Comments on: The Dance Party on Jefferson Avenue

By: ToastyKen

ToastyKen — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:27:38 +0000

I also think the best line is, “groceries are like a badge of sanity.” :)

By: Will Hutchinson

Will Hutchinson — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:50:28 +0000

Robin — Great read as always. I read it to Leslie and Pepe Longix. I love the tie-in with Bonobos as well…it seems like only yesterday it was a dream of a buddy while we were traveling in Denmark. I can’t recommend their pants strongly enough.

By: Dave (aka Nev the Deranged)

Dave (aka Nev the Deranged) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:37:50 +0000

Oh my gawd… that’s EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE!

Great story ^_^

By: Dave Eisenberg

Dave Eisenberg — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:27:04 +0000

This brings such joy to our team! To Robin’s readers, if you’d like to try the khakis, shoot me a note for a friends-of-Robin discount at dave [at] bonobos.com

–Not as salesy in real life as he is on the interweb

Dave!

By: Betty Ann

Betty Ann — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:14:53 +0000

I was in the dumps at a coffee house with a network not functioning, my Netflix movie lost (BOLLYWOOD) and my full cup jangling close to the edge of my computer … but now I am dancing! Lovely.

By: Rod Naber

Rod Naber — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:23:47 +0000

Sloan, this is lovely. I’m smiling because I want to join that dance party. And those pants do have amazing pockets. Maybe I’ll get some. Wait… was I just advertised to? Whatever, it was worth it.

By: Kelly McBride

Kelly McBride — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:40:14 +0000

Great job Robin. I love it. But I want your protagonist to hook up with Lauren so the four of them can double date.

Then of course it all ends badly when they have children and life turns out to be harder than it seemed back in the dance party days. Someone cheats on someone, one of the kids dies from cancer. Never mind. Just leave it as is.

By: robin

robin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:58:44 +0000

@Saheli: “part Botticelli, part Breakfast Club”—wow, that’s even better, actually. Going to tuck that away and use it somewhere else. “They were all Breakfast Club Botticellis…”

@Mary, Jim: I cannot tell you happy I am to have Naughtons as readers!

@Joshua, + everyone else: I’m happy to have you here. Thanks!

By: Joshua Dance

Joshua Dance — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:18:39 +0000

Nice. Loved the ideas that never hatch, but the happy ending anyway. Great.

Funny I happened to find you by random, now I read everything you write.

As I blogged about, you are a new kind of writer.

Thanks!
http://joshuadance.com/a-new-kind-of-writer

By: Mary Naughton

Mary Naughton — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:40:54 +0000

I’m SwamiJim’s sister, and I have also read Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-Four-Hour Bookstore, thanks to him. I’m hooked! Keep at it. I’ll pay real money for your book!

By: Saheli

Saheli — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:27:18 +0000

I love the Molly Ringwald/Aphrodite bit, saw her perfectly, part Boticelli, part Breakfast Club. Also the wink (ha!) Of *paisley*.

By: swamijim

swamijim — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:57:18 +0000

Yo, Robin,
Another in a string of tours de force. Wonderful. I’m urging the daughter who teaches creative writing in New Orleans to invite you to NOCCA, the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts — and to dance with you there.
Cheers.

By: All’s Fair in Austin, Texas, Too - Thanksgiving 2009

All’s Fair in Austin, Texas, Too - Thanksgiving 2009 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:22:00 +0000

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By: amber simmons

amber simmons — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:16:40 +0000

Thanks for the gift, Robin. I’m smiling. A girl in a sky blue dress dancing to bad music is a girl I want to be friends with.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:04:07 +0000

Ah robin, you’re amazing. I wish I had your ideas. Can’t wait to recoeve your kickstart book!