CrossFit Oakland

Sorry, but is it Saturday or Sunday? The post says Sunday the 12th, but Saturday is the 12th.

Thanks!

Speaking of dates, Tuesday the 15th is my birthday! It's a CF Rest Day, so in the spirit of learning new sports and trying new things, I wanted to invite people to come swing dancing with me!

It's the Tuesday Night Jump! Woo!

There is this place called the Verdi Club in the City which has drop-in lessons at 9pm followed by group dancing at around 9:45 with a live swing band until the night is over. (I've never been to this particular club so it should be an adventure, but the band has soundbytes online that are pretty solid.)

For those of you who think your two left feet won't get you anywhere but the seat closest to the bar...they have one of those, with drinks too. The lesson and the dance are about $12! (And apparently you can pay for them online! Crazy!)

If there is more interest in going on a weekend rather than a weeknight, there are similar places to go on Friday and Saturday night (18th or 19th) next week as well.

Swing dancing isn't as hard as kipping pullups, so ya'll should be naturals once you step on that floor.

If you're interested, please let me know, so we can try to arrange a carpool or a BART-avan.

CHANGE OF PLANS!

Apparently there is a bit more interest in going dancing on the weekend. I am therefore adjusting my plans to accomodate more people, hooray. So Tuesday, anyone who wants to join me for dinner, I'm going to go try the Cafe Gratitude place in Berkeley because it sounds really interesting. I'll probably go at about 8:30pm so anyone who is going to the 7pm at CFO can come too.

SATURDAY. Doghouse Swing Club in San Francisco. Lessons start at 8:15 for beginners, and the group dance starts around 9-12:30 with a DJ. This place is really awesome, I have been here many times, but sadly, no bar and no drinks. However, it is in the Mission District, and I hear that place has some nice after-dance type drink places if anyone wants to stay out late.

We can take BART there and there is generally decent street parking also. The train you need to take leaves at 7:34pm from Macarthur, and the place is about 2 blocks to walk from there. $3.05 for the train one way. Lessons and the dance are $15. The teachers for the lessons are very good.

For more info, go to doghouseswing dot com and click on "Learn More About The Classes." Be sure to note there is a little section on "dance etiquette" too that gives you a good idea of what you're getting yourself into.

Please email me if you're interested so we can coordinate travel and stuff. I'm probably still going to go dancing Tuesday night after dinner if anyone wants to join me then too, but you'll miss lessons.

Summary:
1. Contact me if you want to come for dinner at Cafe Gratitude in case I need to make reservations.
2. If you want to go Saturday, let me know either over email or in person this week.

Clarification on BART schedule....

Daly City train: MacArthur station to 16th St Mission, leaves MacArther at 7:34pm and arrives in the Mission District around 8:00. The swing club is about a 2-block walk from the Mission BART Station.

Sorry about that.

Anyone who wants to BART with me should meet downstairs in the MacArthur BART station around 7:25 or 7:30 on Saturday night.