Live. Love. Dance.

Imagine my delight when I saw the cover of the May 2011 O Magazine and saw the words "Live, Love & Thrive".  My fabulous and talented web-designer, Kelly DelRosso, owner of Semplice and master-mind behind ShopLocal Montclair gave us the tag line Live. Love. Dance. almost two years ago when we launched our re-designed website.


To me, Live. Love. Dance. nails it on the head. Try to remember the last time you felt like living, really living.  As I teen I had the opportunity to play Kim MacAphee in Bye Bye Birdie, who sings a song with Conrad Birdie "A Lotta Livin' To Do"

"there's music to play, places to go, people to see,
everything for you and me
Life's a ball, if only you know it
And it's all just waiting for you
You're alive, so come on and show it
I've got a lot-a-livin to do!"

If you're reading this, you're probably taking dance lessons. That's living!  Maybe you've danced in a showcase or a local competition. That's really living!  If you've been to a National Competition, you really know how to grab life by the  (ahem) ballroom and try new things.  Kudos to you!

For me, singing in a new band (Swingman) is living right now.  Reading BODY BY GOD which I happened to see in my new chiropractor's office, has been inspiring.  Just making one healthier choice today (one piece of bread at dinner last night instead of delighting in 4!) is relatively easy and gives you energy and more self-confidence!  Eat more broccoli!  Don't buy the chips!

For you, maybe it's your dance lessons, or buying a new costume, this one with lots of stones and feathers, and a bright "look at me" color!  Maybe you flirted with the barista this morning while at the coffee shop, or enrolled in night school.  Or went for a run for the first time in 20 years.  Or went to a bar to hear a live-band play for a date, instead of just dinner and a movie. (Yes, adults go to bars, and not everybody's tipsy or 22! Woot-woot!)

Today, try something new!  Get that hot, new shade of fuchsia lipstick and wear it, sign up for Pilates, improve your health,  volunteer to walk a foster dog at the shelter, visit a museum, plant corn (not yet), get a facial, cut your hair really short, get a new bag, smell a baby, watch a little-league game.  Search your soul for what you loved to do when you were a child. (Sing, dance and twirl).  Maybe you're sick of the gym and want to start roller-blading again.  Buy a jump-rope.  Volunteer to teach reading to kids.  Take an art class.  Re-read THE RAZOR'S EDGE, memorize a Shakespeare sonnet, dance a tango, whistle. Share your thoughts on what living really is with us below!

You're alive, so come on,  show it!  Happy Spring!  Thrive!