Divas Get It On At Art Of The Catwalk

Just came back from "Demo Days" at my favorite Tallahassee gym, Art of the Catwalk and what a fun day it was! There were all sorts of "mini" classes you could take to see if you liked them plus a great variety of local businesses showed off their services and wares. I'm going to try to give everyone credit here that I talked to, but if I miss you please know that it was unintentional.

First of all I took an amazing high energy zumba class from Doreen Hughes, one of the studio's many gifted instructors. Zumba, for those that haven't tried it, is a fast paced and rhythmic Afro/Latino dance style that incorporates moves from salsa, the mambo, the cha-cha, and every other hip swinging dance style you can think of mixed with a hypnotic African drum beat. It's very sexy and you look sexy when you do it; unlike my attempts at pole dancing, but I haven't quite given up on mastering that yet. I just need the right shoes and they have them at the gym. They actually have a great selection of "stripper" shoes and at prices where you can afford to buy a few pair.

Next I moved on to meet a pretty young woman that was doing body painting, Ayesha Hussain. She did an amazingly beautiful free hand design flower on my inner arm that I love. It should last about ten days or so. Here is a link to her site, Mirage Body Art. She does do body paint parties or individual art work.

Next I went and checked out some of the salons that were offering products and services. I found two that look wonderful, so I'm looking forward to going to visit them soon. Cabello's, which I must mention is having a grand opening party on Wednesday September 23rd from 7-9, offers not only hair and nail services, but also spa services. Checking through their salon packet I saw some wonderful facials and body treatments. I personally plan on doing the body polish and mud body wrap, plus they offer a natural alternative to Botox called Escutox. You can add it to any facial treatment for thirty more dollars and the description sounds interesting. You know I'm all about tightening and lightening without frightening.

Also there was Bernice at Betton Salon and Day Spa, which was funny because I have been "shopping" them online. They also offer a wide variety of facial and body treatments that I'm interested in, so I will be sure to try them as well. They offer some wonderful packages, I really love the "Full Day in Heaven" package, which I have to add is very reasonably priced.

Next of course was jewelry! I left with the most gorgeous golden pearl necklace ever from a company called Belladona's Pearls. Sadly they don't have a website, because the jewelry that they brought was absolutely gorgeous. They had pearls at every price range and every color. They also host "pearl parties" where you can get free pearls or a 20% donation to an organization of your choice. This picture does not show how gorgeous the necklace actually is, the pearls are a deep autumn gold strung on very delicate silver metal cording. Since they don't have a site, I will give you their number: 850-766-0541, plus I will be out tonight at O'Corley's showing off my pearls and watching my friend's band "Little Brown Peach" and hopefully celebrating Georgia's win against South Carolina.

Then it was back to Valdosta and a stop by my favorite sex toy store; An Even Greater Divide. No, I wasn't there for sex toys today. I needed charcoal for my hookah pipe. Yes, though I don't smoke cigarettes, I do occasionally smoke a bowl of Triple Apple or Chocolate tobacco. This store has the greatest staff ever, I always love to come in and shoot the shit with them. Today we got on my favorite subject, "True Blood". One of the girls made the observation that I resemble the character "Maryann Forrester" and what was really weird was that I had actually noticed the same thing a few nights ago watching the show. Anyway, I was flattered. Maryann and I have lots in common, though I don't eat hearts. I did mention I write about the show quite a bit, especially Alexander Skarsgard. Most of my posts about him are over on Mike Alvear's site, which you should check out for the great posts about relationships also. Mike stars on HBO's hit British series "Sex Inspectors", which I would LOVE to have here in the states...hint, hint HBO.

Anyway, it was an eventful Saturday. I have to go nap now and get ready to go out later. Have a great weekend as always and come down to O'Corley's tonight to meet up with me and my cute girlfriends.