Sunday, March 30, 2008

A bar in El Cerrito

His belly does not allow him to swing as he used to.. but he's still very quick on his feet. I myself am a little arthritic and have trouble twirling and twizzling -- at least, I can't do it very fast, but other than that we can dance the night away with all these young people here. It's really too bad they don't teach young people to dance these days: none of them seem to know what to do on the dance floor. Yet they always seem interested and try to pick up a thing or two from Joe and me. We've given a number of impromptu dance lessons right here at this bar. We really enjoy coming down here on Saturday nights. It's not as crowded as you'd think it might be, and there's this back room with the dance floor. Sometimes, they'll have somebody playing the piano, that's always pleasant. They play music for younger people, too. They even got a disco ball! And a couple of times a months -- like tonight -- they'll take out a karaoke machine: that's our favorite. I love it when Joe sings Elvis songs. You know, Joe and he were born the same year. If Elvis didn't die, he would've been 73 today. "Are you lonesome tonight?" -- that's my favorite. Joe sang it during our wedding, it was quite memorable.

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