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| Thursday, July 30th, 2009 | | 3:09 am |
| | Saturday, January 10th, 2009 | | 12:00 am |
Swing dancing makes me a happy girl
So I'm planning to go to Verdi Club (on Tuesday nights) regularly for a while. If any of you lovelies are inspired to join me, I'd enjoy your company. Dancing is always more fun when friends come along! $10 cover, the band starts around 9:40PM and the dancing goes until after midnight. I'll plan to go for the band but won't be closing the joint down at the end of the night. Only a week or so and I'm back to classes five mornings a week! More info here: http://www.oldtimey.net/tuesdays.html Current Mood:  bouncy | | Monday, January 5th, 2009 | | 9:36 pm |
| | Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 | | 8:20 pm |
| | Sunday, August 10th, 2008 | | 11:08 am |
Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea
I just a few days I will have the honor of joining a group of artists and performers on a boating adventure down the Hudson River. I'll be there for the first ten days of the three week trip. After they arrive in NY around September 7th, the boats will be docked in NY and on display for about a month in conjunction with an exhibit at the Deitch Gallery. I'm excited to be part of the Wilhelmina crew, the recent KSW labor of love. I'm looking forward to learning more about running the steam engine, and making myself useful. It will be my last several days of freedom before I start school full time again. More details about the project here: Steamy steam steam! Current Mood:  excited | | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 | | 8:07 am |
Steam Up at Nimby this Sunday, 6/29
I know this is Pride weekend and there are lots of other festivities going on. If you don't already have plans on Sunday, come see the steamboat before it leaves for New York! ______________ Many of you know that we've been busy the last many months, restoring an old steam paddlewheel boat for a big art project coming up in August - no, NOT Burning Man. KSW will be a part of a larger project dreamed up by the artist Swoon. Starting August 15th in Troy, NY, we and 6 other vessels, covered in Swoon's art, will begin a 170 mile adventure down the Hudson River. Our journey will take us around the tip of Manhattan and into Queens, where we will be landing at the Deitch Gallery, on September 7th, opening night of an even larger exhibit by the artist. In just over two weeks, our steamboat will be loaded on a flat bed truck and sent East so that the artist has time to adorn our blank canvas of a vessel. We would like to invite you all to come and see what we've been working on before we ship her off. Perhaps we will still be working like mad as we prepare to put her in the water on the 30th. The party will be from 12pm-5pm on Sunday, June 29th and is located at our workshop at the NIMBY warehouse at 1649 28th Street in West Oakland. We'll be serving steam powered margaritas and have some of our other steam equipment up and running on display. The Space Cowboys' Unimog will be there playing happy, non-electronic daytime music (your guess is as good as mine). Feel free to bring a bottle of champagne to smash on the bow. More information on the project here: http://hudsonriverproject.wordpress.com/and here: www.kineticsteamworks.org Current Mood: cheerful | | Thursday, May 29th, 2008 | | 9:11 pm |
Friday Night Blues
If you happen to be free tomorrow night, consider going to Friday Night Blues. I plan to attend the 8pm lesson, stay for the 9pm lesson, and dance until my feet are tired and my shoulders tell me to go home. Whether or not you've done any partner dancing before, Blues dancing has easy footwork and very little structure. Most of the challenge comes from the improv nature of the lead and follow which can be quite playful. You don't need to bring a partner - people are very friendly and ask other people to dance. Dress is casual. Blues is often danced in an embrace that is very close. If you're put off by dancing in a close embrace, I can give you some tips for dance etiquette and how to use your frame to maintain a certain distance. Current Mood:  okay | | Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 | | 9:39 pm |
Steamy PBR
Strange contraptions from another time... Current Mood:  amused | | Thursday, March 27th, 2008 | | 1:16 am |
Steamy steam steamboat
Tonight I finally got to see the steamboat, in its not so glorious state. It looks like this project is *full steam ahead*, and while it's simultaneously horrible, delightful, punk rock, and KSW sexy, chances are good I'll be one of the crew for the Hudson River project. What am I babbling on about? Kinetic Steam Works is the group with the 1920 traction steam engine art car (using *real* steam power) at Burning Man the last two years. They've gotten a lot of attention for their collaborations with other local artists, such as the insect Carousel in 2006, and the Steam Punk Victorian Treehouse in 2007. KSW has been invited to join a group of artists and performers who will take a flotilla of several rafts down the Hudson River from Troy to NYC for three weeks this August. KSW has been given a steam boat that we are working on restoring (built in the 1960's, so it's not as glorious as you think). It will will be shipped cross-country mid-June, and once in NY will be part of an installation art piece, and the rafts will travel down the river by day with crew and performers, docking every night for performances in towns along the way. They will arrive in NYC on Labor Day weekend, and be part of an exhibit for a few weeks after that. This event has already happened two previous years on the Mississippi River, which brings to mind all sorts of Huck Finn adventures, but this will not be as romantic as that. Mosquito netting better be part of the budget! Apparently they've done major clean-up of the Hudson in the past 10 years, but swimming in it might still be a bad idea. In the meantime, I'm enjoying being a grease monkey again. It's been a while since I've gotten my hands dirty. I mean *really* dirty. Current Mood: excited | | Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 | | 7:18 pm |
| | Friday, February 22nd, 2008 | | 2:47 pm |
Got the Friday Blues?
Isaac's in town and we're planning to go Blues dancing tonight. Anyone want to come with? The lessons look interesting tonight: Ted Maddry and Karen Smith (both from Seattle, Karen via Austin) will be teaching the first in a 3-week series. The theme for their intermediate class will be preps: the lead before the lead. They will go over how to initiate steps and weight transfers clearly and quickly alternate between them. This class will allow students to break footwork patterns and lead complicated sequences. Current Mood: jubilant | | Friday, February 8th, 2008 | | 4:54 pm |
Breakfast in Venice, dinner in Amsterdam, and then home again for a late lunch in San Francisco
I'm home safe and sound from Venice and Venice-of-the-North, with all my luggage. I'm sleep deprived, delirious, and still a little under the weather. My mind is swimming with images of the wonderful people I met, their amazing costumes and the gorgeous places we went. I've lost track of the beautiful Venetian palazzos we partied in that overlooked either the Grand Canal or the Lagoon. I'll try to post pictures and more stories soon, but a few tidbits in the meantime: 1. I performed my first solo burlesque striptease for an attentive audience of about 100 people 2. I received a marriage proposal for a white-wedding from a wealthy Italian Count who has close ties to the Vatican (!) 3. Sorrel and M. are *adorable* together 4. I got really sick with an upset stomach at a 5-course dinner in a palace on Saturday night, and a very sweet neighbor I had just met named Rosie let me rest in her house until I could bear to make it back across town when my friends were ready to leave. She lent me a pair of her pajamas, tucked me in a bed with a hot water bottle and aspirin. All-in-all there were many gracious friends and strangers who helped me on this trip. Like the handsome Roman gentleman who loaned me his cloak to get home that night... 5. I'm still finding Dalmatian-spots from the Cruella party on Monday night, the most notable from a bite on my arm that is now a bruise the size of a fist. (Have I mentioned I bruise easily? At least they aren't marks on my neck - I hate that!) 6. Next year I need to balance out the 18 C. costumes with some that don't need panniers, corsets or big heavy wigs. Including at least one man's costume... something easy to pull on earlier in the day. I feel like I discovered another home and family I didn't realize was missing from my life. Next time I don't want to be sick for so long though, okay? Current Mood:  exhausted | | Thursday, January 17th, 2008 | | 3:46 pm |
The Stills are Still Moving
Our beloved LHR has two shows coming up: Triptych Restaurant (1155 Folsom St. between 7th and 8th St.) prints and paintings by LHR, photography by Keith Bailey Opening Reception Friday Jan. 18th, 6-9pm show continues through end of January and Gallery Three (66 6th St. between Market and Mission) Stills are Still Moving paintings by LHR Opening Reception Saturday Feb. 16th, 7-10pm show continues through March 8th  Yay! Current Mood: bouncy | | Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 | | 4:57 pm |
| | Friday, January 4th, 2008 | | 7:23 pm |
Oh yeah - a few month ago I went to the desert.
Looking at these pictures reminds me how much fun I had, despite it all...  Maybe because I only took pictures of the *good* things. We had a really fantastic camp this year, didn't we? Current Mood: grateful | | 1:00 am |
| | Friday, December 28th, 2007 | | 6:50 pm |
Yum Yum Buzz Buzz
Yesterday I had far too much caffeine. After spending Christmas at my sister's in Petaluma, I spent an extra day with Videtur in our hometown. On our way back to SF yesterday we stopped at a coffee shop a co-worker had been raving about, but surely I didn't really need another 4 shots of espresso in the afternoon... I was still up reading at 4:30 this morning when I remembered I had rehearsal at noon and desperately needed sleep before then. It's been lovely having Videtur in town. It'd be even better to have her here for a few months next year. Last night we had a delicious dinner at Le Colonial, and danced up a storm before running over to Top of the Mark to catch Stompy Jones and meet up with Simulacrum and her honey. I had a fantastic dance with a Lindy Hoppin' gent who had great moves, and a few Blues dances that would make a grandmother blush. Dancing takes my aches away and leaves a smile in their place. I bought my ticket to Venice! I'll be gone Jan. 28th - Feb. 8th. I decided to spend a day in Amsterdam on my way home, though I'm certain I'll be delirious after the week at Carnivale. It seemed a shame to be in the airport there and not visit my friends. What should I do with one night in Amsterdam? My costume preparation continues, but slowly... I feel like I'm designing an entire play that opens next month but the only character is myself. Speaking of, I should really get some sewing done. Does anyone have sources for amazing feathers? I want a few handfuls of orange and red ostrich plumes, among others I don't know the names for. | | Saturday, October 13th, 2007 | | 4:35 pm |
Tiger Lilies and Day of the Dead
The two things I'm looking forward to this month: 1. The Tiger Lilies are performing Tuesday October 30th at the Swedish American Hall (upstairs at Cafe Du Nord). I've heard fantastic things about them but haven't seen them before. 2. Day of the Dead parade Friday Nov. 2nd in the Mission. My favorite holiday to celebrate in SF! Both of these events will be lovely excuses to dress up and go out on the town. Want to go with? It'd be lovely to see you! Current Mood: optimistic | | Friday, June 22nd, 2007 | | 2:34 pm |
Friday Night Blues tonight!
Friday Night Blues!Beginning lesson at 9PM, $15 cover for a live band (including the lesson). I need me a dose of yummy Blues. I will not, however, still be dressed like this:  Company bonding Current Mood: bouncy | | Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 | | 12:54 pm |
MonkeySnake: part II - Friday 6/29
Yawn...another Burningman Fundraiser, you say? There are five to choose from every weekend, it seems. Here's one to bring to the top of your list: Designer of your favorite porn palace sets; the Bar, the Dungeon, the Moroccan Bedroom, the Medical Set, Executive Office, and of course you'd have to include the Bondage Wall... (some are used for every event, some were packed away long ago) will bring his newest and largest zoetrope Homouroboros to Burningman this year. The man who was my boss the first year I worked for Kink, who let me wear *his* dress home from a party when my own 18th C. dress became too cumbersome, our own superstar Peter Hudson is having a party Friday June 29th at the Porn Palace. Famous for his MonkeySnake costume, adored by many, namesake of the recent Lee Coombs album, the one thing Hudzo does best of all is party. It's sure to be a good time. Miss Bree and I will be there - will you join us?  MonkeySnake in action Current Mood: cheerful |
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