Photos (shot by Special Lady T) from the Flesh Hungry Dog Show at Jackhammer on Friday

Friday night was fun. Me and Cruel Valentine tore it up at the Flesh Hungry Dog Show. It was a lovely evening. Host Gary Airedale always does such a nice job and the bands were great. I love Beazley of the Beazley Phillips Band. He’s awesome.

Yesterday morning, me and my partner, Special Lady T, hit Lost Eras, this AMAZING thrift/vintage/costume store on Howard. Oh. My. God. It is the place I had been having elaborate dreams about for years. You know, the one where you go shopping at the best, most extensive vintage store ever and then you make up and feel sad that you didn’t actually purchase that robin’s egg blue 1950’s satin girdle/garter belt covered with rhinestones that are set in, not glued? If I hadn’t had to teach class yesterday, T might have had to haul my computer over there and forward my mail, because I might still be there.

Then last night, me and T went out to see El Circo Cheapo Cabaret at Aloft Loft–to support Girlie-Q favorite Dizzy Lizzy and to finally see the show. We’d been trying to go since February, but we almost always had shows the same night. WHAT A SHOW! The aerial dance was great, there were some cool clowns, and Cameron Esposito (one of our favorite local queer standups) was hilarious. Our favorite aerial acts were a woman who used black silks and the showstopping couple at the end who did acrobatics from a little platform that they rigged up.

The first woman had a sparkly and amazing costume (thin shiny gold lame strap/bust coverings and sequinned black bottoms. It looked like a vintage swimsuit) because she used her black silks in a way that made them look like a dress draping off of her body. T and I were talking about it after the show and we loved how she made the silks not just something that was a vehicle for performance, but an actual integral part of the act/costuming. She had a really cool james bond-y jazzy score, too. Our second favorite was the couple at the end because they just did real live circus feats. The guy swung off the platform and held the woman by her wrists and she swung back and forth like he was a trapeze. Amazing. (And it was all set to “So What, I’m Still a Rock Star” by Pink. Fun!) And Lizzy, of course, was adorable. She did her glass walking act as a sunbathing routine with a vintage swimsuit. It was as cute as faux sunbathing on broken glass can be. (How cute is that? Pretty effing cute.)

We ended the night at Joie de Vine, the local lesbian-owned winebar, where we had a lovely conversation with one of the owners. We had some cocktails and came home early and went to bed. Today is a busy (haha. I almost typed “busty”. It’s always busty!) day. I’m rehearsing my acts for next Thursday (Guilty Pleasures 2 at Betty’s) and Saturday (Le Cabaret Erotique) at Design Dance. Then we’re having a two hour group rehearsal for the Pride Show, THEN two hours of auditions for the Naked July Show. Whew.

Long pause to see who won Miss Exotic World. Results? Kalani Kokonuts. She looks really great–Very classic and pinup-py. And wow, what costumes! (She’s from Vegas, so it figures…)

So, I guess I need to go get ready for my day. Mas later!

xox,
Ms. Bea Haven