Martin (painter) and in the middle of them
Marcelo T. de Alvear (the Country President at that time)
and I learned the history: since "La Casa Rosada"
de government's house is located at 3 or 4 blocks from
"El Tortoni", the President walked to the cafe
and sat a one of the tables until he was recognized (these
were times when Presidents were able to walk like ordinary
citizens on the streets of Buenos Aires)
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"Recreation of Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Gardel
and Alfonsina Storni talking at one of Cafe "Tortoni"
tables"
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BUENOS
AIRES CULTURE ON THE WEB
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Porteños'
traditions / The daily espresso ritual
The rising hand, thumb and
index finger indicating an imaginary measure is an
urban icon at any Buenos Aires' coffee shop. It is
also a paradox. Porteños are devoted to their
"own" bar, a sort of second home where
they meet to discuss politics, sports, real or
imaginary romances, a place where they develop
theories tended to save not only their own life
but also to save the world. But a simple mute
gesture is enough to order a coffee. A great deal
of complicity among waiter and client.
Besides, porteños are proud to have their coffee
served before even ordering it; an absolute sense
of belonging. This may be the reason why many old
cafes still survive in Buenos Aires.
El Tortoni (Av. de Mayo 829), a city
symbol, was frequented by Carlos Gardel, painter
Benito Quinquela Martín, poets Raúl González Tuñón
and Alfonsina Storni, besides Federico García
Lorca and Luigi Pirandello. Las Violetas
(Av. Rivadavia 3899), inspired writer Roberto Arlt;
La Giralda (Corrientes 1453) is still
famous for its hot chocolate and churros (fried
sweet pastry).
In Mataderos, Bar Oviedo (Lisandro de la Torre y
Avenida de los Corrales) opened in 1898. El
Británico (Brasil y Defensa), Café Dante
(Boedo 745), and Bar de Roberto (Bulnes
331) confront with the elegant Florida Garden
(Paraguay y Florida) and La Biela (Av. Quintana
and Ortiz, in Recoleta). Last but not least, in
Callao 800, Clásica y Moderna is an old bookstore
(1938) managed by its founder's daughter.
Different styles and people, similar life stories
told in several languages. So are city cafés,
places where porteños appear sitting in front of
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Visit
Let'sTanGO! for more information about porteños’
culture, including tours, sites of interest, restaurants,
museums, milongas and tango shows in Buenos Aires. Enjoy
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