Lately, I have become a bit of a Vampire in that I only come out at night. This lifestyle is fine for nightclubbing and entertaining when you are most awake after midnight. It's rare that I am finished performing before eleven p.m. My work day often starts at 9p.m. And so I sleep late, lay around all day to conserve energy and wait to get ready for show time. But now I fully realize that this kind of lifestyle is not conducive to much else, like exercise, planting a garden or taking a walk. …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: 2010 so far…
Well, it seems like I have been so caught up in posting the "Riga Tales" that I have forgotten to mention everything else that has occurred in my world lately so I will give a brief summary now. The past few months have been pretty active. I had some money problems, a tax audit, achey knees, started hosting shows for the Chicago Cabaret Project (which I love) performed in the Baltics, got an Award of Excellence for performing from the Cook County Treasurer's Office and lost ten pounds!!!! …
Thoughts of Spring & gardening
Photo: L. Jordan Well, the Chicago temperatures are actually giving us hope for Spring arrival. Usually, I don't get bothered by our Winters but the Winter of 2009 will always be bookmarked in my brain. We went thru a lot this Winter: an epic Presidential Election, Sarah Palin, the thought that McCain might be President, the Recession, and those god awful days of arctic cold and snow. And for me, the lack of work is always a bad thing. Amd I'm not speaking strictly from an economic point of …