What I've been doing...

I don't know what it was about the winter, but it was way cold this year. So by the time we were having a snow storm on Feb 28th, we were heading to San Juan for some well deserved sunlight.

I will tell you it's very much that piece of paradise they make it sound, and much more. Beautiful beaches, great food, and tropical weather makes the perfect scene for a nice break from work and responsibility.

And the best part of all, the people, with genuine warmth and clear signs of affection. I guess the palm trees and the waves make it easy for people to be nice. Or something else that I can see in the people from my own country Venezuela. I really believe that people from Puerto Rico has a lot in common with the people from Venezuela. Besides the way we speak, the way we carry ourselves and the way to look at life in an unsophisticated way and great charm.

I really loved it there and can't wait to come back to The Atlantic beach hotel in Condado. It's a classic and works in its simplistic way of fun and drinks. And great bartenders too.

Great weekend getaway and sweet reality check to make sure we "are" all right doing what we want...

Back once more to the place in which I have established a career and reputation. It's funny how this city, in which I've starting working recently, had already embraced me as a premier entertainment dancer and promote heavily my perfornmances.That makes it always a great time for me in which I get to know a lot of interesting people and also promote my website and my work, and it works. I have been talking abut it for a while, and I make more of an announcement now, I love Chicago!
For the week of march 25th to the 30th, I performed every night at 10:45,11:45 and 12:45 , with dancers SugarShane, Miko and Phoenix.On Sunday, march 30th Juan had a private party with 10 of us dancers. When is a private party you have a chance to get real close with the patrons and making friends turns into something real easy. Don't miss the next one during the IML weekend on Memorial Day. I will keep you posted.

Jason Sechrest had sent me an e-mail back in January inviting me to do the show "Cocktail's with the Stars" at Micky's in LA. Over 2 months later the time had finally come and I was flying to L.A. to do the show and a radio interview (see Highlight of the Month on the homepage). Everything went well and at 7:00pm we were starting what would be some king of live interview at a bar, with segments of like 15 minutes in which we'd talk about my personal life, my video work, and of course, my website. We would also raffle DVD's and videos throughout the night, keeping the audience interested. Jason turned out to be a lot younger than I thought he would be, and very bright. It was undeniably a fun time and a chance to meet a lot of nice people from the west coast who like my work and keep track of my videos. It was very nice.

The next day I did a Photoshoot with photographer extraordinaire Henning-von-Breg. He had also seen my website and wanted to do a photo session with me. When I saw his work I was very impressed and decided I would really like to work with him. So we did, on a beautiful LA Friday afternoon on the gorgeous Laurelmont Drive, on an also gorgeous house with a great backyard and a pool. It was fantastic. Henning had kindly mailed all 333 images from our photoshoot and let me chose the ones I would like to have. So you will be seeing those here, and you won't believe your eyes. They are extremely beautiful. I will try to have them ready for you as soon as possible.

Then, after the photo session I went to the valley to do a radio show with Jason Sechrest at ksexradio with host, Sechrest and Adult super diva Skye Blue. Let me tell you that "THIS" was fun. I love doing that kind of interview, especially with the likes of Skye Blue. Was all that fun for me. Look for a transcript of the show on the homepage.

So my trip to LA was all good

I can't remember the last time I danced there. Must be circa 1994 or 1995, but I was aware that Mark Dalton had been dancing there and had brought a lot of attention to his performances and the Theater itself. So I saw the possibility to plug my website and do some promotion in NY since I haven't got any advertising done yet and it seems like the appropriate time to work the NY scene and get back into the circuit. A lot of longtime regulars showed up and a lot of new great people to meet and greet.

Having gotten used to the schedule at Madrigal's, with only 3 shows a night, it felt kind of hard having to do 5 shows a day and be there for over 10 hours a day. But it was worth it. Good old Gaiety, who would have thought.

Unfortunately no pix from there due to the enforced policy "No cameras allowed in the Theater." But I am sure there is a lot of gossip on the chat rooms everywhere... Thank you all. And be well.