It has been a very busy
couple of weeks! At the beginning
of the month, I went up to New York City to see Madonna in concert at Yankee
Stadium. While the show was enjoyable,
I still think my “Librarian Gone Wild” book cart drill should have been
incorporated into the show somehow. Call me, Madonna!
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| "Librarian Gone Wild" seeing Madonna at Yankee Stadium! |
While I was up in New York
City, I had a meeting with my favorite bookstore, The Strand, and they loved my
literary purses and cosmetic bags and will be carrying them in the store this
fall! I was also booked to perform
in their rare book room for an event on December 6th! When I used to live in NYC, I spent just about every weekend wandering through the stacks and now I get to perform in them. So thrilled!
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| The Stand-Up Librarian at The Strand December 6th! |
Just after getting off the
plane in Florida, I had to turn around a performance in just two hours for a
benefit honoring a friend moving back to NYC. Inspired by Madonna’s show at Yankee Stadium, my love for
baseball, and the song “Express Yourself,” (which I hadn’t done since high
school), I did a baseball-themed
number that the audience seemed to enjoy – especially since I pulled off that
Yankee shirt & revealed a Tampa Bay Rays t-shirt! Watch the video here:
"Express Yourself with Baseball"
I have also been sewing a
lot – preparing for The Strand order but also my holiday items that are
available on a made-to-order basis, just ask me and I will make them for
you! I also decided that I needed
to have a website entirely devoted to my designs so StandUpLibrarianDesigns.com
is now operational and links directly to my Etsy Shop! I am in the process of updating all of
my websites but that is such a major job that it is taking longer than I
expected!
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| It's the Great Pumpkin purse & hat, Charlie Brown! |
And then there are
performances! I am preparing for
my part in The Vagina Monologues at American Stage on September 30th - something I have never done in my life
is say the V or P or C words on stage or out loud, so this should be
interesting (especially for my very conservative family members!) Then the very next week I am booked to
do my literary comedy show at a library staff day and since I love to write
new material, not to mention choreograph new dance moves with that book cart, I am very excited about doing some of those parodies!
Plus, everyone needs a
social outlet, so in addition to my acting classes that I do two days a week, I
have now joined a book club that meets once a week & I have joined the St. Petersburg Shell
Club that meets monthly! Yes, we
discuss seashells!!! Oh, it is a
happy day when you can show your latest beach treasure with a fellow conchologist
who can appreciate it!
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| Seriously, nobody talks about Shell Club - ever! |
Wow, a lot is going
on! So I need to get back to
sewing, writing, reading, dancing, oh, - eating! I always forget to do that one. I hope all is wonderful and cooling off in your worlds, I
just LOVE the fall season, don’t you? Express yourself!
