...Dig them Gams! My new favorite tune!
Catchy, ain't it? That's Mable Lee showing off those sassy gams of hers!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Fallen Jewel
It's a wrap! After much anticipation, Fallen Jewel, starring the one and only Waxie Moon, will be premiering at the Out In the Desert Film Festival...an LGBT event taking place in Tucson, Arizona next month! You probably already know that Waxie is one of my most adorable, lovable, wonderful, talented, hilarious and inspirational pals, as well as a Seattle burlesque icon...and this new project is sure to bring her international acclaim! Producer/director Wes Hurley posted a few promo shots from the film and I simply had to share them!
...Relaxing at home with Waxie...
...Hanging out with hot-n-sexy Ernie Von Schmaltz and his man-van!
...A dramatic moment with petite Inga Ingenue...the Little Blonde Bomb!
...Waxie beaming at her beau!
...Doesn't this look like a fun ride?? Can't wait!
Congrats to Waxie and Wes for completing this faaabulous project! And if YOU are lucky enough to be in or around Tucson next month, make sure you go see Fallen Jewel! You might even spy your pal Gams in a scene or two! Mwah!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Good Housekeeping
Remember my pink trompe-l'œil apron? It's turning out to be a real workhorse! I've worn it on several occasions and it's always such a hit that I dared to wear it again last month in my role as housekeeping hostess of Vacancy: A Burlesque Tale of Holiday Travel. I recently received these pictures from the show, and naturally assumed you'd enjoy seeing the apron in action!!
Do note, if you will, darlings, my long-line Playtex Living Gloves, size S, in a stunning shade of pink! With my trusty duster at hand, I'm ready to go to work!
It's a good thing they have me to pick up empty bottles laying around and...hey...what's so funny?
Oh, I know I look cute now...
...but just watch as I get drunker...
...and drunker...
...and drunker!
I did manage to fool one or two unsuspecting audience members into thinking I was tipsier than I really was! My friends, however, are apparently so used to seeing me be the life of the party, they thought nothing of it.
Many thanks to photographer Ralph Gayle for glorifying the Gams!
Do note, if you will, darlings, my long-line Playtex Living Gloves, size S, in a stunning shade of pink! With my trusty duster at hand, I'm ready to go to work!
It's a good thing they have me to pick up empty bottles laying around and...hey...what's so funny?
Oh, I know I look cute now...
...but just watch as I get drunker...
...and drunker...
...and drunker!
I did manage to fool one or two unsuspecting audience members into thinking I was tipsier than I really was! My friends, however, are apparently so used to seeing me be the life of the party, they thought nothing of it.
Many thanks to photographer Ralph Gayle for glorifying the Gams!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Durante in Drag
The first Danse Apache of the year! Yes, that's Jimmy Durante, darlings, and yes! I'm still cracking up!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Everybody's Girl
I'm a huge fan of biographies, but never really understood why someone would want to go to the trouble of researching and writing 500-some pages of facts about a person they never knew. That is, until...
Sometime last year, my personal hairdresser, Mr. Angelo, handed me an old newspaper clipping about a vintage burlesque queen known as Gay Dawn...
...along with a few small, candid snapshots of her, taken by a fan (who shall remain nameless), some years after she retired her pasties and g-string...
I've been smitten ever since! According to the article, Miss Dawn hails from a little lumber town near the Washington coast called Hoquiam, which butts right up against another little town known as Aberdeen, almost famous now for being the hometown of a young man named Kurt Cobain...
Not just another pretty peeler, Gay Dawn had a career in burlesque spanning over 15 years, starting in 1950 at the Follies Theatre in L.A...
...playing burly-q theatres in the USA from Minsky's in Newark, NJ to The Rivoli in Seattle...
...and everywhere in between: Boston, St.Louis, Baltimore, Cleveland, San Francisco, Oakland, and more. So popular was she, in fact, that she even starred in a movie called "Everybody's Girl"...
...and had plenty of press coverage, if not clothing coverage...
...as well as some cheeky cheesecake! Isn't she lovely?
But whatever happened to lovely Miss Gay Dawn? I see she passed away in 1998, in Juneau, Alaska. The newspaper article references a daughter whom she named Gayleen and groomed to be a pageant princess, however, I think the former Miss Tujunga may have given up on pageants to join the police force. Further searches for either of them were fruitless. Does anyone out there have any clues or other information to help me with my Search For Gay Dawn? For some reason, I feel an affinity towards her, and finally, I know how it feels to be passionate enough and curious enough to attempt writing a life story about a perfect stranger. I'm not saying I'll ever write it...but hey, she loved show biz and money! Now, that's what I call Blonde Ambition, darlings.
I was lucky enough to find this video clip from good ol' Something Weird...so now, for your pleasure, ladies and gentlemen, may I present Everybody's Girl, Miss Gay Dawn!
Sometime last year, my personal hairdresser, Mr. Angelo, handed me an old newspaper clipping about a vintage burlesque queen known as Gay Dawn...
...along with a few small, candid snapshots of her, taken by a fan (who shall remain nameless), some years after she retired her pasties and g-string...
I've been smitten ever since! According to the article, Miss Dawn hails from a little lumber town near the Washington coast called Hoquiam, which butts right up against another little town known as Aberdeen, almost famous now for being the hometown of a young man named Kurt Cobain...
Not just another pretty peeler, Gay Dawn had a career in burlesque spanning over 15 years, starting in 1950 at the Follies Theatre in L.A...
...playing burly-q theatres in the USA from Minsky's in Newark, NJ to The Rivoli in Seattle...
...and everywhere in between: Boston, St.Louis, Baltimore, Cleveland, San Francisco, Oakland, and more. So popular was she, in fact, that she even starred in a movie called "Everybody's Girl"...
...and had plenty of press coverage, if not clothing coverage...
...as well as some cheeky cheesecake! Isn't she lovely?
But whatever happened to lovely Miss Gay Dawn? I see she passed away in 1998, in Juneau, Alaska. The newspaper article references a daughter whom she named Gayleen and groomed to be a pageant princess, however, I think the former Miss Tujunga may have given up on pageants to join the police force. Further searches for either of them were fruitless. Does anyone out there have any clues or other information to help me with my Search For Gay Dawn? For some reason, I feel an affinity towards her, and finally, I know how it feels to be passionate enough and curious enough to attempt writing a life story about a perfect stranger. I'm not saying I'll ever write it...but hey, she loved show biz and money! Now, that's what I call Blonde Ambition, darlings.
I was lucky enough to find this video clip from good ol' Something Weird...so now, for your pleasure, ladies and gentlemen, may I present Everybody's Girl, Miss Gay Dawn!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Poster Post 2012
Our SALON party season is already well underway, and I've already created several posters...
...and now I'm proud to say I've graduated to burlesque show posters! Here's my first attempt...
Well, lookie there! Not only did I get to design the poster, but I get to host the show, as well! Yay!
...and now I'm proud to say I've graduated to burlesque show posters! Here's my first attempt...
Well, lookie there! Not only did I get to design the poster, but I get to host the show, as well! Yay!
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