You've Been Dancing Salsa in Seattle for a While if...

1.“Century” in your mind is not associated with Century Square. CB doesn’t stand for “Call Back.”

2. You know that 13 Coins serves French Toast at 4:00a.m., even though it’s not on their menu.

3. Only a little while ago you couldn’t tell Spanish apart from any other foreign language. Now you’re fluent.

4. You eat breakfast on Saturdays at 3:00p.m. at the Cuban stand on Aurora and 90th and know every person that stops by to get theirs at the same time.

5. You know the significance of Jims.

6. You “regretfully decline” an invitation to your long-time friend’s wedding because it happens to fall on a Saturday of your birthday. You just spent your monthly salary on a perfect birthday dance dress.

7. You think nothing of it when the guy you were just sweetly talking to suddenly bolts in the opposite direction after a hot blond while screaming “Becka, Becka, Becka!”

8. You got to know a lot of your friends through someone named Anna.

9. You can tell which studio a person takes lessons from by dancing with them for only a couple minutes.

10. When they spin like a tornado you know exactly which team they’ve danced for.

11. Your “secret” getaway on a Tuesday is Waid’s for Blues Dancing.

12. One Friday while trying to “get away from the Salsa scene” you went out to a hip hop club and bumped into all your best friends from Salsa who had the same idea and all came there separately.

13. You constantly run out of Amante’s Pizza coupons, no matter how many they send you or how many you steal from your neighbors mailboxes.

14. You are likely to bump into a lot of familiar faces wherever you decide to eat at 2:00a.m. Fri-Sun.

15. You don’t start getting ready for a venue that starts at 8:00p.m.until 10:30.

16. “Beautiful Feet” is not a movie about penguins. Most likely you’ve been invited to church at least by one of the people from this dancer prayer group.

17. In real life you are either a consultant or an engineer.

18. You’ve been to or have been invited to an SSS Mixer. You know that SSS does not stand for “Seattle Secret Service.”

19. Memorial Day Weekend is one huge scheduling conflict.

20. You know that “Camp Gregory” does not involve tents.

21. You know which two DJ’s used to be married.

22. You know which DJ’s ARE married.

23. You know which DJ is trying to get married.

24. “Salsa around the world” is not just a random phrase for you.

25. Neither is “Are you kidding me?”

26. Halo is not a ring around the head of an angel.

27. You don’t think “El General” is a title for a military man.

28. “Let’s go grab some Dicks” is not a dirty innuendo (but rather a place to eat after Wednesday nights at Babalu).

29. “Milan” is not a city in Italy. “Israel” is not a country in the Middle East. “Asia” is not a continent. “September” is not a month.

30. When figuring out what day it is today you automatically associate it with where the Salsa is that night.

31. Abbreviations SSS, BF, CB, BBL, SSL, CH, DW, and BDS mean something to you.

32. In the summer you drive around town always on the lookout for recycle bins with huge cardboard boxes. And not because you don’t have anywhere to live.

33. Even though Friday is technically the day with the most venues available for dancing, in your mind it’s still a “Salsa off night” because there isn't just one "venue-to-be-at."

34. There’s on One. There’s on Two. And There’s on “Chow.” And they’re all equally good.

35. You know about the secret parking spot by Century Ballroom.

36. You know who writes this blog ;)