Hello, friends and family! This is the first time I've made a super-public blog with the intention of keeping interested parties up to date...so I'll try to keep it free from the in-jokes, obscure song lyrics, and celebrity nattering that my most recent blog fell victim to. I've also been inspired by my former housemate Aimee's around-the-world blog, as being able to spy on her adventures in Bangkok and Phnom Penh has been great.
This blog is to share with you my time in Prague and show you pictures like the one above. That's Hradčany (pronounced hrad-cha-nee), the castle district, and my neighborhood for the next three months! Wow!! Because I'll be living in the shadow of this ancient beast, I'm using this particular picture of myself, taken by my talented friend Dave, as my profile image for now. hehe. Dave has previously made andy appear on a Mcdonald's billboard in Seattle, and Brian in some chi-chi glasses in Flaunt magazine, for the millions to see. i want to thank Dave and Michelle again for helping me get some pictures ready for my burlesque portfolio before I left town. In the blog's title, "Peachie" refers to one of my burlesque alter-ego's. "Nora" is the one in this picture, but Peachie sounds better with "Prague." I'll make a myspace for these girls in the coming weeks, and probably dump my more frivolous posts there.
At the moment, I'm chilling in Fort Greene, NYC, with my old Jacksonville friend Timmy. He just finished a record under the name Power Douglas, check it out. I can hear him telling somebody, "It's kind of out there, it's hard to describe," although it's not "japanese classical music/western swing" as myspace reads. postscript: I just read the Urb review that'll be out in a few days...pretty spot-on. I'm so proud of Timmy.
I flew from Seattle yesterday at the ungodly hour of 7 a.m. to a dark and drizzly NYC. n.b.: Delta seats are wider than United, and not having a connection for once was great. Jess, they showed August Rush, and thank god I slept through the whole thing, listening to Pop Ambient 2008 on my headphones (thanks Cha Cha!!). I was dead tired upon arrival, because I'd stayed up all night packing and getting the room ready for the guy who's subletting it. My ladies Jessica, Kate, and Rebekah came over with some Ezell's fried chicken and champagne earlier in the evening, to help me get ready. I'll miss you!!
Back to the present, I was nodding off in the cab while coming in to Brooklyn. Timmy had just gotten back from that bbq beerfest, SXSW, so we just walked around in the rain, ate some mexican corn, and watched a couple hours of planet earth. I slept for about 12 hours and now I'm finishing some dining guide assignments for the Weekly, and listening to someone do an improv rap in the other room that sounds really awesome. Pratt is right around the corner...Andy's hood is too, and I'll see him tomorrow. Creative NYC...maybe I should spend more time here in the future. hmm...are there any cheap burlesque shows tonight?? "Brookyln Ed's NYC burlesque calendar"(ask and you shall receive!) says YES.
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