I really am blessed and weekends that last 4 and half days that are as jam packed as this one was, well it reminds me of how blessed I am.

First, Zaftig Follies.  Oh. My. GOD!  These women made me want to cry several times during the show.  Either by their wonderful, humorous hosting (World Famous *BOB*), their vocals that make you shake in your bones (Broadway Brassy), their captivating classic moves (Jezebel Express) ,their inspirational dances (Darlinda Just Darlinda) or their hospitality and warmth (Juicy Jenn).  It was a sight to be seen.  Everyone there had a blast, laughing and cheering every performer on as if they were the only act of the night.  The food was incredibly, which is what I only know Asbury Lanes to have, and the bowling was goofy.  It was a cathartic show that just was bursting at the seems with positive energy.  No one left that night not feeling inspired.

Second, Coney Island.  Getting a chance to help out with the Wonder Wheel’s 90th birthday was so much fun!  I love working with people that inspire me and push me to be better and helping Jen Gapay out was just that.  This woman does it all! I was only more than happy to be one of the little people to help make it happen.  The performers were spectacular.  Phineas the Clown had more stage presence than most adults I know and he was 12!  World Famous *BOB* rocked it like the super star she is by hosting all 4 hours and it was great to see my friends that were in and at the show.  Plus free rides at the amusement park was just like the icing on the cake.

Third, The Compound.  Little did any of us involved know that one comment on a facebook page would lead to a sleepover involving movies, games, bagels, hot tubbing, croquet, pooling, and diving through a flaming heart.  I have so much love for the couple that had us over and shared their home with us.  They are good people and good friends. I only wish I had a compound of my own to share with them!

Fourth, Clue, The Office Edition.  Being able to share one of your nerd obsessions with another couple is pretty awesome.  Especially when you obsession is something as dorky as The Office. But who cares.  We had a great time, we ate good pizza, lot of poodle kisses were given and it will happen again soon.

Fifth, Photoshoot for a deck of cards.  Thanks to my friend Fem Appeal, I was put in touch with a really incredible photographer.  She has found herself in love with the scene up here and has decided to start a project where she will have 52 burlesque performers on cards.  I shot with her and it was awesome.  We both worked well together and I don’t envy her job picking the shot for the card because there were so many good ones.  It was nice to talk with someone who loves the art and sees the beauty in the variety that is the burlesque world.  I’m excited to help this project along and to get the final product!  Can you guess which card I’ll be?

And all of these things came from one weekend! This is my life! It’s hard to imagine a world where none of this existed.  Where I never decided to start doing burlesque.  I can remember the exact event that was the original catalyst for getting me into burlesque.  Auditioning for the Vagina Monologues.  If I had not auditioned for the show, I wouldn’t have gotten a role.  IF I hadn’t gotten a role, I wouldn’t have met my friend who was a drag King.  If I hadn’t met my friend, we wouldn’t have done a duet.  If I hadn’t performed I wouldn’t have met the burlesque artist that asked me if I performed burlesque.  If she had never asked me that, I would never have gotten on stage.  If I had never gotten on stage, Bambi Galore would have never been born.  It’s really crazy how one decision could have changed your entire life but I think I would have found it sooner or later.  Bambi is who I am.  I would have found her sooner or later but I am glad to have the life and the friends that I do and I only feel excitement for the future.  I hope you feel the same about your lives too.

huggles and kisses.

Jezebel Express, Broadway Brassy, World Famous *BOB*, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Bambi Galore- The Cast of the Zaftig Follies

The Lanes Will Curve!

Rarely do the straight lines of a bowling alley welcome curves, but on Friday, September 3rd, Asbury Lanes is going to dip, swoop, sweep and bend thanks to Zaftig Follies, a show that’s about the curves of a woman–not her size.—The cast includes burlesque headliners World Famous *BOB*, Broadway Brassy, Darlinda just Darlinda, Jezebel Express, Coco Monroe and Bambi Galore. Doors open at 8 p.m., show at 9:30 p.m.. Tickets are $10. Zaftig means full-bodied and well-proportioned, and the ladies of Zaftig Follies bring this definition to life.

Host World Famous *BOB* is known internationally for her charisma, style and “natural talents,” and has charmed crowds from Las Vegas to Stockholm. Broadway Brassy is one of burlesque’s top singing sirens, mixing classics with her own gutsy tempos and wide vocal range. Darlinda Just Darlinda, pioneer and advocate of feminist neo-burlesque, bring her unique, fun and uber-creative style. Fulbright Grant-winner Jezebel Express is the girl with the curves and the angles. Coco Monroe is a founder of the burlesque scene in Washington DC. And Zaftig Follies creator Bambi Galore delights in offering a show that demonstrates incontrovertibly that beauty comes in all sizes.

Not saying I want to brag but I am in BRAG! tonight.  It’s a show that brings burlesque and drag together in hopes to raise money for a theater.  All things I like and can back, so I am!

I will be performing a new fire tassel act which I am very excited to do, it’s the same one I hope to perform at Asbury Lanes next Friday.  That show is going to be off the hook! It’s the first day of Labor Day weekend so hopefully people will want to come out to party.  Not to mention the line up is more amazing than I had hoped for.  Everyone is excited to be part of it which just makes me that much happier.  I really want to do right by them.  So if you like, booze, bowling, boobs and diner food, then Asbury Lanes is where you should be.

huggles and kisses.

So thanks to my handy dandy iphone4 I am posting to you all from the road. don’t worry, the missus is driving. i am on my way down to dc to perform tonight at Apex! It’s going to be so much fun! I’m doing a duet with Codie Swift and we are excited. We tested it out last week at Switch n’ Plays Open Drag and got a really good response. We are really looking forward to performing it for our friends back in the district through tonight.

I’ve been wanting to post because I’ve been so busy but haven’t been able to because I’ve been so busy!! I do want to make mention of an amazing show I was blessed to help out with, Criptease. It was out of this world. When I think about it now I still get chills at how it brought so much joy and humor into the world. the performers were some of the nicest people I have met in a long time and I hope I get to see more of all of them soon.

Well since I am writing this from my phone I think I will have to cut it short but I will say I do have exciting news! I just got into my grubby little hands my costume Fleur de Lys’ has been making for me and it is gorgeous! I plan to get photos taken in it as soon as I find the right gloves. I also starting promotions for my show at Asbury Lanes, the Zaftig Follies! The line up is intense, the poster gorgeous and the venue, one of my absolute favorites. it will definitely be a show you won’t want to miss!!

huggle and kisses!

So I just got my hands on a review written about a show I was part of. It’s a great piece and has some amazing shots. Here’s one by the author and photographer, Courtney Dudley.

by Courtney Dudley

It’s a great little bit of press and I am touched and honored to be mentioned and quoted in it.

I’m very excited about tomorrow as well.  I am going to be part of an Artists Brunch.  Something low-key but with some old friends and some new ones too.  It is very exciting stuff!

Sorry this post isn’t longer but I seem to be having a fit of attention deficit.  Hope things are going well for all of you!

Huggles and Kisses!

I think I might have mentioned it once before but I love to bake! I love cookies, cakes but especially cupcakes.  Friends have come to call them Bambicakes as I have been known to leave them on doorsteps just for the fun of it.  Well, yesterday I had my first official order! It was for a surprise birthday for a dear friend of mine, Erik.  His girlfriend, World Famous *Bob*, planned the whole thing and he had no idea! I move when that happens.  Since I was baking with Bearik in mind I decided I wanted to make something “manly” as well as something light and fresh for summer.  This caused us to end up with angel food cupcakes topped with whipped cream and fresh strawberries and Mocha cupcakes with whipped cream and candied bacon, sooooooooooooo goooooooood!  They were a total hit at the party.  I can’t wait to have another excuse to create some more!

sweet and salty in a great combo of deliciousness

After all this baking in my non-ac’ed kitchen during a heat wave I am dreaming of a white christmas. Luckily for me I can put myself further into that frame of mind this Thursday when I pose for North Jersey’s Dr. Sketchy’s at the Clash Bar.  It will be a summertime Christmas celebration.  Posing, drinks, food and candy canes, plus lots of ac, lol.  Come out and win prizes and just enjoy dreaming of a white christmas with me.

huggles and kisses!

So this heat… Yeah, it’s ridic here in the big apple.  If the city were an actual apple it would have totally apple sauce by now.  I know I am, Yeesh!

Sadly I’m not going to be doing anything to help with this heat wave come Thursday night because I hope to make the city sizzle!  I will be performing at the lovely Bevin Branlandingham’s queer dance party Rebel Cupcake at Sugarland!  This is going to be a night of hot acts, hot bodies, hot music, cold drinks and sweltering dancing on the dance floor.  Don’t slip in the sweat!  I just have to hope I can get my hair to set and my face not to melt off, lol.  I think I’ll work it out, I always do.  But you should come out and give this city a run for it’s money.  I want it all to end with the roof on fire which in this heat wave won’t be too hard.

But come out, see some queer sexiness and shake it like there is no tomorrow, who knows maybe we’ll all burst into flames

huggles and kisses!

So right when I think I could take a little break life throws me some more awesome gigs! Thank goodness I have at least two days to rest though because this ankle of mine is swollen like a sponge in the coral reef.  It will hopefully go down before this Thursday because I have been asked to model for the Society of Illustrators.  I’ll be busting out my best 1950’s lady for their drawing pleasure.  I’m very excited to work with them!

Then on Saturday I’m spending my morning with one of my favorite photographers, Sophie Spinelle, helping out at a bachelorette photo shoot.  We always have such fun and considering we are hoping to hop over to the Dyke March after that, it will be so super fun! From there I will be going over to perform in HyperGender’s Pride show! the line up is amazing and from what I’ve heard more amazing acts have been included!  It’s totally worth checking out for your Pride weekend.

Then to continue with the theme of Pride awesomeness, the PiC and I will be meeting up with friends to go to the NYC Pride Parade! I’m excited to see just exactly how New York brings it because you know it’s going to be massive. Sadly I won’t be going to any after parties because I will need to scurry my little tookus over to Bar on A for Kitty Nights! My dear friend Fem Appeal runs this great show full of veterans, neophites and hosting hilarity.  It’s a great way to either wind down your weekend or wind up for the coming week!

Hopefully though I’ll see you all out at something or another and remember, nothing anyone says can change who you are on the inside.

huggles and kisses!

Wow! There has been so much going on this past weekend and the fun isn’t even over!  It continues to this evening with A Left Hip Production: An American Summer.  In honor of Solstice we are going to pack the Delancey Lounge with a bunch of amazing performers.  We will also have 2 for 1 drinks which is a total bonus.  Come on out and get all hot and bothered on the longest day of the year!

Last night I started my Pride festivities by attending the Femme Family Pride Party at the Stonewall Inn.  I love going to that place, for the history and for the ambiance.  They were having a silent auction for items and then live auction for dates.  I’ve got to say some of those dates sounded like super fun times.  I however got locked into one item in the silent auction.  A limited edition book by the photographer Sophie Spinelle called Shameless Femmes.  It’s a collection of photos of queer femmes doing pin-up.  Unbeknownst to me she made me the cover model!! I am so touched and honored for the privilage.  I actually got in a bidding war with Sarah Jenny, an awesome lady here in NYC.  I won at the lat minute though! It looks so good in my apartment.

On Saturday I spent the day at Coney Island marching in the Mermaid Parade.  It was so much fun.  It was my first Mermaid Parade and I have to say, the bar is set high for future ones. With the help of Blackie Deuce and Pookie Patootie we were Coney’s Angel…fish.  It was kind of a last minute concept thrown together but we still had a blast.  After the parade, the PiC and I went to the Mermaid Ball where I was interviewed by Denizen Rums.  Such goooooood rum! There were so many great performances and I met some really neat people (including a couple from DC!)  We ended the night by getting some bbq with some really awesome new friends.  So many good memories were made this weekend and I cannot wait till I make some more tonight.  Hopefully you’ll come up and make some with me!

Huggles and kisses!

This is going to be one weekend full of activities!! It’s starts off with a session working as a makeup artist for a bachelorette session for Shameless Photography.  Sophie Spinelle is a true artist! I worked with her once at another bachelorette party as well as did a photo shoot with her.  Here’s one of the shots from shoot we did!

After the shoot I will be going to The Red Lotus Room in Brooklyn for Dr. Sketchy’s Art Monkey Ball!! The whole things starts at 6 and I will be there with feathers on!  Literally.  I will be walking around as a “cigarette (i.e. art supplies) girl”.  It should be super awesome fun!  If you want to draw the sexy Amber Ray and Madame Rosebud then I will see you there!

And if for some reason you can’t make it out Saturday and want to still party it up on Sunday or you just want some more Bambi (who could blame ya) then come out for a super awesome fundraiser!  N, has put together a fundraiser for MADRE, a Haiti Relief organization.  It is called Guyz and Dollz and will be held at China 1 NYC.  This show will be an exciting mix of Drag Queens, Drag Kings, Burlesque, Boylesque and just general amazingness!! There are truly very few places where you can see all of this in one show.  Tons of entertainment and helping out a good cause? Talk about a way to tithe on Sunday!

This seems to be the start to a super busy month, it’s going to be exciting!!

Huggles and Kisses!