Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Loungin' Around...


My friends, I just know you were wondering, "Where, oh where, has our little Gams gone?" Well, just so you know, I have not been loungin' around the pool poppin' bon-bons all day......ok, just part of the day! The rest of the time I've been busy as a bee-yotch getting some decorating done around the ol' homestead...do you like what I've done so far??

And of course, I've been pounding the pavement in my patent leather pumps, trying to get gigs wherever, whenever...birthday parties, wedding receptions, bachelor parties, bar mitzvahs, church bake sales...whatever pays the bills. So, a couple weekends ago, I was lucky enough to be invited to perform at a going-away party for my pal, Sven Henry. A crazy little jet-setter, that Sven Henry, darting back and forth regularly from Seattle to the Big Apple...I think he gets to have a lot of going-away parties that way.

Anyway, this particular soiree' took place in the Green Room at Seattle's historic Showbox Theatre...it was a cozy little space...in fact, back in the 40's, it was a music store called Kern's that often hosted live performances by stars visiting town, like Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan and Frank Sinatra. Sixty years later, your pal Gams had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Lady Krishna's Peppermint Lounge and special guests, the enchanting Stella Rose...the fuh-lex-ible Cassidy who had the most remarkable gams (for a b-o-y!)...and the irrepressible Jackie Hell!

I'm sure you can guess how much I l-o-v-e-d the stage set done by Lady Krishna...lingerie hanging on the line and kitsch galore...I hear her entire house is like that...it's a lifestyle, I tell ya. Sven Henry requested that I sing my sickly version of Fever, and I never turn down a request, so I can only hope nobody caught anything from me! These wonderful pics were taken by photographer Kevin Kauer.





Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Princess Pink Dress


Once upon a time there was a Picky Little Bitch who couldn't go to the ball because she hadn't a thing to wear...not that she hadn't tried! She'd gone from town to town, and modeled many a gown, but nothing seemed quite right. So, rather than being seen in her modest rags, she waited forlornly at home, feeling sorry for herself...when...POOF! who should appear but her charming Fairy GodMILF!

"Hey Bitch, dry your tears! It just so happens I'm packing a certain little castaway confection here..." She waved her magic wand, and what should appear but a luscious frock, fit for the daintiest of princesses! Layers of perfectly pale pink tulle, sensuous satin and clouds of chiffon...and hand-sewn!...all the way down to the rhinestone-studded straps. Heavenly! It was love at first sight for PLB, and she scrambled to try it on.





"It's meant to be a little tight," FGM said encouragingly.

But try as she might, it was physically impossible for PLB to fit into the glamorous gown. "I'm too big a Bitch to fit into this glamorous gown!" she cried.

"Awwww well...we tried! Sorry...guess you'll be staying home tonite after all. But perhaps you know another maiden who would fit into such a pretty dancing dress? Look, I'll leave it here with you...if nothing else, maybe you can let it out a little!" And with that, FGM disappeared in a poof of glitter.

PLB knew that the dress was much too fragile to be taken out at the seams. It would never work...never! But she loved the dress so much that she decided to keep it in her care for awhile, lovingly naming it Princess Pink Dress. PLB and PPD got along well together for many years, but the time finally came when PLB knew PPD needed more in a relationship. And so began the search for someone...anyone...who would fit into the magical pink frock. Many maidens tried, from young to old, yet none could get that damned zipper closed!

Then one day, while traveling thru the Emerald City, PLB heard tell of one of the fairest, tiniest maidens in the land ~ star of burlesque, dance, circus and cabaret, known as The Little Blonde Bomb ~ Inga Ingenue. PLB knew then, like Cinderella's glass slipper, the precious pastel gown was made for fair maiden Inga. Surely a dress that ladylike would befit such a pristine, dainty and demure little lady!



Alas, perhaps the maiden Inga is a little more down and dirty than dainty and demure, but nevertheless...she'd look lovely in that dress!

One day their paths may cross...until then, Princess Pink Dress waits patiently in her closet, surrounded by other faded beauties from prom days long ago. The End.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Ode to Aurora Borealis


I dream't my name was Alice
And I wish't I had a phallus ~
I lived at
The Palace Borealis


While I drank from my chalice
And watched reruns of Dallas ~
I wore my
Aurora Borealis


I don't mean any malice
Altho this sounds quite callous ~
But who needs a phallus
When you've got
Aurora Borealis?