Dear Constant Reader,
Today I was going to write you a lovely missive about things like my weekend and Naked Girls Reading.
However, I have changed my mind.
Today I wish to inform you that The Improper Bostonian has recognized The Boston Babydolls as the Best Burlesque Company in their Boston’s Best 2012 issue.
Yippee!
Dear Constant Reader,
You might remember my friend Sarah (aka former Babydoll and future Naked Girl, Vita Lightly). I mentioned her in a missive a while back about how I won a Breil watch in her first ever giveaway.
She’s been very busy lately, what with graduating from college and flying back and forth to Germany for modeling jobs. So she’s only just gotten around to announcing my excellent good fortune. Thanks, Sarah!
You should consider reading her blog, Erratic in Heels if you like fashion, cake, silliness, and wacky modeling adventures.
Dear Constant Reader,
You know I love burlesque and burlesque history. You may also know that I love costumes and I’m pretty good at making them too. You may not know that I have always wanted to work in a museum. It’s true. I even went to school for Museum Studies. Recently, Scratch allowed me to indulge in my passion for all these things by setting up an exhibit of burlesque costumes at The West End Museum here in Boston.
The folks at Pin Curl Magazine were good enough to do a little feature on the exhibit.
If you want to see the costumes for yourself, they’ll be at The West End Museum until May 12. On May 11th at 7pm there will be a closing reception, which is free. I’ll be there and I’m happy to give you a guided tour of the exhibit.
Dear Constant Reader,
Vote for the Boston Babydolls!
Do you know this charming creature? Scratch found it wandering the streets, but it’s clearly a house cat. We’d like to find its owners. Drop me a note if you know anything about this cat.
Dear Constant Reader,
I hope you had a wonderful time ringing in the new year. Our plans were up in the air for a long time. We were going to perform at a night club. No, we weren’t. We were going to make an appearance at a party. No, we weren’t.
At last, clear of performance obligations, The Babydolls (at least the ones in town) decided to have dinner at Lizzy’s, one of our post-show haunts near what used to be The Wrathskellar, before going our separate ways to other entertainments.
Myself, I was Scratch’s guest at “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, playing at the Davis Square Theatre, where we shall soon be presenting “Unlucky in Love”. The play was very funny and quite well done. It was so helpful to see the stage in use.
And then we toasted the new year at Saloon, right down the hall. It’s a wonderful space, all dark wood paneling and a fantastic bar. And the Hamilton Daiquiri is excellent. I’ll have to return when there’s not a DJ playing dance music. The place was made for smokey jazz.
Best part of the evening — I wore my heirloom blush mink coat.
What did you do on New Year’s Eve?
Dear Constant Reader,
Thank you for reading my first letter to the world. I’m afraid this one isn’t very interesting, as first attempts so rarely are. In future letters I’ll share bits from my life in burlesque and writings on some of my favorite other topics.
Burlesque can be oh so glamourous what with the parties, the rhinestones, and the adulation of fans. On the other hand, sometimes one finds oneself in the most interesting predicaments! As I found myself kneeling in an empty theatre, scraping purple candle wax off the stage with a credit card, I cried out to no one in particular “Oh, the glamourous life of a burlesque dancer!”
It seemed an appropriate title.
Until next time,
Oh, The Glamourous Life! 