November 4, 2005

About Ruby

Born in the mountains of Idaho, I spent the early years of my life learning how to figure skate, ski and traverse the country by air, van and foot. At age 10, I was re-located to San Francisco by way of family drama and I lived there for 19 years, with the exception of four years at an East Coast Boarding School. When I returned to the West Coast for college, I began to examine my interests in audio engineering, writing, dance, music and performance art. In 2001, I took up social dance, and by 2003, I was traveling to other cities for Swing and Blues Exchanges.

In 2005, I packed up my San Francisco life, stuck it in a storage unit, and struck out across the United States in my very first car, an 88 Ford Camper Van. After three and a half months of travel, dance, adventure and introspection, I settled in a Chicago suburb, with the help of a few local Lindy-Hoppers.

Today, I live in Chicago and travel regularly from my home-base to teach dance. In between, I practice bodywork and am honing my web and graphic design skills, as well as delving into writing and comedy projects.

If you’d like to write me, please send a message to bloggit at ruby-red.com. If you know of anyone who is interested in hiring creative, wacky, meticulous, energetic people for interesting projects, let me know. And if you spot some egregious typos (and let’s face it- are there any typos that aren’t egregious?) or major formatting problems here, definitely let me know. That’s all for now.