I took off from work on Monday and Tuesday. I was going to go up to a club in New Hope, PA called the Cartwheel. Every Monday night, the club hosts "Drag Search with Monica Rey". Basically it's a talent show for drag queens. Other girls from all over the surrounding areas of Philly, Central and South Jersey, and even Allentown and Reading, PA show up just to have fun and hang out.
I slept in on Monday morning, I wanted to have my energy ready for the evening. When I woke up, I went through the usual process of removing the body hair. Figured I would make dinner for my fiance that night, since she was going to work (and I was off - Yay!). While I was out picking up food to cook for dinner, I also picked up some press-on nails and a lip liner, two items that my makeup kit has desperately needed for some time now!
Skip dull parts: Time to get dressed! Need to pick out an outfit for the club. At this point, for the first time, we realized how distinctly different my fiance's and my taste in clothing are. She was helping me, and suggesting the most conservative outfits I have! (That is, the two skirts that actually go down to my knees.) I wanted to be more daring and show off my legs. She didn't want me to look like "Some kind of bimbo!" But I prevailed and convinced her that I'd be just fine in a blue spandex miniskirt. Combine that with my taupe sweater-blouse and navy two-inch heels and I was good to go! A quick (35 minute) makeup job, and all that was left was my nails, which my fiance happily did for me.
The drive to the club was unremarkable. The only notable event was the PA Turnpike tool booth guy hitting on me. Easy enough to deal with - "See ya sweetie!" and I'm gone. I finally arrived at the Cartwheel around 10:45 after about an hour's drive. A quick check in the mirror, fix the lipstick after smoking about 870 cigarettes on the way over and I'm ready!
Once inside the club, it's no different than any other club in the world - several bars and a dance floor, and a bunch of drag queens and transvestites. :) Not knowing anybody, I ventured to the bar in the back, ordered a drink and sat down by myself. In about two minutes, a couple of girls from Renasainnse in Allentown invited me to join them, so I did. We chatted for a while, until the show started.
The show was quite entertaining, a good mix of professional and amateur quality fun. The second performer looked familiar, and I finally reallised that it was PattyAnn from the Chat Room. We met and introduced ourselves in real life. She and several other girls had driven in from New Jersey for the night. Suzi, Ginger, and Diana had come with her. They all were very kind to me, accepting me to hang out with them for the rest of the evening. We all closed the night having a fantastic chat our on the open-air deck.
As I left at 2am, remembering my fiance's line that I need not stay till closing (oops!), I had an hour drive home to reflect. I had a blast going out to a club! Finally having friends in real life to talk to, rather than internet chat really made my day! Thanks again to all the Jersey Girls for taking this stray in!
