So Oprah is having a contest to find someone to host a new show on her network. This was my submission:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwOXptyQCvs

I hope you will take a second to look at it. Sadly I don’t think the Oprah producers liked it. In my first submission I mentioned that ‘Life can sometimes bite you in the arse” and perhaps that is not wholesome or family minded? Or perhaps it was the sight of me doing Burlesque Bikini Bootcamp in my metallic pink spandex shorts? Anyway – I hope that all my lovely spray tan customers and friends will take a glance and get a kick out of it. One of these days I will either be discovered or institutionalized….it’s anyone’s bet which could happen first

It’s always the same at this time of year. You are sitting freezing and thinking to yourself if it is remotely possible that you could be in a bikini for Memorial Day in one weeks time. It is also a time of anticipation – thinking of all the fun summer plans you have cooked up.

I have a crazy busy summer planned – I am planning to spend Memorial day with my friends and family at the beach….but then the silliness really begins. Summer – people need to look tan, and many people are not able to get a tan – or have brain enough not to bake. However much magazines try and tell us it is cool to be pale and interesting, when summer comes around the majority of us would like a little glow. I mean I can appreciate the super pale esthetic – but, as a pale English person, I don’t really feel like it is cool to enforce the rest of NYC to bear witness to my luminous white thighs – god forbid I am in the mood to wear shorts…..but to each his own. White is lovely – but sometimes – in the interest of being able to wear the clothes you want, or parade around naked with a false sense of security – it is fun to turn to a spray tan. So – as a result – my days free to lounge around poolside are limmited.

I am also up to my ears in Burlesque Bikini Bootcamp (check out www.kittycavalier.com). Me and my girlfriend came up with a class that is part serious work out and part sexy, flirty burlesque. We are having a lot of fun with it and our classes at Chelsea Studios have been completely sold out. I have been having the best fun ever listening to songs and then thinking of dance routines. Right now I am obsessed with James Bond songs – I am totally living out all my James Bond Fantasies.

I am very focused on my own dancing – and am hoping to go to some fun competitions this summer – all in different cities. It is a great way for my kids to see the country – and have fun being naughty in hotels across the USA. I love going to competitions and living out all my “Strictly Ballroom” fantasies. If anyone is in town July 4th weekend – there is a great competition in Brooklyn – that you can find by googling Manhattan Dancesport…..I think the big night is Saturday July 3rd – so you will be free to see the fireworks on JUly 4th.  Last year the competition was held at a hotel in downtown Brooklyn – I think a Marriott – and the other event taking place there was the International Little People’s convention – it was pretty unique as events go…..

I almost forgot to mention our leap into Boudoir photography. This has been really important and enjoyable for me. I am all about helping all women to feel a sense of their own sacredness and beauty – in a culture that tries to shove a limmited standard of beauty down our throats. The boudoir photography is a way to further this – a chance for everyone to take a picture of themselves that reflects their inner radiance. We are having so much fun getting ready for this and all my friends have loved modeling for the pictures on my website. I hope you will enjoy looking at them…better still I hope if you are interested you might come and have the pleasurable experience of being the subject of a piece of art yourself. Many people say it makes a great gift for a lover – but I think it is a gift for yourself.

Wishing you summer fun…..with love