Sat down at a Kenny Rogers slot and I just keep winning (Taken with instagram)

With my old pal @joemaylish t (Taken with instagram)

Yep. Poolside, Vegas, unfortunately there’s near 40mph wind today! (Taken with instagram)

After ShowgirlGodzilla brought this to my attention on Pinterest; there was simply no way I wasn’t going to blog this.  Look at this firecracker!!

So um…Donna…join my gang??

Soccer mom alert! But soccer moms have a knack for keeping their Keds dry…I do not.

And ya, I’m wearing Keds…not my typical, I know.

It’s raining (AGAIN), and I’m not feeling the “dress-up for work” thing today.  So be it if my “casual” borders on a late 30-something midwesterner’s “going to the grocery” garb.

#GoogaMooga, more like the Great Line-a-Mooga.  I went all the way to Propsect Park for this!

Fun but also a huge disarray and an unorganized frenzy. Not to mention they were outta beer!  Everything I went to purchase meant waiting in at least a 30min line, usually more like 2hrs, then finding that half the time the tap was broken, the beer was gone, or the food was just so-so from a restaurant I can eat at any day of the week.  

I got to see The Roots though,and they played about 2-3min of GNR’s “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, so I got to get my air guitar action on for a moment.

Anyway, clearly with the zoo it was yesterday, I barely considered putting today’s ticket to use…and I did not go, just wasn’t worth it at that point.  Sadly, I missed Hall & Oates because of my choice.  OH well.

Googa Mooga, I hope you get your shit together for next year.  You were similar to a small town county fair, with your hand counted paper tickets and all…c’mon!  Most carnies could’ve run this better than you did.

Just got word Lydia Hearst wore a little creation of my doings to the 2012 Operation Smile Gala.

Usually I don’t get too excited about socialites (um, Paris did wear something worked on one time and managed to show off her hoo-ha in the evening gown, so ya…I don’t get my hopes up for a good pic from these ladies), nor am I really all that much about this specific one, moreso its the dress.

But I do take a liking to the whole Hearst Family History…I blame it on “Deadwood”; one of my favorite aspects of that show was learning a little about the Hearst involvement in the Gold Rush…even if it was thru the lens of Hollywood.

Anyway…enough about these famous families and their offspring, just putting this little picture up here on my blog to remind myself that sometimes I make classy things come alive. All despite my personal appearances and other’s preconceived notions of what kind of talents I might possess.  Basically often, I feel my friends and acquaintances just make fun of what I do because I’ve been known to make an evening gown of leopard print fabrics on many many occasions.  But something like this is NOT that laugh-worthy gown, now is it? 

Lately every morning it seems like rain, or at least that sticky humidity that comes along with near summertime in NYC. blek! Not to mention it makes me a miserable person, I have a terrible attitude, and I am just a stormcloud myself when there’s no sign of sunshine.

I am constantly complaining these days…and I know damn well 90% of it goes with the weather. I hate when I’m uncomfortable because my hair is sticking to my face, my lightweight cardigan is not lightweight enough, and my makeup is already melting at 8:30am. This makes everything else about my life unbearable! Then, when I finally cool down, everything is kinda fine, but not really cause all that effort I put into my appearance dried up and went away with the sweat. Eewwwww.

How do people cope with the humidity, rain, and hot temps??? I need pointers.

Hee Hee put this head on one of my evening gown sketches (Taken with instagram)