We are going to be flying to Las Vegas this summer. As usual, we make our travel plans well in advance. This includes our flight reservations. Usually we fly American Airlines, but for reasons that I cannot fathom, American has no direct flights from San Jose to Las Vegas (WTF American?). So, we decided to…
Sadly, Bottom’s Up is no more, but it was a Las Vegas-style revue that ran for over 40 years. It was the creation of Breck Wall. Here is some background on Breck and the show: Breck Wall So how did I end up touring with Bottom’s Up for 8 months in 1992? It starts with…
I signed up for an audition. I had it firmly in my little pea brain that the audition date was 5/4. I remembered this clearly because that is my dear husband’s birthday and I felt kind of guilty about having an audition on “his” day. But I knew he’d understand. Usually, I pick out my…
As I’ve mentioned before “Dikke Dame” means Fat Lady. I love my little Dikke Dame dolls. As a fat person, I think it is important to surround myself with joyful and beautiful fat images, to remind myself that we are all beautiful and our bodies are all worthy of love. This one is a “repeat”…
When I was growing up, we had many cats, but my favorite had to be Rama. Rama was a purebred Siamese. This was back in the day when Siamese cats were kind of a rarity. He was, what is now called, an “apple head” Siamese – not the triangular-shaped head that is more common now. …
I do my grocery shopping once a week. I select the recipes I’m planning on using during the week and make my shopping list accordingly. Yeah, I’m a little anal like that. And since I work part time, I can do my shopping during the morning. That’s thoughtful, right? Not tying up the grocery lines…
Once upon a time, many years ago, in the far off kingdom of Frankenmuth, Michigan, there was a troupe of merry players (well, except me, I was famously not so merry) called the Fischer Troupe (since we were performing at the historic (and tiny) Fischer Opera Haus). It was a cast of 4 women and…
Not the ones on her punkin’ head. I stopped dying long ago – it just wasn’t worth the battle. No, I mean my home town, Bay City, Michigan, where I hope one day to retire. Many years ago, I was thinking I would like to try living in Alaska. This was pre-internet in every home…
More than ready. I need it to be Saturday. Please? I know I am lucky to have a job. I am lucky to have a job in a very stable industry (law – in California, are you kidding? Somebody is always suing somebody). I am lucky to have a job that I understand and can…
Spending many years in theater, I think I developed a more lax view of modesty than some. I mean, given certain natural variations, we all have the same basic equipment, right? I used to go to a gay (disco) bar (yes – disco, that’s how old this fat old lady is) after performing in a…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 