a piece of greece in portland!

tonight we celebrated 3 ppls birthdays down in portland at a greek restaurant topped with good food, plate-breaking, greek dancing, live guitar playing, and belly dancing! just an all out amazing night. i felt like i was in italy again-- for the reason that everyone in the restaurant just didnt feel american! by which i mean-- americans are usually so freakin uptight and like.. always commenting on the actions of other ppl but not making any ACTIONS of our own, when i think of america i dont think of the word OPA!! or of strangers holding hands and dancing in a circle with a fat greek man. but we really ARE in america, and an atmosphere so welcoming and extravagant and exciting is 10 minutes from campus.

i met a bunch of beautiful young mexican ladies that were at the table next to ours who danced the night away and sang happy birthday in spanish at the top of their lungs for the three ppl who had birthdays!

i couldn't have been happier when i finally realized i had cell phone service in the city and voice messages andd andrew norsworthy left a message on my phone, he just played at jen lemens tonight! how cool, i wonder how it went, i'll have to call him back and also call jen tomorrow.

i'm rambling, the point of the blog is-- america is cool too, always be ready to belly-dance and talk to strangers, they might be really awesome and you might have a lot of fun looking like a wild person and dancing with a really large seductive greek man.


OPA! (... goodnight)