Okay folks!! I just got back from doing a gig for McDonald's Corporation. It was an awards dinner dance and the honorees and guests were Ronald McDonald clowns from around the world. I kid you not. Actually, there is one "official Ronald McDonald." He was young & tall and I think - under that make up - kinda hot! The rest are called "Tom" - I swear!! There were "Tom's" from Peru, Brazil, Japan, The UK... around the world!! They all wore pins of Ronald McDonald waving a teeny flag of their …
the neon lights are bright…
I went to NYC a month ago to go see some plays on Broadway. We (me & cousins) booked a hotel in the Broadway district - literally around the corner from Times Square. Times Square was always a place I went to "glance at" or "drove through" for a brief moment thinking: "Wow! Look at Times Square - it's so crazy!" But this time I lived there for a couple nights and you know what? It was magnificent!!Yeah, yeah, it was touristy and crowded but it was also magical. There is so much energy there! …
ain’t nothing but a number
So me & my BFF Barb went to my niece's party over the weekend. She has her first apartment and happens to be attending the same university I (and barb also) attended almost thirty years ago!!! There we were - the old hags - hanging with twenty something's and you know what? We had a blast!! I wasn't sitting around thinking: "they are so young" "this is so ridiculous..." Mostly, I was impressed by how very bright and cool these kids were. And the party (which I funded - such a nice auntie) …
Older and…
wiser? Let's try: achey, or forgetful or with lessoning vision. I have never felt "old" - not really. I mean the nature of my business is "party!" I am constantly telling folks to "dance!" Clap your hands!" "move your ass!" Meanwhile my knees, my back, even my feet hurt more and more. I listen to the creaking bones and cartilage of all of my peers as they get out of chairs, bend down or God forbid - go upstairs! Maybe this is coming forward in my mind because my birthday is rapidly …
Whatcha’ doin’ for the 4th of July?
I'm curious. How much celebrating are we doing? Fireworks? Cook out? who is going home? Who is going to a big party/festival? Who doesn't giva damn? ENJOY!! I plan to go to Frankie knuckles birthday party and PAR TAY. Whoo hoo!! Dance to House Music! Drink! Laugh! Make out with boys! Talk shit! …