Steppig out in Austin Powers mini dress

Sunday, 16 August 2009

By popular demand, here is a picture of me in the fab and groovy magenta and dark lime green mini dress I wore for Bobo's birthday. The colours just shouldn't go together, yet they do. I'm not sure quite how I carry it off, but I seem to. I love it so much that when it's all worn out, I am going to get another one made, or indeed several. Each could combine flamboyant and vivacious colours in a creative way.

We have had a lovely friend staying this weekend and so have got to do the Edinburgh festival as tourists. I chose what turned out to be a chronic and cringy show, Venezuela Viva, which billed itself as being Salsa, flamenco etc all done in a production which was "sexier than Riverdance." Oh dear, it emerged as the south American version of Riverdance, where an all female dance troupe took on historical roles to express the 500 year history, culture, colonisation, geography of Venezuela in the form of dance. It was hilarious, although it didn't intend to be. Sitting in the front row was a poor choice, especially when a wifey dressed as Christopher Columbus appeared on stage just in front of me. I couldn't look at her, I couldn't suspend my disbelief long enough to engage with her as a prominent historical figure. My friend and I just spent the performance nudging each other and trying not to offend the performers by being too obvious in our mirth.

Next up was a fabulous stand up comic who talked about how health and safety had gone mad, "I'm surprised they don't have signs on brick walls saying don't eat me." That really tickled me for some reason, along with his take on how feminized the world was becoming through the distribution of oestrogen related products. He said, "even the birds are turning gay, I woke up the other morning and they were doing show songs." The next comedy show was even better, despite the fact that I was a bit too knackered by then to listen properly.

by Hullaballoo

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