Day 4 | Jet Lagged

Damn. The jet lag is killing me. Waking up in a new apartment as well, I’m out of the comfort zone. Feeling like a total stranger in my city. Your boy wanted to go out to Baila con Gusto last night but by the time I had my clothes on I was too tired. I […]

Day 4 | San Francisco SBK 2018

Wooooow. San Francisco Salsa Bachata Kizomba Congress is da bomb. I don’t believe that this is their first year. I don’t know what’s going on but there is a lot of people right here. Yesterday before I got on stage, I had a shock. A big time shock. Because as soon as I walk in […]

Day 40 | Baltimore: Early Flight

Put my shades on, didn’t sleep after Kitaba, packed my bags, sold 3 leggings, had 14 pairs with me, now have 10-11 with me. Got my Asics bag, packed all my leggings at the bottom like a smuggler, put all my clothes on top to make it a little normal. Get to the airport, flying […]

Day 40 | Baltimore: Pre-party Talk

Woke up right now, looking around asking myself, wtf where am I? why am I in this white room with a silver bed behind me? and then 10 seconds later I realized I am in Baltimore and I was tired as fuck. Got an Instagram message from my friend’s girl, Lettie, mutual friend of Fabricio […]

Day 40 | Go With The Flow

Yesterday was nice, spent some time with my skateboard, went to my skate park, didn’t see the time pass. When I stopped to look around, it was already dark. It’s a cool experience hanging out with people you don’t know, smoking, kicking, pushing coasting. Went home was a little bored, didn’t wanna work on no […]

Day 40 | Landed in Baltimore

LANDED! Barely made my 2nd flight, me and about 5 other people had to ruuuuuuuuun! That was a serious run, when we made to the gate, the door was already closed, she had to scan our tickets illegally, but we made it. I had to release the fart that I was holding for a loooooooooooooooooong […]

Day 41 | Baltimore: Day 1, Part 2

Feeling a little tired after the kuduro class, I didn’t know how I was gonna feel doing kuduro more than 4 times a week. It was a great reception. And the people were amazing. I went to a Dominican barbershop to get my line up. But they took a bit too long, and my Uber […]

Day 41 | Feeling Saintly

Woke up today feeling confused. McNuggets, rum and coke beside my bed, Netflix still playing. Trying to put the puzzle together to figure out what the heck I did yesterday. Oh shit I remember, guess what? I was supposed to go out. Female friend gave me a phone call, asking what I was doing. I’m […]

Day 41 | Teaching in Lisbon

#AlwaysStartFromTheBottom ⬆️ Yesterday was Class #2 of your doctor’s 4 week kizomba session at the View Rooftop. Mi gente, class was… a #revelation. The students learned there is a count in kizomba! Yes! They didn’t know. 😳They understood that to dance kizomba for real, they must LISTEN for the count in the music, and respect […]

Day 42 | Baltimore: Day 2

Allo good morning mi Gente, not really good morning it’s good afternoon. Yesterday Kizomba-Salsa-Bachata Congress in Baltimore was brutal. Amazing workout, amazing dancing, amazing control of emotion. Yesterday, I really enjoyed my salsa dancing, it brought me to my salsa days. And as I was dancing, people were telling me, yo your salsa is really […]

Day 43 | Baltimore: Day 3

Good afternoon. After a looooooooong sleep, I must tell you wow, yesterday was off the chain. The fear of performing sober is over and while I was on the stage I could see clearly that it was just a fear because the energy of the people helped me through the performance and after. I slept […]

Day 43 | Baltimore: Day 3, Part 2

Good day Mi Gente. Just finished my last workshop at the Kizomba-Salsa-Bachata Congress in Baltimore. Epic! A bit tired, but to be expected. It’s a great event and being with amazing people that actually want to learn kizomba makes me feel happy. Happy Easter to everyone. And for the folks that were there encouraging me, […]