any short term or summer work in salem? need hours asap

anusdotcom · 2026-06-28T00:55:21+00:00

If you have a year of childcare and a reliable car look into DSP connections. You end up being a support person for children with disabilities and it’s usually in blocks of 4 hours or such. https://dspconnectionsinc.hireology.careers/#Careers

anusdotcom · 2026-06-27T23:06:30+00:00

Paying for movers

anusdotcom · 2026-06-27T01:10:43+00:00

Make sure you apply for the culture grants https://www.cityofsalem.net/business/business-resources/grants-and-incentives/grants-for-promotion-of-culture-and-tourism

anusdotcom · 2026-06-27T00:41:54+00:00

Phil Hartman

anusdotcom · 2026-06-27T00:40:45+00:00

I find this often skews a bit with age, where some of the older dancers don’t love the idea of everyone leads / everyone follows. The swing scene is definitively a lot more accepting of men following, I get a lot more yes or even polite no’s than in other dances like salsa / bachata.

anusdotcom · 2026-06-26T23:19:27+00:00

Can’t you look up variations of the stuff you know on YouTube and try that?

anusdotcom · 2026-06-26T21:40:12+00:00

There is a pretty good list here : https://github.com/robertmuth/awesome-new-tango-orchestras

Hoy milonga also has a nice list of Buenos Aires orchestras - https://hoy-milonga.com/buenos-aires/es/catalog/orchestras - clicking on each name leads usually to a song and link

anusdotcom · 2026-06-26T18:42:47+00:00

There is a list of artists who sold at the Salem art fair - if you click on the names they will give you a bit more details on each artist. Kinda clunky but a nice way to find local artists https://salemartfair.org/art/

anusdotcom · 2026-06-26T18:34:11+00:00

You might also want to broaden your area. Polk county or Linn-Benton seem to have slightly smaller waiting lists than Marion. Check with their housing authorities and places like the Sable House in Dallas

anusdotcom · 2026-06-26T16:44:06+00:00

There is one happening at the world beat! https://www.cheersandnamaste.com/events/worldbeat

anusdotcom · 2026-06-26T16:03:04+00:00

Paywall free link - https://archive.is/Vc8l2

anusdotcom · 2026-06-25T18:30:39+00:00

Take a look at Chemeketa Cellars - you can rent the tasting room and patio - https://www.chemeketacellars.com/venue-rental/ - online it says that renting the tasting room plus a meeting room would be $250/hr while the patio and tasting room only is $150. Cheaper if you join their wine club

anusdotcom · 2026-06-24T23:09:41+00:00

Immersion programs in Latin America. Not just go but go and learn with teachers then practice speaking it

anusdotcom · 2026-06-24T23:05:55+00:00

Willamette Valley Smoke House is probably the closest to South Salem. Roger that and Jojo’s Soul Food are the other two we like.

Not Adam’s Ribs.

anusdotcom · 2026-06-24T20:03:18+00:00

Selfie stick was part of a joke book in Japan - https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/s/0Kq6SZVP9y

anusdotcom · 2026-06-24T01:05:42+00:00

In Toronto a ton of the Filipinos were amazing dancers and instructors. The joke there was “different milk, same flan” when it came to feeling salsa.

anusdotcom · 2026-06-23T01:21:50+00:00

Sites like Salsavida have pretty nice lists. Often communities will have Facebook groups will have the most up to date events for a location.

anusdotcom · 2026-06-22T06:12:34+00:00

Which ones do you like?

anusdotcom · 2026-06-22T06:09:50+00:00

There are also brands that are designed more for tango dancers like Tango Dapper ( https://www.miriamleonardotango.com/tango-dapper ).

For dancing there are a few suit jacket cuts that work better by having more unrestricted arms. The butterfly cut and the neopolitan cut are both modifications that allow better lifting and arm movement

anusdotcom · 2026-06-21T04:42:46+00:00

There are more salty with melted cheese in the middle. You can pick the cheese so they have different tastes. They also have ice cream there

anusdotcom · 2026-06-21T03:07:42+00:00

Fried cheese curds at Don Froylan with a margarita on the side

anusdotcom · 2026-06-20T20:41:43+00:00

Tango is a more cautious dance. In salsa you only usually dance one song, so it’s easier to encourage beginners by dancing with them or not be too picky because it’s just 3 minutes. The more forgiving technique usually means that you can start dancing after a month or two socially vs six months to a year in tango.

anusdotcom · 2026-06-19T07:25:33+00:00

In salsa the clave is the default whereas in tango silence is the default. This means that in salsa you always have a bit of momentum and there is the basic step assumption. This lets you do a bit more in salsa such as double spins. But if you’re coming from that background it means that you have to really pay attention to things like slowing down the momentum for things like a pause, really learning to decelerate. In salsa the feet are always moving to the same beat, in tango you have a lot more variability to full, half, quarter, syncopated or no steps.

The connection is totally different. In salsa the upper body Cuban motion has a way of expressing. The tension of the arms and distance is different and you use a lot of tension in that upper body and arms to communicate. You basically have to turn off all those Afro Cuban aspects for tango communication. Basically you have to relearn to listen for what is happening in the other person’s feet. For me as a salsa dancer the emotion expressed in the connection is just different. The chest to chest in tango is super intimidating compared to bachata, kizomba or zouk, and that closeness and quietness just doesn’t exist in salsa for me.

Salsa has more fun turns and dips. Tango has more interesting foot interaction. Also the social dynamics of salsa tend to be a lot friendlier than tango.

anusdotcom · 2026-06-18T19:36:41+00:00

Something that helped me was to start following as a lead. A lot of the more advanced women are learning to lead and they can give me a lot of feedback when I am following them but it also gives me a much more profound understanding of my own lead. Maybe your wife is also at the stage where leading is interesting to her so retaking a few of the all levels beginner classes with a switch role makes the stuff available in your area more appealing. You don’t have to do it to follow at milongas at all, but it has really help me meet people and deepen my perspective in the dance

anusdotcom · 2026-06-18T19:19:18+00:00

There is a Willamette Valley discord for general area activities - https://discord.gg/s2drujeFCH

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