Monday night = Zumba time. The class has become increasingly crowded over the past few weeks and on occasion has felt like
Bikram Zumba complete with foggy mirrors and none too pleasant odiforous neighbors. Alas, it's still fun and a dang good workout so my friend and I brave it twice a week.
Last week they cracked down on how many people are actually allowed into the room and tonight my friend and I arrived 20 minutes early to a really long line.
It reminded me of a time a few years ago where some friends and I headed out to a hip new hotspot while I was visiting LA. We got stuck in line and were very near the front, but the club promoter was mean and wouldn't let us in for hours (no joke). You might be asking why didn't you just leave and go somewhere else? Well a) we were hard headed and 3) we kept getting tempted by all the celebs we saw going in (Marky Mark, Jamie Kennedy, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and Leonardo DiCaprio to name a few). Finally, the club's bouncer took pity on us and let us in (3 hours later). We happily paid our $20 cover charge and proceeded to dance our butts off for the last hour and a half that the club was open.
With a little persistence (and lack of pride) I could even make my way into an LA club, but tonight I wasn't so lucky with my Zumba class. We braved the line and were still 12 people back from making it into the room when they capped it at 90. A boo.
Why would anyone go through all that trouble for a dance class you ask? Because it's just about the most fun you can have........ unless you are dancing on a bar on New Year's Day in NYC (sober, mind you).

I really hope I don't make that face in Zumba, but I kinda think I do.