This week in the Candy Shop is one of those good and plenty's I can't get enough of. I'm a sucker for a guy who has that mischievous and fun look, and Joel Michael Anderson has got it down to a t! Obviously he's an incredibly attractive man and so fit ! He seems confident and proud of his body and doesn't mind showing it off for us to par take in dears. Joel is a model, screenwriter, author, philanthropist with many drug addiction charities, and a fitness trainer. Well, I can tell you I'm overly addicted to him and his assets!! And I like that real horny nature about him, who seems happy to get naked and have a real good time, it's what I look for in my future houseboys after all. And I don't think we can complain about that. Of course many of my fantasies, come from his alter ego, Johnny Ford, who in one of his many artisticworks proves how fun he is. Well, Easter is coming after all. But how delicious does he look in pink?!?!?! Not to mention a jock strap.
I do believe the Snow Queen may have relinquished , or is getting pushed out by her sister of Spring. Last week and this week it has been nothing but sun and warm temps...today even reached 67! I went up to the lake yesterday since it was so beautiful out, and may have over done it. It's 6 miles around, and I did a double walk/run around the lake, just shy of 12 miles. Needless to say my legs and ass hurt today. I was goin to take another walk today, but I have a guy here re-screening the window screens. But yes, spring is awakening....I couldn't believe how alive the lake was...and even spotted the eagles several times.
Very pleased with this shot. I show several Blue Heron yesterday. Right before this, the heron was eating a fish, which a mink, I think, was going to try and snag from him. But the shot wasn't meant to be.
Said mink.A first!
I have never seen a mink at the lake before. I thought I had to much gin.
Back at the Casa, caught a glimpse of the little wren outside near the bedroom window. I am happy to report I spotted several Blue Birds too....finally. Too darn quick to get a picture. Someone must have something in the feeders they like.
Yes indeed, I also spotted little onion crocus, I call them, blooming.
They made me happy.
Clarice Starling on the window sill. Between them and the grackles, it was very lively.
While all the racket was going on I enjoyed a breakfast before the run. If I keep eating breakfast like this I'll need to do a 12 mile run everyday...but I don't eat lunch.
And a 50 second video of the spring communing arboretum...
Good grief girls. This season feels like one long bad sex session with a lousy partner, named Old Smokey that won't stop, a bed from which I can't emerge. Not a joke, just a fact. This season started on January 1. However, this season has been a bit of a conundrum for viewers due to it's rather slow, slagging pace...especially when compared to the fast passed, high glitz, well put together queens of Drag Race UK . It could be just me, but Ru and Michelle almost come across enjoying the UK girls more? March marks the third month since the season stomped onto out screens in high heels, and yet only five contestants have heard the dreaded "sashay away" farewell from Ru. Which might not be a bad thing. On the last episode did Ru, who stopped Kandy Muse in her tracks from her "sashaying away, really say she wasn't ready for her to leave yet? A better question might be, is RuPaul wearing beer goggles this season, or is she getting cataracts?
After a fever dream of a fun mini challenge in which Tina Burner wins for shaking that ass... and we finally get a glance of the Pit Crew.
I am right there with Michelle. I was like...
So..let's talk the good stuff. This show... it was finally the New Years of Drag event's....
We were treated to the usual scenes of Ru asking the queens about their Snatch plans...and those same queens started squirming and deciding they're going to prove the Queen wrong. Yes. I'm looking at you Olivia, Elliott, Tina and Utica. Have some of these bitches never watched the show? I still say there needs to be a rule who they can do. Every year, most of them pick the damnest people you never heard of. With thousands of well knowns...why in hell do they pick such low key reality stars??? Over the years, the challenge has shifted away from picking traditional celebrities, and I'm not sure why. High level celebrities are essentially caricatures already, making them good choices, and those who pick widely known people, or characters often win the Snatch Game episode. This season wasn't the worst, but not the best either. I probably could have ate the kodak film and shit a better Snatch Game though.
Kandy elects to yet again go after a tried and true strategy...find the most Kandy Muse adjacent person and use them as a vehicle to let her shine, but it landed flat for me. Silky, Sasha and Roxxxy all did it, and all to great success, but all Kandy did was wolf down half a banana (Sixpense would have taken the whole thing) peel and all, in a single bite..need I say more? We know she likes to eat. But she didn't do as bad as poor Olivia who Kandy ate right up.
Olivia. Poor, poor, Olivia. Unfortunately, any and all excitement surrounding her performance ended with her introduction.
Symone. Historical figure are always good, and tough to pull off, but Symone's choice to do Harriet Tubman was insane, but she actually pulled it off, in fact, with her damn funny impersonation, combine with her main stage runway, I'm surprised she wasn't in the top...but only safe????
If Gottmik hadn't done Paris Hilton, I would have personally hunt her down and beaten her ass with a stiletto. Let's face it...when it comes to entertaining, Gottmik's wheel house is about as limited as Donald Trumps good taste. Bitch nailed Paris in every aspect, and she by far was one who showed up correctly for this game hunty. She looked incredible.
Rose choose Mary of Scots. The fact that half the queens and production didn't know who she was and had to pull a Renaissance painting as a reference photo, made this choice instantly worth with. I was living for her "Mary living in current times" schtick, and the mumbled Scottish-dialect. Rose' sails to a very solid performance, and with her main stage runway, I feel should have won the whole show. Rose keeps getting stronger I think.
Did anyone expect this to go well? I didn't think so. Elliott choose Rue McClanahan, which confused me from the beginning. Rue never was an over the top or memorable actor with personalities traits to impersonate. But her characters she played did. I don't know why she just didn't play Blanche and be done with it. Needless to say, it crashed and burned quicker then Golden Palace did. And for us, the deeply one note act didn't pay off, and with her lousy runway of a Flamingo, and an insult to flamingos every where, she was told to sashay away. On a bad night thought, I'd still probably tap him. As long as I have a ball gag for his mouth.
Utica and her Bob Ross. It was a more worst disaster then the Hindenburg. Moving on.
Tina this week was safe...barely. She choose to do Richard Simmons. This should have been in her wheelhouse, but I think she failed terrible in the part. I think Tina's time is coming to leave soon. And no offense, but that hair didn't even look like Richards Simmons' hair. I got more Nina West with a bad wig day. No offense Nina dear.
Denali. Let's me hear it. I was not a fan of her Snatch Game and the drag felt like to me so-so, but she did at least landed the jokes. But this was not a win for me. Her days of safe will probably end this week, unless Utica really fucks things up. Lesbe honest, I just am not feeling Denali as a queen. Her drag bothers me. But as a boy, I could see many, long hot steamy nights in the bed!!!!
Then it was on to the main stage. Category is:Fascinating Fascintors! And if you know me you know I love a nice chapeau, fascinator or anything to do with head .And I can't lie. my favorite runway look was Rose"
I know I've had it up to here with her petals and crinoline and such, but I feel she really nailed her figure on this one...and I was wetting myself for that rose bloom hat! Hell, I'd wear that to go to the market in!
Of course the EF Hutton moment came, once again in the form of Symone. Not only did she look jaw dropping, STUN-NING hunty, and statuesque, but when she turned with her message of Say Their Names...I thought we were looking at a third win.
Didn't hate Kandy's runway, and it was nice to see Olivia look her age for once. As the show continues she must be the Benjamin Buttons of the show. We had enough of the old looks.
As many failures as Utica has had in challenges, she is still one of my favorite queens, and I know this bitch can perform...hence her entertaining lip synch last week. Bitch may be wacky, but she knows how to bend and use that body like Yvie Oddily. But with her downward trajectory, I think the sun is setting on Miss Utica. I had high hopes for this Minnesota queen. I think she has at least one or two more shows till she bites the dust. I still think she'll place 6 or 5th. No denying...she has had some of the most memorable runways this season. While I like a typical fascinator, Utica was as weirdly creative as expected, and I actually did like this look.
Meanwhile and not surprising, Elliott and Utica land in the bottom. Luckily, Utica is up against Elliot and not say, Kandy. Kandy would have clean Utica like a chicken wing. I do feel Utica is a good performer, and to our luck, I think the judges are quite frankly tired as hell of Elliott at this point. So it was a relief to see Elliott exit. But she gave us some moments. Who could forget that hilarious time she went and did...um, well, you know, that hmmmm, well, nothing quite springs to mind. Bye Felicia!!!! I'm sure Denali or Utica will join you this week.
But my favorite queen of the week and runway was from Awhora on the UK race. I was shitting over this look she did!
And now darlings....in honor of Gottmik and Paris Hilton....
A nice break is always good, and unplugging from news and the internet is even more mind clearing. I have my phone to use, but I am not in the habit of using it much to blog or read blogs on. Upon getting to my mothers, the area had to two or three small snow events. The one day, I loved these icicles hanging. And it gave me an idea.
Happy Hour that evening.....
What a great cock-a-tail stirrer. I highly recommend an icicle for murder too. The evidence melts away. Not that I would know darlings.
But as you can see from opening picture above, the snow is now all melted and was in the high 60's when I left to come back home to the Casa du Borghese today. Felt nice to shed some layers. The visit was a good one. Got much done around the house for the Mother, got her new gardening guys lined up for outdoor work this year, and started to redo two bedrooms for her. It's been two straight weeks of stripping wallpaper. But the walls are now prepped for painting once I head back in a few weeks. Her and my aunt started taking care of their sisters estate, but now will be down to my mother, as my dear ole aunt took a fall, and has been in the hospital since. Luckily no fractures, but she will need to go off to a rehab for another week. The Mistress spent time, when not stripping wallpaper, cooking various meals for my uncle while my aunt is " convalescing ". Did some light housework for him while there also.
I spent three days with my good friends, the Capital Street Duo..nice to see some much loved faces and I met their new pup Flyer. Such a cutie. My friend the Dame tried to recruit me yet again to help run his new florist shop, which evidently is doing quite well!!! I know I sure don't want to moved back to Harrisburg. He even has said name your hours and price!!! I am just now slowly looking for work again, but may be waylaid as I may have a huge freelance interior design project coming up for a pass client. We will be touching base shortly. All I know is it would be a full gut for a kitchen and a bathroom. We shall see.
Meanwhile, my mother's dog Lilith was like my shadow while there. She thinks she's a lap dog! But she has been enjoying the outdoors. And she sits so regal.
While there I also started to do some research on this desk that was my fathers grandmothers, then his mother's. It will come to me one day. From my interior design background and studies in college, I am thinking it is of Thomas Sheraton or from inspiration of his work, as many original pieces he himself made are extremely rare. But many of the desk's attributes and features lead me to believe it's of Sheraton design, like it's boxiness, straight legs, the glass fabric windows, the hardware, the use of various woods, the chair design, the dovetail joints, and all the inlay and motifs. He was famous for writing surfaces that slid out, and for his little hidden compartments inside the desk.
The surface slides out. The key locks both the drawer and the doors.
The beautiful inlay on the chair.
I can remember my dad letting me play post office at the desk when I was little. All the little cubby holes inside fascinated me for some reason.
I searched all over for any dates or signatures, or a little plaque for the furniture makes to no avail. But when searching, I did find two new paper clippings from 1956, and this old electric bill addressed to my grandmother, when my grandparents still lived in Brooklyn. I wonder how common it was then for a bill to come in the name of the lady of this house and not the husband??
I loved that Reddy Kilowatt...and the bill itself was from April and May of 1937!!!!! It was in the desk that long. I don't know why I found that cool? We plan to get a antiques expert in to look over the desk and see what we have.
I'm just glad to be home for a time now. I also had two pleasant surprises waiting for me when I got back to the Casa, in addition to playing naked twister with the houseboys. My neighbor took in two boxes for me while away. Not one, but two mugs!!! The first one I opened was from my ever faithful Duchess Deedles...and she said," When I saw this I thought of you" Boy did she ever get it right!!!!! And rumors are true, I was bore with glitter in my veins. Thank you so much Deedles for the thoughtful gift and gave me a good chuckle.
And the other was from a, old, old, old, and I do mean old, diva friend, Bunny!!!!
She's must be testing new merch, but why she made a small mug was shocking to me. Bitch drinks her beverages from a trough!!! But it was a fun surprise, thought I must admit I'd never thought I'd be drinking my coffee out of Bunny. I hope it's not nutty? Thanks Bun -Bun. Love you, love your hair.
