Ever wish you could dance like they did on the train platform at the end of Slumdog Millionaire? Well, here’s your chance. There’s a Bollywood flash mob set for the Fiesta Asia Street Fair on May 22 on Pennsylvania Avenue NW (between 3rd & 6th Streets).
A tutorial for the dance is available on YouTube to learn ahead of time, and there are practices April 17th & 19th at Saffron Dance studio in Clarendon (3260 Wilson Boulevard).
You know you want to. And what better way to make friends than to dance?
Even though the peak blooms were this past weekend, there’s still plenty of fun to be had down by the Tidal Basin. I just learned about ranger guided lantern walks – National Park Rangers give free guided tours of the cherry blossoms by lantern light on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday evenings from 8 – 10 pm. Meet at the Tidal Basin Welcome Area and the Washington Monument Lodge. They recommend bringing your own flashlight. (The walk is about a mile and a half, so be prepared and wear comfortable shoes.)

The show is mid-week, June 17, 2009 @ 8PM, which sucks for us out-of-towners. Times like these that I do wish I were a New Yorker then I go up there and someone moons me as I wait for a train and the desire to live there passes. Tickets go on sale today, April 16, 2009 at 11am. Yeah, that’s short notice.