“Afternoon” Burlesque & Weekly Update

Ms. Bea sings to "Daddy" (a dildo wearing a red sparkly bow tie)

This weekend, we launched the new free show at Joie de Vine–this great lesbian-owned wine bar in the gayborhood–and it made me wonder why we had’t had a show in Andersonville before. It was totally hopping, the acts were top notch and it was fun as hell. And the fact that we had a whole hair salon to get ready in? Brilliant. Each girl had her own well-lit station. A far cry from some of the venues I’ve performed in–e.g. the dirty basement at Spin.

It was totally hilarious during the 7pm show, though, because the front window (while tinted, so you can’t see in from the outside) it seemed totally light outside. T took a bunch of photos and it looks like “oh, here I am walking my dog down the street on Sunday afternoon, and there’s a burlesque show!” We’re going to move the first show later in the evening, so it’s a little darker before we start. (You can witness this in the shot to the left. It seems like the person outside to my left is totally having a picnic on a sunny summer day, while a comedic nightclub act unfolds in the foreground.) Also, I love that the specials are in the shot–Special today: Mint Mojitos and hot, queer, naked ladies.

So, yes, it was really fun. I had a good time and it reminded me about why I do this here burlesque.

This week, I am hosting a Stitch n’ Bitch at my house. I’m going to teach ladies how to make the really cool twirly pasties with spinners on ‘em and have a lot of my pals over for craft night. Then we have the Naked July show on Friday/Saturday and Joie de Vine again on Sunday. Plus, me and T have a nice little date night (trip to Target, out to dinner…Ahh, domesticity) planned tonight and I am working on a new act for Sunday. Should be fun–set to David Bowie’s Rock N’ Roll Suicide.

All righty. I promised myself I’d try hard to be on time or early to the day job this week. Gonna go strive for it.

Kisses,
Ms. Bea

1 Comment

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  By Svetta, July 21, 2009 @ 9:32 am

  CRazy, I was just listening to that Bowie song the other day AND it’s on my iPod.

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