This is what I will be doing today at lunch time. No kidding. (Well, not exactly ... this--but a beginning tribal dance class. This woman is a sublime artist.) This little college student who interned at our office over the summer talked me and a colleague of mine into it, even though she's safely returned to her university on the east coast and will not be there to witness our bellydancing debut. Check out Pomegranate Studios in Santa Fe.

Do you think this will help me strengthen my core and enhance my horseback riding?

When I talked to one of the delightful women at the studio, she told me we will dance barefoot, and that generally the dancers tuck their shirts up under their bras so we can see our bellies, if I'm comfortable with that, of course. I told them, yeah, no problem, totally comfortable, etc.. (Hah.)

This is what I love about Santa Fe. It's a small town. But a place where you can find a good bellydancing class at lunchtime.

My husband rather likes the idea.

I will let you know how it goes. (I would really like to learn how to do that move she does about the 35 seconds mark into the vid.) Assuming, of course, that I can move afterwards. If I can, then I may be contemplating one of these fancy jinigling/jangling brassiere thing-a-ma-jiggers. (Victoria's Secret at the mall????? Any suggestions?)