Before he attended BSJ’s summer intensive last year, Zachary Alsop, 20, a company trainee, was fairly new to dancing. A former pole vaulter at Santa Teresa High School, he was persuaded by a friend to check out a local dance studio with her two years ago. He fell hard for ballet and quickly considered it for a career. “I grew more in the four weeks [at the intensive] than I had in the year and a half at the dance studio,” he says. Alsop’s talent and, equally important, his dedication were recognized at the summer event. He’s now a member of BSJ’s trainee program, a one- to two-year course intended as a steppingstone to a professional job. An apprenticeship would be the next level and then, if he’s very lucky, an offer from a ballet company would result.
For now, the diminutive ice princess is optimistic about moving forward after leaving the renowned Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs where pink ballet shoes, dresses & flowers ribbon trim 5 yards - sew on - jackets - backpacks - jeans - craft - supply - dress - sewin she developed into the country’s most consistent jumper, With one U.S, title, three seconds and a junior world championship victory, Flatt has had an accomplished career, But she often has been viewed harshly in a discriminating sport for being a steady, powerful skater without artistry, She has employed a battery of Bay Area coaches to help change that image, The team is led by the East Bay’s Justin Dillon and Lynn Smith at Sharks Ice Oakland, Flatt also trains in San Jose with Sergei Ponomarenko, a three-time Olympic medalist in ice dancing, and former world champion Charlie Tickner in Redwood City..
Don’t be concerned about too much sentimentality and sweetness, though, The playwright throws in just the right amount of comic relief to spice things up, and sidekick hunter Jeff (Wayne Steffan) is right there to dish it up with some fine sarcasm and humor. He’s especially funny in one of the subplots when he gets dragged away by the worldly villager Meg Brockie (Danielle Childs) and later emerges in some old-fashioned breeches. Childs is hysterical as she overzealously pursues Jeff and sings about the men she’s fallen for in “The Love Of My Life.”.
Culinary matters looked up when a local tipped me off to the hip new Lunch Show, a small cafe housed in a former butcher shop, With its sleek Berkeley vibe and local art display, it was a locavore’s delight with a toothsome prosciutto and fresh mozzarella panini, a bright wilted kale and shallot side and good local tempranillo, Emboldened by my discovery, I checked out the new Alchemy restaurant in the romantic Winchester Hotel, pink ballet shoes, dresses & flowers ribbon trim 5 yards - sew on - jackets - backpacks - jeans - craft - supply - dress - sewin This place lives up to its name with magical concoctions, such as a delicate strawberry-watermelon gazpacho that I couldn’t stop eating and a butter-seared goat cheese gnocchi, For the record, carnivores shouldn’t miss Smithfields next door, a meat palace with a snout-to-tail philosophy, And many folks hail Coquina, in the up-and-coming Railroad District, as the best food in town, Hopes are also high for the soon-to-open Harvey’s Place, which took over the spot of the beloved Chateaulin..
“There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.” (Janet Frame wrote this. She was a patient at New Zealand’s Seacliff Lunatic Asylum when her first book, “The Lagoon and Other Stories,” was published. Its success led to cancellation of a scheduled lobotomy. Frame went on to have a lasting literary career. Source: GoodReads.com.). BEACH PARKING PROTEST. “Like many other seniors, we have a Golden Bear state park parking pass. This gives us free parking at all the state parks during the designated dates. Not known to us was that (according to the lady on the phone at the City of Pacifica), Linda Mar Beach is no longer a state beach but a city beach! (Still posted as a state beach!) Consequently, your state parking permit is not valid there: $38 ticket. Want to go to the Senior Center for lunch or the Wednesday rummage sale? Tough. Park in the street. Many seniors are unaware of the trap this represents, set by their own city! Local parking permit: $50 and good for only one vehicle, since it must be affixed to the windshield. Expensive and unwieldy! Are any adjustments in the works for this misguided, unfair program?” (Charles Parker).
