On Saturday I went with my roommate and friends to a nice San Francisco club to see Issac Delgado live...
He is a Cuban singer, one of the best salsa singers in the world.
And listening to the incredible rhythm flowing effortlessly from him and his band, I realised how much many of us Europeans are rhythm-handicapped...
Looking at all these Cuban and Latino people moving freely and following all rhythms easily, I become more aware of my own awkwardness... Thank God I took a few months of salsa lessons back in Ireland so I can at least relate to the rhythm... It feels like a long time ago though.
Bathing in that music is a lot of fun though. The rhythms make it joyful and it is impossible to resist dancing to it.
This area of the San Francisco Bay is such a blessing for the many influences and musics and cultures that all seem to integrate into one.
I love this opportunity to get to know so many new styles and things I hadn't even imagined!
And now tonight I get to meet a friend for the first time. I had met her on tribe.net and she used to live in Seattle and is now moving to Italy. She is staying in San Francisco for a few days so we'll have dinner together tonight with another few friends. Guess where? In a French restaurant!!
It will be my first time being in San Francisco on my own at night time. That will allow me to get a feel for how Barts and buses and taxis work then.
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Cafe Gratitude
Today I went to Cafe Gratitude in Berkeley.
It is an amazing place where people are smiling, and relaxed, and always positive.
All the dishes and drinks have names of the same format: "I am" and then some positive word like "abundant", "energetic", "courageous", etc... And when they serve the dish to you, they come to you and tell you "you are abundant" or the name of the dish you ordered. All of that with a smile, of course.
That place feels good. Have the feeling I am going to hang out there a bit.
Also, there are another two of these Cafes in San Francisco itself.
I will explore the one in the Mission district tomorrow, am meeting a friend there.
I still find it hard to ground. A glass of wine (doesn't even have to be large) sends me up above the clouds straight away, and I am particularly vulnerable to buying expensive things in the next hour or so until I come down at last... Hmmm. Haven't bought anything I regret though. That's good.
I am learning to take more time. And to trust.
I have the strong feeling that I don't need to control everything in this new experience. As a matter of fact, I don't feel like I need to control anything at all. Just go with the flow. And see where my heart leads me, at every moment of every day.
Exciting.
It is an amazing place where people are smiling, and relaxed, and always positive.
All the dishes and drinks have names of the same format: "I am" and then some positive word like "abundant", "energetic", "courageous", etc... And when they serve the dish to you, they come to you and tell you "you are abundant" or the name of the dish you ordered. All of that with a smile, of course.
That place feels good. Have the feeling I am going to hang out there a bit.
Also, there are another two of these Cafes in San Francisco itself.
I will explore the one in the Mission district tomorrow, am meeting a friend there.
I still find it hard to ground. A glass of wine (doesn't even have to be large) sends me up above the clouds straight away, and I am particularly vulnerable to buying expensive things in the next hour or so until I come down at last... Hmmm. Haven't bought anything I regret though. That's good.
I am learning to take more time. And to trust.
I have the strong feeling that I don't need to control everything in this new experience. As a matter of fact, I don't feel like I need to control anything at all. Just go with the flow. And see where my heart leads me, at every moment of every day.
Exciting.
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