I was asked by my friend Heather to be one of the dancers at the Coney Island Mermaid Benefit. We were supposed to participate in a jam circle, a couple of dancers were going to perform (not me) and then we were supposed to cozy up next to the VIPs who paid about $250 a ticket.
It was the best party I've been to in a long time. Circus freaks, big-name burlesque artists, fellow freak lovers like myself. They were serving up coney island fare - hot dogs, hamburgers, and popcorn - making me glad that I had dinner beforehand.
We danced and shmoozed from about 7 to midnight. Everyone was SO nice. I was wearing a vintage-style top, a navy twirly skirt that I made that day (LOVE that serger), black and white shoes and one of grandma's vintage hats. A number of near-naked burlesque performers came up to me to tell me how great I looked, which was HILARIOUS because they were glamorously bedecked in pasties, glitter, sequins, feathers.
We danced all night. I had a typically naughty dance with one of my favorite dancers, Brendan. Brendan's so great because he has a great sense of leverage, and he'll get me in these crazy positions where I'll wind up with his knee between my legs, and then I miraculously pop up about 6 feet in the air. Or, I'll be bent over and he'll be smacking my toosh.
So, we're having one of these ridiculously campy and naughty dances, laughing so hard, and I realize we're being watched very closely by a couple of people on the side of us. At the end of the dance, I dusted myself off, looked at Brendan and said "Thanks! It was nice to meet you!"
I love everything mermaid.
3 comments:
You two are way too adorable in that photo!
Brendan is a very, very, very bad boy.
That was one of my favorit parades. I've must have seen you! Going to miss astro land!
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