Category: My Life

  • Sorry Christina Aguilera, You’ve Been Replaced

    Sorry Christina Aguilera, You’ve Been Replaced

    I’ve got an idea!  For next year’s Super Bowl entertainment, how about replacing the usual over-exposed pop acts? I know!  Madrid drag performer Prohibida would be perfecto!  She’s sexy and energetic, and she can help lure in viewers from other parts of the globe.

  • My Super Bowl Press Clipping

    My Super Bowl Press Clipping

    A Super Bowl fanatic I’m not.  But I always had fun at the annual big-game bash that my pal Jody used to throw.  Her Lower East Side apartment, which was quite big, would be packed with scruffy creative types snacking, drinking and sort of watching the game (The tacky half-time show was more popular).

  • Transformer Gal

    Transformer Gal

    It was so worth it to venture into the cold last night to catch One Man Show, in which “female female impersonator” World Famous *BOB* shares her colorful life story.  (More info at her website.) I saw the show in its infancy, and since then it has been molded into a really great performance piece…

  • Hare Scare

    Hare Scare

    Happy Chinese New Year!  According to the Chinese zodiac, it’s year of the rabbit. Aw, how sweet!  Bunnies are so cute…

  • Ad Age

    Ad Age

    Now it’s part of New York University’s bland takeover of Greenwich Village, but until 2002 the townhouse that occupies 10 East 8th Street was the longtime headquarters for stylist to the stars Patricia Field (retail downstairs, her residence above). Downtown outrageousness ruled—crazy nightlife attire for sale, a wild sales staff, and fantastic advertising.  I’ve been…

  • Solidarity with the Egyptian People!

    Solidarity with the Egyptian People!

    As evidenced by some of my past Halloween costumes, I find Middle Eastern culture quite fascinating.  I sincerely hope that a new era of freedom, peace and cooperation is dawning in the region.