The Rules: Be the Perfect Date - by Elle Persephone

You may remember the gorgeous and witty Elle Persephone. from a previous blog series: Top 3 Tips for Women Doing The Rules for Online Dating. If you haven't read this three-part guide for ladies on how to use The Rules of dating, you should. Go on, I'll wait.

Makeup by Mark Boyer of 3BArtistry, Photo by Kenneth Lam

Elle has been continung to track the trials and tribulations of hunting down an acceptable man over on her blog. I definitely reccomend reading it, for both men and women (single or taken), not only because she's gorgeous, but because she's just the right amount of honest and brutal. 

Recently she added a wonderful guide for the men, outlining how to be the perfect Rules date. Here's a little blurb, but go on and click through to read the whole she-bang!

How to Be The Perfect Rules Date 

 While I cover how to get a date in “Here’s a Tip For the Fellas, too”, I did not cover what to do once you are in situ. Here - as a special (french) kiss to all my male readers - are tips for men on how to be the perfect Rules date...

Learn all you can, boys!

~Red

Burlesque Producing 101

Ok, so I've been asked a few tims how I manage to produce the shows that I do.

I found a few pieces that explain what it is I actually do between productions. Take a look.

And for clarification, a video:

See? Now you know!*
 
~Red


* I may actually publish a real blog with some tips. But seriously, all cats were showgirls or drag queens in a past life.

New Burlesque Performers! - Strip Search Toronto is Back!

Ladies and gentlemen, and those resolutely refusing to be classified as neither (scoundrels and strumpets!) Toronto's Strip Search competition is back!

 Though they skipped a year, they've returned strong, and if you're a new performer you're really going to want to get in on this chance to ROCKET to stardom like Trixi Jones, the previous Strip Search winner! Past Strip Search competitiors include Obskyura, Dew Lily and Miss dd Starr! All have gone on to become well known names in our community and beyond! Follow in their glittery footsteps. I compel you.

I've included the event information and application below, kindly stolen from our community staple, the Canadian Wolfman!

The Toronto Burlesque Festival Presents:
STRIP SEARCH
Sunday April 1st at The Revival Nightclub
783 College Street, Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm.  
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Performer Application

(IMPORTANT NOTE: in order to participate in Strip Search Toronto, you
must have only been performing in Burlesque since no earlier than June
1, 2010. Contest open to Ontario residents only.)  
Name:
Stage name:
Email:
Phone Number to be best reached at:
BACKGROUND INFO  
Have you ever performed a live burlesque act?
If so, when and at what show was your first performance?
Have you performed in any subsequent shows? Give brief details.
Why do you want to take part in Strip Search?
How long have you been going to burlesque shows as an audience member?
Give details of your general performance and/or dance background, if any (i.e. theatre experience, dance classes, etc.):
YOUR ACT  
Musical Selection (if applicable):
a) Name of song you are using:
b) Artist:
c) Length of act:

* Please provide a description of your act. Include information on your
costume, mood of the routine, any gimmicks or props, the plot/storyline
of your act or anything else you think is important to share. If you
are altering your number from a video you have attached, please let us
know of the planned changes. We will be using this information to help
craft the show so that your act has maximum impact, in the event that
you are selected to compete.
*Please provide the URL to a video of your act, IF you have one (we understand that many new performers may not have this )

*Are there other people involved in your routine? This includes people
in walk-on roles. Please list both stage and real names here, if any:

*What are your technical requirements for this number, in terms of
clean-up and set-up? Be especially specific and thorough about what you
require for stage set-up.
Please e-mail applications to Canadian Wolfman at wolfspill@yahoo.com and be SURE to attach a photo of yourself.
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE MARCH 5, AND ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MARCH 12.

My monthly show Reveal Me at the Rivoli is all about supporting and integrating new performers into our community. I believe in giving my Virgin Vixens a solid start, and Strip Search is definitely a step in the right direction!

I'll be there at the show April 1st to cheer on all of the newcomers, and I hope you will too!

~Red

Mardi Gras - Bacon Pancakes and Beads!

What did YOU do for Mardi Gras?

I didn't get a chance to chow down during the day, since I work some bar night shifts now. This generally means I get up at 2pm, get pretty and scoot into work by 5pm, and get home somewhere around 2:30am.

Starving.

The entire night I was handing out beads to lucky bar goers, even though it's not quite as crazy a party time here in Canada. I was also mad craving some pancakes, of course. It's not called 'Fat Tuesday' for nothin'!

Upon my arrival back at chez Red the boy creature had done himself well. I present you with Bacon Chocolate Chip Pancakes!

See also the bacon on the side? There was more, but it didn't make it to photo time. You can clearly see the evidence where I partially mangled a pancake pre-photo as well.

Pancakes are pretty awesome.


So what did YOU do for Mardi Gras?

Previous 2am pancakes made by the boy

~Red

Website Makeover!

Hello all!

If you've been near me in the past year (within hearing distance of my rantings), you may have heard me fretting, nagging, bitching, grumbling, hypothesizing, and plotting about how to make my website better.

Instead of bothering with hiring someone (I did attempt), I decided that, like all things that you truly want done, it's best to just do it your own damn self.

So I did.

Go see!

~Red