“What a wonderful connection you will be sharing with readers: the present moment, communion with another soul, letting go, passion, strength and femininity. I am very excited for your book!”
2015 Tango on Mt. Tamalpais, Oct 24
September 14, 2015 by
Details are here 2015 Tango on the Mountain (Tamalpais)
Oh là là! Stories with a French Twist
August 12, 2015 by
FREE! Sunday, October 4th at 4 P.M at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA Savor a moveable feast of travel stories with the accent on all things French. Mill Valley author Lisa Alpine hosts this effervescent literary afternoon featuring a cadre of très magnifique authors including: • Erin Byrne is author of Wings […]
Travel Writing Workshop
May 15, 2015 by
September 12, 2015 1–5pm • $95/person • limited to 10 participants 1650 Jackson Street, San Francisco Instructor: Camille Cusumano, award-winning travel writer since the 1980s and former food & travel editor at VIA Magazine. REGISTER WITH PAYPAL BUTTON: “Travel writing is one of the oldest forms of literary endeavors.” Everybody travels today and many write […]
Protected: True North, Alaska Bachelor Auction
October 1, 2014 by
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A Sultan in Palermo, Tariq Ali, review
April 23, 2014 by
Sultan in Palermo, A: A Novel by Tariq Ali My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you think Islam beats out Christianity for brutality, you will think again after reading this historically accurate novel by British-Pakistani historian/novelist Tariq Ali. It takes place around 1150 in Sicily during the period when the Normans had accomplished a […]
Furaha (Joy) Guest House, Nairobi, Kenya
April 22, 2014 by
Furaha Guest House in Gigiri, Nairobi is wonderful.
My Tango Teaching Credentials
January 12, 2014 by
I earned an official Argentine Tango teaching certificate in 2006 through the teacher training course with Christy Cote. The training is DVIDA approved. But my real knowledge and understanding of the dance came with miles and miles on the dance floors everywhere, but most especially in Buenos Aires during the nearly four years, I called […]
Writing as Refuge Workshop
December 12, 2013 by
Anyone who writes experiences how it taps a different brain from the everyday one. Invariably, the writing space, entered as in meditation, allows loss and submerged pain to float to surface. Writers often face these feelings, along with the joyful ones, as signage to meaningful, redemptive stories, taking refuge in the practice. Consider this daylong workshop, a safe haven for personal writing—about loss or gain. We will write, chat, and work on crafting your precious material, with occasional personalized “soft” critiques.
TEDx Talk, Tango, the Dance, the Journey, the Transformation
December 10, 2013 by
Para mis amigos quienes hablan español: LA TRADUCCION – por Demian Gawianski ([email protected]) Conferencia TEDx en Lower Eastside sobre “Tango: el baile, el viaje, la transformación”, 25 de octubre de 2013 Había una niña que pescaba con un anzuelo recto. La gente se reía de ella. “¿Por qué estás pescando con un anzuelo recto, niña […]