A Day in the Life of The Salsa FREAK... Where on Earth is Edie now? Salsaweb World Tour Continues... Dec 15-29th, 1998:
"LA Style" cool moves, and Lady's workshops with our Denver and Cuba World Correspondent, Eric Freeman in Ffffrrrreeeeeezzzzing but beautiful, Denver, Colorado... New Years Eve, 1998:
The Salsa FREAK will be celebrating New Years Eve, with her friend Albert Torres, hanging with her Salsa-Holic friends at The Fabulous Hollywood Park, in Los Angeles, CA
The Salsa Fix – Defined
… A phenomenon into the next millenium San Francisco, CA…
"I can’t stand this anymore. I feel like crap. I need my Fix… tonight." She looks in the mirror. Immediate stress. She feels like her hips are getting larger, and has this bloated feeling. It’s that time of the month. The choices in her closet are now very few. "Black, black, black… something black. It hides all." She whispers to herself. She calls her girlfriend on the telephone, "I gotta get my Salsa Fix tonight, like for hours… then, I’m not eating ANYTHING afterward. Going to bed hungry! I gotta get my Fix tonight, like REAL BAD!!! Are you with me?" South Central, Los Angeles….
Danny is in an argument with his mom about his father Nothing new. He’s sick and tired of hearing about nothing but complaints and problems from her. He knows he’s doing the best he can by listening, and can do no more. His five year-old niece is screaming in the other room, and his sister is fighting with his nephew. Right now, he wants to punch a hole in the wall. He can’t change this situation, nor his mom. She’s always been like this. In the middle of her whining and complaints, the screams and yells, he stares out the window at his car, then at his mother, appearing to listen, but his mind starts to wonder… to the Fix he’s after tonight. Today, his "tolerance" of his own family is almost all he can stand. His mind is on the Fix only dancing Salsa can cure… politely he smiles, and tells her it will be OK. He gives her a big hug, knowing there’s hope just hours away. He glances at his watch… he can’t wait to get out of there… Tokyo, Japan….
Irate customers, complaints, and problems with her partner. Endless challenges and frustrating issues that aren’t getting resolved…. an upsetting phone call, an insulting email. Her head drops into her hands as she struggles to hold back the tears from her cubicle. She looks up at her computer, and notices the bookmark on Salsafreak, and begins to look for a Salsa story she found interesting last week. She smiles softly, and whispers to herself, "That’s it. I’m getting my Fix tonight. Screw these people. I’ll deal with this in the morning, when I’m in a better FRAME OF MIND." Somewhere in a country far, far away…
He can’t get out of the country. The embassy kept his passport. His entire life is back home. He is helpless, and because of political bureaucracy issues, can do absolutely nothing. Everything depends on a single decision. He has nothing here. No work, and no future. In his frustration, he searches the Salsaweb Cityguide section for a local Salsa club in town. He smiles and finds temporary relief when he reads there’s a club just miles away. He contacts the local Cityguides World Correspondent, who picks him up, and introduces him around the clubs. He dances all night until his Fix is satisfied. The next morning, he steps outside, looks around, and is surprised at how much better he feels. He’s now able to deal with what is happening to his life. The birds are chirping, the wind is in his face… the country isn’t all that bad. He can tolerate the situation a bit better now, knowing he can get his Salsa Fix here every once in a while. Torrance, California…
"Want to go swing dancing tonight?" she asks him, giggling on the telephone. He pauses for a moment, and replies, "Sorry, I had a bad day at work, and need a REAL Salsa Fix tonight. I can’t get it with Swing. I don’t know why…what time will you be here?" Paris, France:
"Well, I smile a lot than I used to. I’m addicted, I admit it." Miami, Florida:
"I would rather practice for a Salsa competition, than be with my girlfriend." Manhattan, New York:
"Edie, a woman could walk into a club, be stunningly beautiful. A knockout. But if she can’t dance, forget it. I’m not going there. I need my Fix with women who can DANCE, and I don’t care what they look like. They could be butt ugly, but if they can dance well, I get my Fix with them, and that’s all I want. I don’t care." The above stories are true experiences that people close to me have told me about in coffee shops and email. "Edie, there’s something about Salsa, I just don’t know what it is…I can’t live without it anymore. It’s changed my life. I don’t know what I was doing before. I’m a changed person. I’ve started to finally LIVE MY LIFE now. Everything is changed. Nothing is the same. I’m a better, more happy person now." The Salsa Fix.
… A phenomenon into the next millenium What is it? Why is that? How does this happen? What is it about this music and dance that drives us to insanity if we can’t get our Fix for a while? Click Here to Continue...
| "SHALOM!!!! From Israel!!!"
Quick Report: Interviewed Daniel and Karen, Yaniv and Sharona, Salsa Instructors
direct from Tel Aviv, Israel!
Danced some phenomenal steps with Danny, Gabby, Ronen (Paco!), Mike, and witnessed an INCREDIBLE FLAMENCO SALSA performed by Vardit Kahlahani! Story to come next week!
Picture on right: Paco and Edie in Tel Aviv
Picture on left: Gal of Salsa Lovers Dance Studios (Miami)
and Edie visiting the Dead Sea in Israel (900 ft below sea level!) |  |
"Salam from Jordan!!!" From Rio in Jordan: "Hi Edie , Hi Paco, from Rio Jordan I am very pleased that the Salsa lovers in our neighbour country Israel enjoyed and admired a guest Star Edie . She deserves it , we all support her. Great news , No problem to leave early on Monday morning , I will take her to the borders on Monday 10,30 , A.M, it takes half an hour to the borders from Amman to ALLENBY bridge . Some very influential people in Jordan are coming to the Latin night at Etab Club. Jordan English radio want to interview Edie on radio. Many thanks Paco , you are a true SALSERO, I look forward to meet you in the near future . I hope I can dance with Edie she is so advanced, she has to teach me a few moves before we go the Club.
Welcome to Jordan Edie. - Rio" | 
My goal is to be the best "Follower" in the world, and to give every guy I dance with, his "FIX" for the evening. This is difficult to do, when the man has a problem leading you. I found that when men point over to a woman, and tell me, "She is an EXCELLENT dancer." What they REALLY MEAN is that she is an excellent follower, and performs and obeys his EVERY TURN PATTERN. When I was traveling throughout Europe and the Middle East, I found the only way to have fun, and get asked to dance again and again, was to follow my partner very, very closely, temporarily forget about my "female styling", until they asked me several times to dance. Then, and only then, would I start to feel comfortable about throwing in some female styling moves. Click Here to Continue...
Salsaweb World Tour Continues.... Europe...hilarious stories, and Freak-on-the-Scene instructor interviews continued...
America's East Coast...
The Beautiful Island of Island of Curacao... Edie the Salsa FREAK's World-Tour Schedule... continued... Middle-East Tour Message Board...
Click Here to leave any comments for Edie while she is gone on tour.... Dec 1st-8th, 1998:
Teaching "LA Style" cool moves, and Lady's styling workshops with our Paco, our World Cityguides Administrator in Israel... Dec 6th, 1998:
Teaching "LA Style" cool moves, and Lady's styling workshops with our Jordon World Corresondent, Rio, at the world's first Salsa Dance Studio in the Arab world.."SALSERA STUDIOS" in Amman, Jordan Dec 8th-15th, 1998:
Edie, the Salsa FREAK will be spends a week in Miami, covering the World Rueda scene!
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