Day 22 | Gindungo: 13 to go

“We can’t become who we want by remaining who we are.” Sober day 22, smoking-free day 22. Let me tell you a funny story about yesterday. Your boy went to Moka, another beautiful place where we dance old school Cuban Salsa and Bachata. It’s actually a legendary place because most of the folks that go […]

Day 21 | Gindungo: 14 to go

Good morning, Mi Gente. The dream of today was a little bit weird but I’d rather start with my quote so that everything flows naturally. Today’s quote: “wanna find out who your true friends are? Get sober.” I think this is self explanatory and I don’t need to give my two cents about it. But […]

Day 23 | Gindungo: 12 to go

Good morning Mi Gente. This post is exclusively for my fellow dancers, especially new dancers and new performers that are trying to break  into this kizomba business by any means necessary. Listen here, motherfuckers! I am an artist. Flavie’s an artist. Aka we need to teach classes and we need to travel to make our […]

Day 25 | Gindungo: 10 to go

Good day Mi Gente! I’m going to be a little bit personal with this post, and since today is Revelation Wednesday aka my social is today by the name of Kitaba, the Great Angolan Peanut Butter. I was having a funny and hard Angolan debate with my brother Nunes Da Costa last night on Facebook. […]

Day 55 | Vermont, Here We Come

Good morning Mi Gente. Yesterday your doctor was a bad boy. I only slept at 6 o’clock in the morning, due to one of my students. Navi is going back to India, so we had a little get-together for him, and we stayed up till 4 o’clock in the morning, talking until people started falling […]

Day 65 | Baila Con Gusto: 3 days to go

#soberdays | #day65 | #BailaConGusto3daystogo Good day Mi Gente! Fell asleep in Mexico, woke up in Montreal. It’s your boy Dr. Kizomba, unapologetic motherfucker, back on track. It is Monday. It is day 65 of soberness, alcohol and smokes free. Survived the tequila sun temptation and Mexican and Cuban cigars. To be specific, Cohibas by […]

Day 67 | Baila Con Gusto: 1 day to go

Good morning, Mi Gente. What an amazing birthday weekend. What an amazing day. I don’t believe that the weather is the way it is these days, but hey, I have my heater on just in case. Yesterday, Montreal was a little hot, but going through the evening wasn’t as hot as it was during the […]

Day 68 | Baila Con Gusto

Oh my god. Semba classes on Tuesday, off the chain. The students are getting better. Kitaba social last night, off the chain. 4 students won Gindungo 4 passes! I told you to get the passes, but you didn’t listen to me. Now people is getting their passes on deck. I honestly thought that I was […]

Day 68 | Metro Blogging

Just finished my hair by Baby, got a Moroccan lady as an Uber driver to drive me back home. Then I decided to take the metro to the barber shop, so that I can see and interact with my eyes, just look at motherfuckers and have something to write. It came to my notice that […]

Day 69 | Baila Con Gusto Recap

I know it’s late but I gotta get this post off my chest because otherwise I can’t sleep. Today’s Baila Con Gusto class was amazing. Kudos to the students who are trying their hardest to dance kizomba or understand what kizomba even is. Kudos to my students to now know what they wanna do in […]

Day 69 | Boston: 7 days to go

Good afternoon Mi Gente. It’s already noon ⏰. Today is Friday, Mi Gente. I know everybody happy because today is the last day of work, so I am happy for you too, even though I don’t work normal hours. I am happy because you happy. Let’s put it like that. I woke up with a […]

Day 69 | Gangsta Physique Day 8

The guns are reloaded. The arms are on fire. You don’t wanna get in the chokehold position because the tennis ball will stop your adam’s apple from breathing. You already know the most important muscle on the guns is the tricep. That one is already uploading. Feels good. Feels like this is gonna improve my […]