pippa's wedding in 8 photos

pippa married kyle a week ago and it was a wonderful weekend for everyone. she walked down the aisle to bright eyes' 'the first day of my life' and showed us that a wedding is not a party until you bring out the argentinian in everyone.

a new adventure in hair removal

Tom Decker has sugar in his mustache, too.


if you have ever met me, heard of me, or looked at my facebook profile you know that hair removal is one of my interests. and hobbies. and pastimes. and subjects.

so today while visiting the fam for the last time in coronado before they go back to the heat, i made an appointment to get my eyebrows and mustache did at la-di-da day spa. there are a few reasons why i wanted to go there
1. it's an aveda salon and aveda rules. the scent is like a time machine that brings me back to senior year of college.
mmm...aveda hair stick.
2. despite the gay name, it looked like the only place on coronado that's not for geriatrics - and estelle getty we miss you already.
3. they have "butt crack" on the menu. it's $15+. the plus is for if you're extra hairy.

but most importantly, la-di-da day spa specializes in sugaring - which is one h.r. technique i have never tried.

sugaring works like this: the aesthetician puts on latex gloves and rubs baby powder all over your mustache. (you can't do sugaring for brows because it's not precise enough). then she takes a warm ball of honey-colored substance (think amber silly putty about the size of a marble) and smooshes it on your mustache. over and over and you can feel the hairs coming out as she kneads it and rolls it on your mustache. this might sound unpleasant but it was fun and there was no - 'here comes the rip' anticipation. and when it's over, she washes off any remnants with water. no wax in the sides of my mouth, no breakouts on the way.

mailette (aesthetician and owner of the place) said that it's great for bikini - brazilian, playboy, however you fly. and it's all done with fingers, no sticks. she said it hurts less and it's faster than waxing. she said if i had time she'd do it for me. i should have taken her up on it but my mom was in the waiting room. maybe next summer?

these girls came home with me tonight!

and they're not even tranny-sized! now if i can get out of work in time to make it to class on tuesday, they shall have their debut.

Not for Amateurs.

in preparation for my trip to san diego for 4th of july, i made a stop at the world's greatest drugstore - long's rexall square drugs. in addition to a new comb, some headbands, toothpaste, prescription refill and deodorant, i bought some tampons. when i got them home and was perusing the package, i read that they are OB ProComfort Regulars.

ProComfort. Does that mean after 18 years of using such products i can now consider myself a professional? that's totally boss.

One reason I Iove West Hollywood

now that i've been to pole dancing 4 times, i decided it's time to step it up and get some real proper shoes for class. real proper shoes for class are really high, really platformy, and really vinyly or maybe lucitey.

after a delicious dinner at OMI sushi last week, ben and i stopped in at Love Connection, our friendly neighborhood amyl nitrite emporium. when kim visited a few years ago she picked up two pairs of stripper shoes at Love Connection, so we went in to check out their selection.

problem with their selection is the shoes, although really high, platformy, vinyly and lucitey, were HUGE. like, shaquille o'neal huge - or maybe just RuPaul/Lady Bunny huge. the gent working the counter asked if he could help us, i said they all looked a lot bigger than i needed and did he have smaller sizes. so he says (and this is why I love West Hollywood)...

"are they for you or (pointing to ben) him ?"

best place to live. ever.

pic of Ben and friends in Spain

ben's in europe watching soccer - here's a zoomed in and cropped version his dad sent to me from the bigsoccer.com site that captured them in the stands at a game in spain. you can barely see ben on the left, then tom in the middle and dan on the right.

I pole danced with a Playboy Bunny and all I got were these lousy bruises...

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