Dena Burroughs
I am the webmaster of http://www.VidaSalsera.com , a website dedicated to live Latin music events in the Los Angeles area. From that it is easy to gather that I am a Salsa music lover and a Latina. I was born in Costa Rica but have lived in Los Angeles for the better half of my life. I am also a freelance writer for at least three different companies (for one I do news, for a second one I do travel, and for a third one art and entertainment reviews). From that you can gather that I write a lot! Yet, when I'm on vacation, as I am right now, I can't shake it. I still want to put it down in words, in great part I believe, because I'm afraid to forget it all. So here's this blog meant to be my writing space when I am not home writing about everything else. Thanks for reading!A Salsa dancing Latina writer on the road
Travel Blog Posts
My grandiose New Years 2012 in Time Square, New York
Published: January 4th 2012North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan
January 4th 2012
A New Year's celebration does not get any more official than the ball drop at Times Square, New York. From our point at 42nd and 8th Streets, amidst lots of people, we saw the fireworks drop, not quite the ball, but it was good enough. In a surprising 50 degree weather, we took with us more clothes than we were to need - scarfs that never came out of the backpacks and gloves that didn't even get unhooked. By 8.30 pm the streets were filled with thousands of people. One would think the police would corral the sidewalks at noon knowing perfectly what is to come, but I guess the city streets can not be rendered completely useless all day long on account of the holiday. The result is that people gather tightly hoping for a ... read more
New Haven, CT… where pizza is a serious business
Published: December 28th 2011North America » United States » Connecticut » New Haven
December 28th 2011
Pepe Pizzeria opens at 11.30 am and almost immediately an attempt to eat in the premises will cost one 50 minutes. That is because people from all over travel to Pepe’s for their “tomato pies”- thin crusts of pizza dough one can eat with or without cheese but always loaded with home made tomato sauce and one’s pick of toppings. To tell the truth, the stuff is good. Realizing that pizza was not meant to be a piece of bread always loaded with heavy cheese is good news for any lactose intolerant person, but aside from that, the “pies” are tasty – with big chunks of garlic in the sauce and pieces of bacon cooked to perfection. Waiting in line is not fun, but no one ever seems to leave. It is a 50 minute wait ... read more
The Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas
Published: November 28th 2011North America » United States » Nevada » Las Vegas
November 27th 2011
I don’t mean this to sound like an ad for the Stratosphere, but it deserves the credit of keeping us indoors for an entire 24-hour period. After two days of long grueling walking days up and down the strip, we decided to chill out and discover our hotel. Began by going up to the 108th floor to see the city from up high, a privilege some people pay $60 for and that we had at no extra charge included in our hotel stay. Up from 108 is that people jump off the ledge of the building, so I took a couple of pictures of two crazy Australians on their way down. A third one changed his mind and did not jump. I don’t think he will ever live it down with his friends. On top of ... read more
Today I saw Jose Canseco in Las Vegas!
Published: November 26th 2011North America » United States » Nevada » Las Vegas
November 26th 2011
Day 2 in Las Vegas and the city gave me my second celebrity sighting. Famous - infamous – celebrity - nonetheless 47-year-old Jose Canseco was inside of The Art of Music! store at The Mandalay Resort signing autographs. The name of the store got me inside, mind you, but then, wow! it was time to pull out the camera. Quite a few people wanted their purchases signed by the Cuban-American-steroid-taking-Major-League-Baseball player-of-documented-anger-management-issues. He seemed pretty happy to be there though. Other than an enormous workout walking up and down the strip, nothing major happened today. Well, I did win $38.75 playing poker, and saw Mickey Mouse trying not to fall down on an escalator, and a couple of cool benches made up completely of recyclables – otherwise known as trash. But I don’t really need ... read more
Celebrity sighting in Las Vegas!
Published: November 25th 2011North America » United States » Nevada » Las Vegas
November 24th 2011
Nothing adds more unexpected excitement into a vacation than the sighting of a celebrity, and today, amidst neon lights and on our way to eat our Thanksgiving dinner, we got one: Pauly D, the spiky hair dude from “Jersey Shore,” was creating a commotion at the outdoor bar called Hennessey, on Fremont St. People gathered around the fence that separated the bar from the street, while Pauly D sat with two friends under the lights of recording cameras and surrounded by big guys whose occupation seemed to be in part to block the TV personality from the tourists’ cameras that kept on flashing from every angle anyway. Now, I don’t know much about Pauly D other than he’s on a TV show with a big haired loud mouth girl called Snooki and with the rest of ... read more
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