Restaurant Review: Nai Tapas Bar (LES, NYC)
Just another one of those inconspicuous Manhattan restaurants, whose storefront doesn’t do justice to the experience that is awaiting inside. A few weeks ago, a group of friends had agreed to meet for a birthday celebration at Nai Tapas Bar, located on the Lower East Side. For larger groups, Nai provides a delicious fixed menu for $40 per person, that ...
Hotel Review: Providence Biltmore Hotel (Rhode Island)
Located in the heart of downtown Providence, the Biltmore is conveniently location in close proximity to City Hall, the Rhode Island Convention Center, various museums, Brown University, and plenty of dining options. After a long ride on the bus from NYC, it was nice to see that our drop-off location was only a block away ...
Videos and Photos from Carnival: Dominican Independence Day Bash
Here are a few pics and the performance videos from our recent Carnival event. I’m always humbled by the incredible level of dancers that we are exposed to here in NYC. Our performers for the night included 3 World Salsa champions, the recent 2nd place finalists in the World Bachata masters, and one of the hottest international ...
Ready, set, gooooooooooo!
Wow, I can’t believe how quickly this year has been rolling by! I knew that the frequency of blog posts would probably take a hit due to the holidays, but I can’t believe my last post was in November ’13. A lot has happened since then, both positive and negative, but definitely all of which ...
Restaurant Review: Havana Cafe (Bronx, NY)
I don’t often venture out into the Bronx just for a meal, but the one exception I will always make is for the mouth-watering Lechoncito ($17 at time of review) at the Havana Cafe. Easily one of the top 5 meals I’ve had the opportunity to experience while living in NY, the bone-in roast pork ...
Salsa & Bachata Videos/Pics from Foreplay by F&F
Great turnout last Friday for F&F’s monthly Latin Night. Big props to all the performers who came out that night and threw down on the dance floor! Here are the vids from Friday night, listed in order of appearance: 1: Divna & Fausto (salsa) 2: NY Touch (bachata) 3: Pura Vida (bachata) 4: Candela Dance ...
Movember with F&F
It’s been a busy few days here in New York after having spent a much-needed week back home in LA. The team has been busy getting ready for our upcoming gig at the Montreal Bachata Zouk Fest and before leaving, I had to make sure that I got our flyer out for our Movember event, ...
Looks like an F&F Weekend!
Not only do we have Saleya Latin Night and a performance by the Pro Bachata team at Club Cache going on tonight, tomorrow (Fri, Oct 4th) F&F Dance Company will be celebrating one of our co-Directors’ birthdays at our monthly Foreplay event. Congrats to the boss-man Fausto Felix, on finishing out your 20’s strong, and I hope you have a decade full of ...
A Taste of F&F Dance Company (vids)
For any of my readers who were curious about this whole ‘dance’ side of my life, here are vids from our two performances at the 2013 DC Bachata Congress. Although I always end up having a blast performing on stage, we usually don’t get to do all our shows with the full pro team line-up, ...
Saleya Latin Night by F&F Dance Company (NYC)
I just wanted to send out a quick invitation to anyone looking for a chill, after-work spot to hang out at on Thursday nights. Not only do you get a complimentary drink with the $10 admission, there will be a dance lesson, and the ’65 special’ ($6 drinks, $5 specialty pizzas) will be offered throughout the entire event (seriously, those pizzas are off the ...
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