twice in a row

the last two weekends have been all about being the burlesque mama - we've been up to the rebellion festival at blackpool and then yesterday at volupte in london...

blackpool is our yearly girlie punk rock holiday - it was as good as ever - as soon as i landed i was engulfed in alot of love - sylvain sylvain from the new york dolls was wonderful and made me feel like a teenager again, watching stiff little fingers from their sound cage was also awesome - they never give a bad show and have more energy now than ever!

the girls show was also great - one of their best ever - there was fire, tits, beer, ballet and hoops!
rinse and repeat for this weekend at volupte...

...and if you wanna see them next weekend then ravenisis will be singing at the cellar door on sunday night...come down, the tickets are free free free!

oh - and the best part about such girlie weekends?
I AM BACK ON THE HOOK!!!!

yup, have been making my pretty lotus candleholders and giving them away to anyone that will have them...

...and also organising all my other crafty bits and bobs and thinking i'll use this afternoon to make some shrines.

girlfriends

i had a really really lovely night last night watching a few of my worlds collide...
i'd been stressing a bit about where to take alpaca for her birthday!
but goddess was blessing me yesterday.

after a big meeting i went to take my clients to a bar on st john's square called the priory.
but twas closed!

i noticed a new rene pierre baby foot table just inside the door and mentioned it to the girl turning us away = then realised we knew each other from cafe kick! she invited me back later that night for their private party and i mentioned that it would be great to bring my birthday girlfriend - gerit (the lovely girl who sorted everything for us) asked if i needed and table - never did i think that she would give us the private area with posh dining table all laid out for a birthday dinner!

so me, mr iknit, and my best designer reirabbit enjoyed the free vodka cocktails while we waited for everyone else...reirabbit just so happens to be another knitter and has her own stitch and bitch down in crystal palace i want to try...but not before i drag her to iknit for a drink or two! so that is my next week sorted then - next wednesday at iknit and next thursday for codemaddy...

...what is this you ask?
well we met up with some brilliant east end guys about my age lastnight and had a blast.
so spending next thursday with them again trying to steal trays.
its. a. long. story. and. you. had. to. be. there.

birthday suit

tonight at knitclub was so lovely - not been to an iknit evenin in ages and it was so lovely to catch up with everyone and make new friends again, but also to teach my friend jo the birthday girl! she is an amazingly quick learner and her crochettension was perfecto...such a pleasure to watch her churning out stitches. i've created another happyhooker! and i've convinced all the girls to bring our crochet out to the charlotte street hotel tomoro night...posh cocktails stitch and birthday bitch.

another night another knitclub...

...but of course with my usual twist!

i am so loving watching my worlds collide. my techie digital girlies coming along to knitclub and hanging out with my new bestest ever knitbuddy as well as the man with the legendary legs at transnight at the bar and drinking margaritas to toast my good health news...then sitting at waterloo station stealing some cop's french fries.

same bat time, same bat channel.