Kitty Center

Bennie invited me to have lunch with a friend of his. Her name is Alisa and he says that she is a good “junker”, meaning she scores great stuff thrift store shopping and knows all the good shops. We had a delightful lunch. Alisa is vibrant, hilarious, adorable, and just plain good people. She gave us a verbal list of places to junk.  I sorta got a little crush on her as I do with most amazing people I meet. I am the girl with gazillion crushes. I think that my tendency to crush out and celebrate the unique in people is what keeps my hope for humanity alive. In general I have a hard time dealing with other humans. I find them self serving which is the ultimate bore. Some people are iridescent stars that shine light wherever they go and leave a bit of stardust on those they touch. Alisa is one of those people. I was very fortunate that she invited us over to see her and her husbands house. Alisa greeted us with her magnetic smile and showed us around the yard. She loves clovers and collects four leaf clovers. The yard is huge and sparsely treed so there is a view.

Alisa said that she and her husband immediately knew that the house was their “home” as soon as they stepped inside. It is beautiful. Front and back porch, lots of ceiling to floor windows, an entire apartment in the basement, and a huge yard. The year the house was built is something I forgot to ask. The interior is designed with beautiful vintage and mid-century pieces that fit right into the house. Alisa does have junkin’ ju-ju.

So here is this amazing lady with this amazing house. It took me a while to connect that Alisa is a burlesque performer. I do not know why I did not make that connection as Bennie told me her name and I had seen pictures of  “Monique Honeybush”. I knew about the burlesque group “Panty Raid”.  Sometimes I can be a dullard but all too often ignorance has saved me from acting like a starstruck idiot around famous and/or fantastic people I have met. So bless my heart, right?

Alisa showed us her gorgeous house, her funeral fan collection, and her collection of hilarious and bad paintings. We even got to peek into her costume closet. Alisa’s two dogs and her elderly cat were so sweet. I wish I could have met her husband but he was at work.

Unfortunately the rest of my photos of Alisa’s place are too large of files to post here. I need to find out how to compress them for posting. Anyone else have to do this? Help please? BTW if you Google Image Monique Honeybush you will find fantastic pictures of Alisa performing!

Alisa showing Bennie, Janene, and me her yard.

Funeral fans