It’s not easy to part with the version of something you created in your head. I would argue that it’s even harder to acknowledge that you have created a scenario that your current reality is not quite living up to. This has been the hardest lesson for me to accept in my marriage. I married … Read more
Up until my mid 30’s all of my sexual experiences were with people I was in committed relationships with, except for one passionate island fling while studying abroad in college. My friends were going through various stages of thier sexual exploration and while I could listen in non-judgement and enjoy the tea I could never … Read more
Yep. In terms of technique I am quite mediocre. Middle of the pack. Less than outstanding. And I’ve known this for quite some time and I am very proud of the fact that it never stopped me from pursuing the art form that I feel I was born to do. I got the earliest inkling … Read more
This was one of those pivotal moments I thought only happened in books or movies. An exact moment in time where you can pinpoint when something changed, when you knew that you would never look at things the same way. When I opened up that cabinet under the sink and saw boxes and boxes of … Read more
Maybe it was my fault for thinking I could just treat dance as some side hobby , something to do just for fun. After all I had bombed my audition at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, so maybe a career in dance wasn’t on my horizon. When I got accepted to Virginia State … Read more
What is it about a woman knowing exactly what she wants that terrifies and disgusts the masses? Maybe it’s the fact that you cannot shame a woman who own everything about herself. You can’t weaponize the truth against her. You can’t get her to see herself as anything less than who she is because your … Read more
… I learned in the strip club: Lessons in Dating Strip clubs can be fun and magical places. The combination of women, music and alcohol make for a highly sexualized fantasy world in which both men and women can get their needs met. The exchange of currency for titillating entertainment and attention are the same everywhere … Read more
Let me tell you about the Cruise of Lies. This photo was taken on our first family cruise(which would become an annual tradition). I had made the decision to divorce my husband. My daughter was 3 years old. A few weeks earlier I had gotten the call that set everything in motion. A … Read more
The year was 2003, I had gotten my very first Vegas gig and you couldn’t tell me shit. I didn’t know at the time that they were only looking to fill one spot and I’m glad because there were so many dancers and I probably would’ve been nervous. I got the spot and it was … Read more
You’ve spent most of your life locked in your head. Thinking, ruminating and worrying, only attending to your body if it demands your attention, or you want it to do something for you. You’ve been looking outside of your own body to feel at home and it’s led to a distrust in your decision making, … Read more