Hot Flash - Seattle Pride 2011

 I was fortunate enough to start my Pride in PDX, celebrate my birthday mid-week, and join the party for Seattle Pride. What can one say about a job where my duty is to navigate a crowd of 1400 women at three simultaneous (that’s right, I said THREE! Get out!) Hot Flash Dances? Ummmm… THANKS! If you were there, you know this was an epic party! I was on the door for the opening shift and the line of women was ridiculous! Pride was on full force with wall-to-wall women!

When I reflect on what a whirlwind of activity I had going on just for myself, I’m not certain how Pauline and Joyce did it; I think there is some sort of magic or teleportation device involved. You see, after a party of grand proportion for PDX Pride they kicked it into high gear for INFERNO @ Eden in San Francisco, turned around next day and were present for a juggernaut of a production of Hot Flash Seattle Pride, which resulted in a sea of women who heated up Capitol Hill that night. Having experienced it, I can say it is worth the trip to hit this party! I’m definitely going to be at the next one, and personally give thanks to the two who bust their butts so the rest of us dance our night away and get our party on.

Hot Flash - Portland Pride 2011

PRIDE HOT FLASH in Portland! : OFF THE CHAIN! Open to the entire LGBT community, 1100 women showed up and got their PRIDE the eff ON! DJs D-ZEL and WILDFIRE kept the party going so everyone was able to heat up the floor with their moves! Got a Hot Flash story or memory from Pride 2011 that you want to share? Send it in!

Hot Flash - Memorial Day Weekend 2011

HOT FLASH! The dance itself was stupid outrageous from the numbers alone, nearly 400 women rocked Barracuda, and the Lezberados were on hand to amp it up a notch. DJ WILDFIRE had the dance floor packed and groovin' all night and the women were steamy hot! 

THE LEZBERADOS packed Aura in and didn’t hold back! It takes a special sort to take reality and twist it into something that will result in laughter and that is exactly what Sandra Valls and Mimi Gonzalez did. I will not bore with a total deconstruction of their work, but I will say that they both create and convey culturally literate unadulterated comedy!  These two turbo charged lesbian Latinas are not-so-subtle societal critics who stretch familiar cultural norms via expeditious audacity to elicit merriment. Everyday vernacular: comedians who made us laugh and think about the important stuff afterward.  I seriously hope both come back to PDX and that Pauline brings more comedy in!