This weekend, Justin and Stephanie hosted a DDR Party in their apartment in San Francisco. DDR, as you may know, is a music video game where you match arrows on the screen to a dance pad.

The DDR Screen

To quote from Wikipedia:

The game is played on a dance pad with four arrow panels: left, down, up, and right. These panels are pressed using the player’s feet, in response to arrows that appear on the screen in front of the player. The arrows are synchronized to the general rhythm or beat of a chosen song, and success is dependent on the player’s ability to time and position his or her steps accordingly.

Granted, you don’t have to live in Petaluma to have a DDR party. In fact, you don’t even need a TV–Justin and Stephanie used their computer–just snacks, friends, and the game. Here’s some pictures:

Marcia had only played DDR once before.

Justin is fancy and tries to do the steps backwards

A blurry photo of me playing. Apparently, I am sassy when I play DDR.

Casey hadn’t played DDR before either, but she danced with flare.

Afterwards, Stephanie brought out the chocolate salami she had made: Nuts and cookies and rich fudge-like chocolate rolled up like a salami. Delicious! Thanks for the great time Justin and Stephanie.

Stephanie and the chocolate salami