Lighthouse Tour with Charlie Denson and M'lady

Coney Island Light!

On Saturday, Nicole and I went to my little lighthouse in Coney Island along with Charlie Denson, to do a tour. Despite the weather, it was a great day, and Charlie seemed really happy to finally get to go inside the lighthouse. And I was happy that he and Nicole finally got to see it. For me, it was just great to be back.

The New Jersey Lighthouse Society originally asked for the tour, and they came with smiles in the rain. I did what I could to tell them a little about the light and my grandfather, and then up the tower they went! Well, most of them anyway, but we all had a great time.

Busy August!

Well, I haven't had a post in a couple of weeks! Shame on me, eh? I've been going to Coney a lot lately though. Started learning how to roller-skate at Dianna's Dreamland rink, which is awesome. I try to get there early so I don't kill anyone while I learn.

The films that will show at the Coney Island Film Festival have been announced and I'm starting to look into them to see which ones I definitely want to check out. It's going to be a lot of fun, and I'm trying to get a bunch of friends to join me this year.

I'm messing around with my websites, consolidating them. And Coney's very own "cutest sword-swallower in the world", miss Heather Holliday, has asked me to create a website for her, which I'm also working on. She's a lot of fun and even though the site is just a modified version of my design for my own sites at the moment, we're moving along with the customization pretty quickly.

Anyhow, happy Labor Day weekend everyone! Come check out Coney and the Rockabilly Music Festival!

Guerrilla Sand Sculpting in Coney

Amazing weekend. I sculpted the looming "Coney Mall", complete with Zombie shoppers. The sand sculpture contest was basically a shill for Whore Equities. They were as far away from subtle as possible, too, with T-shirts on all of the workers that had their name slapped on them and they hired a professional team to build a huge clone of what they built last year, except this time with Whore Equities' name on it.

A loving cup! A loving cup!

Ah, Coney Island Lager, and having one at the Freak Bar is the best. Can you believe that some bars in Manhattan are charging $20 for one of these? Come down to Coney Island and have one with me at the Freak Bar for $7.

I love Brooklyn.

Working on a few big projects, that should be ready soon. And lots of things going on in Coney at the moment. The Dreamland Roller Rink is coming back! And the Siren Music Festival is coming up! I'll keep everyone posted.

Long Time, No Sea

Been slacking off on the blog for a bit! I have been in Coney a lot lately though. Two weeks ago I went to Coney to give my talk on growing up at the Coney Island Lighthouse, and it went very well. I had been preparing for that right up until then, so I didn't have much else going on until after that was over. A few days later I went to The Gate in Brooklyn with my cousin Steven to try out the new spin-offs of Coney Island Lager. They came out with three new beers - the Sword Swallower Steel Hop Lager, Albino Python White Lager (brewed with spices), and the Human Blockhead Tough-As-Nails Lager. We liked them all, but the Human Blockhead was our favorite. And they even let us keep some Coney Island Lager beer glasses, even though only half of our beers came in them.

Last weekend I went with my girlfriend Nicole to Lola Staar / Dianna's roller-rink benefit party at Peggy O'Neils, and then we headed to the Burlesque show Lucha Muertes Atomicos #3 at the sideshow. Both were incredibly awesome, and completely different from one another. Jo Boobs performed her fan dance at the benefit party, and Scott Baker was on hand to keep everyone laughing with slightly off-color jokes. And the burlesque show was full of surprises and rowdy entertainment including a masked man with a mysterious mustache (hmmm) who jumped off a ladder onto broken glass...

Also, a special shout-out and "get better soon" message goes out to Angie / Miss Cyclone who is recovering from a softball-related injury. 30 cc's of Brooklyn blackout cake, stat!

Coney Week

I'll fill in the details this afternoon, but last week started with the Coney Island USA Spring Gala party, which was a blast (see the photo), then went into the Save Coney Island rally, the This or That Burlesque At the Beach Gameshow, and on Saturday, I went to Coney for the Cyclone, Wonder Wheel, Aquarium, Skeeball, Sideshow, and a bunch of other stuff!

Burlesque at the Beach 2008

Ah, what a great night for burlesque! Yes, it may have been raining, but that doesn't matter when you're indoors watching the first Burlesque at the Beach of the 2008 season. Had a great time, and tonight is even more fun with the Gotham Girls Roller Derby and a sweet birthday party to go to.

As for what you missed last night, it was babes, beer, and a birthday. And what's a birthday without cake? And if it's burlesque, it's more than just a cake...