Aprella at Dr. Sketchys!
Moments ago, while sitting in my big pink Victorian chair in the Danger Dame office, with the windows open and the breeze playing with the sheer curtains....I heard it. The song of the ice cream truck drifting up four flights. Ah....Summer is almost here. Which means.....so many good things are happening in the city!
And speaking of....one of my best friends in the world and Crumpet Sister, Aprella will be at the fabulous Molly Crabapple's Dr. Sketchy's tomorrow doing a tribute to the art of David Stoupakis. The pic of Aprella and I above is when we did Dr. Sketchy's before we went on tour and it was AMAZING. I highly recommend going! If you are in NYC, get all the info you need to go here!
BTW, Aprella did our blood makeup. How badass is she?
Here's one more photo from Aprella and I's Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. I love this photo because we were trying to be all serious and still (well because the kind audience members were trying to draw us) - but as you can see from the photo - seriousness went OUT the window. Whenever Aprella and I are around each other, we are always creating an endless slew of inside jokes, laughing, adventuring and basically taking wherever we are by storm (including US customs, but that's another story.) So, the thought of us staying completely still for 5 to 20 minute sets while looking at each other trying to be serious was a challenge. I love that someone caught us when the inevitable happened, and we did start laughing. I don't know who took these photos...but thank you for capturing some fun times.
Right after this particular Dr. Sketchy's was over, I had a choice:
catch the bus I needed to get on... or
wash the blood off me and take the ravens out of my hair.
I chose catching the bus.
My friend Dicie and I ran out of the Slipper Room, hailed a cab, got caught in traffic and decided to jump out and run - both of us in high heels and me covered in blood and bird peck marks and ravens on wires sticking out of my hair.
I did make the bus. By seconds.
And when I did finally take the very last seat in the back of the bus with all eyes on me in confusion or horror....the girl who was sitting across from me remarked, "I love your heels! Where did you get them?"
Gotta love New York.
A drawing someone did of us as Bird Girls....
And speaking of....one of my best friends in the world and Crumpet Sister, Aprella will be at the fabulous Molly Crabapple's Dr. Sketchy's tomorrow doing a tribute to the art of David Stoupakis. The pic of Aprella and I above is when we did Dr. Sketchy's before we went on tour and it was AMAZING. I highly recommend going! If you are in NYC, get all the info you need to go here!
BTW, Aprella did our blood makeup. How badass is she?
Here's one more photo from Aprella and I's Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. I love this photo because we were trying to be all serious and still (well because the kind audience members were trying to draw us) - but as you can see from the photo - seriousness went OUT the window. Whenever Aprella and I are around each other, we are always creating an endless slew of inside jokes, laughing, adventuring and basically taking wherever we are by storm (including US customs, but that's another story.) So, the thought of us staying completely still for 5 to 20 minute sets while looking at each other trying to be serious was a challenge. I love that someone caught us when the inevitable happened, and we did start laughing. I don't know who took these photos...but thank you for capturing some fun times.
Right after this particular Dr. Sketchy's was over, I had a choice:
catch the bus I needed to get on... or
wash the blood off me and take the ravens out of my hair.
I chose catching the bus.
My friend Dicie and I ran out of the Slipper Room, hailed a cab, got caught in traffic and decided to jump out and run - both of us in high heels and me covered in blood and bird peck marks and ravens on wires sticking out of my hair.
I did make the bus. By seconds.
And when I did finally take the very last seat in the back of the bus with all eyes on me in confusion or horror....the girl who was sitting across from me remarked, "I love your heels! Where did you get them?"
Gotta love New York.
A drawing someone did of us as Bird Girls....