Gosh I miss this in Memphis....

A Persian Restaurant!!! Ugh..I miss Caspian! We went to Persepolis when we were in Atlanta, I love it!! Koobideh and Chicken Kabob...I want some right now!

HangN Judge, yes the hot spot of Fort Smith

So following our second set, we wanted to venture out and check out the nightlife in Ft. Smith. The downtown consists of one long 'strip' of bars and restaurants and some random shops. Some of the members of the Town Club suggested HangN Judge,(spelled several ways we found out Hanging Judge too) so we went to check it out. Wow!! We walked in and I swear all eyes were on us. We looked so different I guess from the assortment of people there for a night of drinking. There was a line that wove around table to hit some punching bag, some random game that about all the guys in the bar were trying. It was so strange to hear that loud noise every minute or so from some manly man punching with all of his strength. After a few minutes, Engin and his entourage from the Club came and livened things up. Gina even made some friends that bought us jello shots! :) Some of the most interesting people watching ever, including a full term pregnant girl-cigarette in one hand, brandy sifter in the other..After a fight broke out between a guy and his girlfriend..and people were thrown out, we took that cue and left as well...Looking around on the net there is actually some history there.

Yes, we looked out of place at the Saloon 

I tried and tried to get a picture in front of the men's bathroom "Cowboys Never Squat with their Spurs on"

After we had enough of HangN Judge, Engin took us to a fabulous bar down the street, Hooters, even bought us T-shirts.

The next morning we taught a Bellydance Class with the ladies of the Town Club.

Last shot of Garrison Avenue ...

Second Set in Fort Smith (Rainbow)

Pictures from our second set. Again the action shots are from John Aubrey. Thanks John! The ones at the end are some shots with some of the guests, including the gorgeous German Shepherd that I almost stepped on dancing around the tables..and the bachelor out for his 'last night out' covered in our veils.

Introducing Belly Memphis in Fort Smith

So Aubrie, Gina and I drove up to Fort Smith, Arkansas for a show at the Town Club last Friday. Engin now runs this dinner club and hosted a Greek Night. This is our first time officially dancing together, and we came with up Belly Memphis for our name. Engin introduced us as The Belly of Memphis, which cracked us up. These are the pictures from our first number. John Aubrey took this action shots and were so thankful for him already sending these. This was our black and turquoise set.... 

Belly and Brows

Saturday Brow Gal had their Grand Opening. It was a lot of fun..not to mention my bellydancing debut after a 9 month break. I'm not dancing with Pyramid Dancers anymore and am doing things on my own now, so its really nice to start things up again. I'm so glad I had a lot of support from friends.  Stefanee did a great job with getting the Grand Opening together with lots of great food and a wonderful BrowGalTini. The Tigers played at 2:20pm and right in the middle of the event , but it didn't stop many and I donned my blue to get in the theme. Tasha did my brows and makeup for the day and I couldn't have been happier with the results. They even had a great drawing for Brows for an entire year, and guess who won!?! Andrea! :) Lucky Girl!

Dancing again..

Wow I can still do these...

Veil work..

With Christine and Julie before the Tiger's Game

With the original Brow Gal Stefanee and Dane! 

Everyone clap! 

Belly..Belly..

With the Brow Gals..

Tami, Lynne and Courtney came out for support

Nicole, me, Andrea (the big winner) and Jessica

Well I had to get one with my boys at home! 

Shimmy Shimmy Heaven

Wow! So Kelly just got back from Turkey and took this picture for me...costume's galore..looks like my collection...hehehehehe..makes me wanna shimmy!