Burlesque definitely not a drag (or was it?)

Last Saturday night I was more tired than anything else. Although I planned on going out with my boyfriend and a group of our friends, I decided I was going to have maybe one or two drinks and then go home as early as I could. Of course as such things go, that was not what happened.

We started out at Lost City Diner, which (fun fact!) is BYOB. After that we caught the Circulator to the Ottobar. Every weekend the Ottobar has something going on that you pay for with a pretty reasonable cover, and this event was no exception. The cover was $8.

If you decide to go to the Ottobar, watch out! Sometimes their covers are a dollar or two higher than it says on the website and they often charge more if you are underage (to make up for the lack of drink sales). Make sure to bring a little bit of extra cash.

This time there was a burlesque and drag queen show. It was a very pleasant surprise for me because I had no idea there was anything interesting going on, and the show was great.

The performers were a mix of burlesque dancers and drag queens who were all amazing. In one particularly memorable performance, a drag queen came on dressed as Hillary Clinton and did some very interesting things with a blow-up sex doll. The performers included Maxine, the Drag Queen; Gina Tonique, TimelessTease Productions’ Whiskey Joy; Pamela de la Cruz; and Chocolate City Burlesque and Cabaret’s Bunny Vicious.

The DJ for the dance afterward was DJ Trillnatured, who did an awesome job (or maybe I was just drunk, who knows).

At one point after the show, half the audience was on the stage dancing with the performers. I’ll never forget the sight of one of my friends trying (and failing) to dance with one of the burlesque ladies. There was also a Daria (that ‘90s cartoon) theme going on, so there were Daria-themed drinks and the music after the show was of the ‘90s.

The event itself was a fundraiser for Moveable Feast, which delivers groceries and gives counseling to people with life-threatening illnesses such as cancer and HIV/AIDS. I’m not sure how often Ottobar has fundraisers for them, but they have some more organized by Ride For the Feast teams coming up. These are teams of people who are doing a bicycle race of some kind for Moveable Feast.

Anyhow that was my Saturday night, and though it got a little out of hand, it was a pretty good time! I’d recommend checking out any and all of those drag and burlesque acts if you get the chance — they were all awesome.