Return of the Pixie Tourist!
After my guest appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show, I looked forward to meeting friends and fans in the LA area. But it was mid week when most people were working, so that would have to wait a few days. My other invitation (to Steve Harvey's Big time pilot) wasn't until Thursday. So for now I amused my self doing 'Touristy' things for awhile.
Since there are always people in costume on Hollywood Blvd. anyway, it hardly mattered that I had this ultra-bright pixie outfit on. Especially in California, almost Everyone had seen my website anyway, so I posed for some pictures! But next, of course, I had to get some pictures of some of the stars in the street.
Guess which ones I found...
And Shirley Temple! Here's a name that will always be an Eternal Child, forever preserved in concrete!
Next, I had to wonder through some of the usual tourist trap attractions like the wax museum. I won't bore you with too many shots of that stuff, but here's a couple.
Of course we all know Marilyn
(Goodbye Norma Jean!)
Ah hook... I see they turned you into a ball of Wax! Too bad.. so sad!
Anyway, this tourist stuff went on for two days. Not to mention shopping in all the kewl clothing stores on the Blvd! I didn't bring anything but pixy outfits and "Ren" wear for the whole week. Then Thursday morning, I had the TV Pilot taping for Steve Harvey's show to do.
I'm not making a big deal about the Steve Harvey show.
It was taped in the old DoLittle Theatre on Vine St., and I was just one of about 20 guests, from which they will pick only a handful for the final tape. I doubt I'll get a copy of my segment, don't expect they will use mine, and really don't care. In my opinion Steve Harvey was completely unprepared to turn the interview into something good, or even fun. 
Though his staff had researched the website, Steve himself knew nothing about it. He was totally without words when they showed photos from the site, like my Glitter Star Fairy outfit, from my Fashion Pages. The audience reacted very well because they all seemed to know me, and at one point Steve actually stopped to ask the audience why they were clapping for everything I said. It was just that so many of them knew all about it from the internet, where Steve did not. But whether or not it is ever used, the more important things was that because of this show, my Tuesday appearance at the Jimmy Kimmel show turned into a 5-1/2 day FREE stay in great hotel in Hollywood, including a weekend! Sooooo... who's complaining!! Onward and Upward (to quote my friend Kim Korbin).
Now back to the fun stuff...
meeting Friends!
After the Steve Harvey taping, I hooked up with Carol, a recent fan from the area. Carol was such a blessing. She has a busy life and a 9 year old in school, and still took the time on a day off to show me around town.
Carol knew I liked to shop, and so she took me to Santa Monica Blvd., and also to Melrose. I had a great time looking in all the stores and browsing for hours in the many shops. Above and to the right is the Wound and Wound toy store,
where you can still find myriads of toys that actually wind up... No batteries! To the right are the store managers of the best thrift store I've seen in a long long time, called SLOW!, at 7474 Melrose Ave. I'm SO aggravated with myself because I lost the copy of the card they wrote their names on, but as soon as I find out I'll post them here. If not for the fact that I'd have had to carry everything I bought back to Florida, I would have bought a ton of stuff! But anyway, the next stop was one of the many wild stores I saw. There were many costume shops too. So many that with all the fans in LA, I can see why so many submissions for my 'Pixie Friends Page' came from California.
Next, Carol took me to the Beverly hills area. NO... I didn't visit any stars or take dozens of pictures of mansions. But there was one very awesome house Carol showed me, that I just had to get a shot of. Now THIS is an elf house if I ever saw one!
Cool, or what???
After this, we went to a somewhat famous outdoor mall nearby. This was a real 'spare no expense" area.
I may have bought an ice cream and a snack there, but I can see where you could spend thousands of dollars and come home with very little!
As proof of this, I'd like to draw your attention to this "toy" Lamborghini in a toy store. Look carefully at the price tag! This is not a joke! That little toy was $40,000!
Inquiring further, I found out that they had actually sold two of them already! I have to wonder what effect such extravagance has on children growing up. If it is any indication, some children in that store whose parents were present said some pretty harsh words, and no one stopped to tell them how rude they were. Perhaps that says it all! Anyway, the area was really a delight to the eyes and I was happy to have been able to see it all.
First, here is my friend Dianne. I've known her almost since the website began in 2001, and finally got to met her. As The hotel management had already gotten used seeing me walk around in fairy outfits, I wonder what went through their mind when Dianne showed up at the desk like this asking for my room number!? 
Honestly it was all pretty innocent, but ... tell that to the front desk. "Yeah Sure " They'd say.
Dianne used to call herself a 'trucker' Tinkerbell. It was so great to finally meet someone I'd only known over email, literally for years. She wasn't quite as comfortable as she thought she'd be walking around with these wings in the middle of Hollywood, but we grabbed some breakfast and had a good time catching up.
Later in the day, I got to meet a recent fan of the website, Michelle! You may recognize her from my Pixie Friends Page. I was so glad to meet up with her because I really wanted to go out 'clubbing' in LA, and Michelle had a whole clan of friends that had the same weekend intentions!
The first night we went to a club called "Miss Kitty's", and it was a pretty wild and fun place. They don't allow cameras, and they have been VERY slow about updating their own website, so I've no pictures from there yet. But I'm sure I'll get some eventually. The club is called "Dragonfly" during the week, so if anyone knows of the club, ask them to put up their pictures from April 25th! Hmm... now that I think of what went on there, maybe I should keep my mouth shut! Anyway, here's a nice group shot of some of the party goers I met. From left to right, that's Jon, me, Eleanor, Melissa, and Andy.
There, I wore the top part of my Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit. Without the shorts, it's like a one-sy, meaning it's all one piece and has little built in pants with ruffles. It was very cute and perfect for the 'goth' club, where everyone generally wears black anyway. Of course, Goth will never be the same now! 
Both were lots of fun!
OK, yes... I was really hamming it up as everyone was taking my picture. But it's understandable because Bethany, the grrl serving drinks at the back bar, was making something called 'HAPPY JUICE!'. Everyone had had quite a bit of it, and everyone was definitely pretty happy! The only thing was that as a Tampa Florida resident, where clubs don't close until 3AM, (not to mention a former New Yorker where they never shut down), it did seem odd to hear the 'last call' at 1:30. But it was probably for the best, at least for me.
To look at John though (2nd from left), he could have gone on all night! Just look at those eyes! They say "waddaya mean closing time????!"
Well, all in all it was a blast! And as I finish this last page, Melissa had sent me a link to the Bar Sinister website, where they had my picture on their site for that evening's featured shot. Obviously, a good time was had by all! There will be future trips to LA for sure!
