As darling as those artist designed hotel rooms were, they did not have the Glamma Girl in mind.  The shower was smaller than a phone booth-- I think I invented a new form of yoga trying to shave my legs!  The hair dryer only provided a warm gentle breeze, but nevertheless I made it to tech rehearsal early enough to see Baltimore's Trixie Little walking through the paces of her mermaid act.  As one of the night's big headliners, she later blew the crowd away with her discovery of a mermaid's newfound legs... and other parts!

When doors to the show opened at 8:00PM, I was ready with a cocktail in hand.  The Gladstone Hotel hosted the show in ...

I was incredibly honored to be selected to perform in the 4th annual Toronto International Burlesque Festival and was so excited to make my international debut-- but the night before I was to fly to Canada, all I could think was, "I have no pastie tape!"  I tore my place apart and rang up some showgirl friends, all to no avail; and the shops were all closed.  How unprofessional!  How could I let this happen? Could I use eyelash glue instead? Oh dear-- I'd have to get past my embarrassment and rely on the kindness (hopefully) of a fellow showgirl backstage.  But I couldn't think about that now, I'd think about that tomorrow a la Scarlett O'Hara.  I had a plane to catch!