Daily Journal 
Los Angeles | New York | Italy I finally finished packing! Yeah! 3 Bags instead of 2, which isn't what I wanted, but you can't have everything you want! I'm taking some BBW magazines and catalogs to a real sweet gal I've been talking with in Italy. She's going to be the only other American in the Fatty Festival in Italy. She's been living over there for over a year, and really in need of some fat positive messages. Another thing that added to the baggage at the last minute: Rachel talked me into buying a gold sequined and beaded dress that looks brilliant! So I will really SHINE at the Festival walking down that runway! Cool! We're leaving Los Angeles in about 7 hours, so I'm hoping to get about 3-4 hours sleep. When we arrive in New York, we'll be picked up by an FA of Rachel's acquaintance and taken to a hotel. And then it's on to a dance! I'm looking forward to taking a BIG bite out of that Apple! Rachel's Journal: July 10, 1998 "Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today, I'm gonna be a part of it...NEW YORK, NEW YORK!" My oh my, what a wonderful day! It's amazing to me that we left LAX this morning, flew all afternoon, and completed the day by dancing the night away! In New York, of all places! The flight went off without a hitch...smooth flying all the way. It had been three years since I had been to the Big Apple...three years too long! We were fortunate enough to be whisked through town in a limousine, so I was able to appreciate the wonderful brick architecture of the antiquated houses and townhomes. After touching base with a few friends of mine, both old and new, Monica and I prepared for what was to be the first of many adventures into the deep, dark jungles of the bbw scene...Large Encounter's, here we come!...(as the roar of a lion echoes in the background...*chuckle*) We arrived at Dance Charisma around 11pm, right in time to join the surge of party people. Every shape, size, nationality, age, and personality-type were represented in this bass-thumping, smoke-filled room. The set up was great...a large dance floor... an AWESOME sound-system...talented DJ...and men! "What's that you say?" I'll say it again! Men! The ratio had to be one-to-one, men to women. That would have been fine and dandy, had any of them asked us to dance! *chuckle* Nothing like shaking your booty on a dance floor with a hundred and twenty-five pairs of eyes staring at you, half of them of the male persuasion! Good thing Monica and I aren't shy about clearing a dance floor with our flailing girations! *chuckle* If you've ever seen us dance, you know what I mean!! We met a wonderful gal names Rosie...check out the picture gallery with Monica, myself, and our new friend! Monica interviewed her, so check out the heartfelt thoughts of an energetic bbw. Finally, we were able to say a few words to the director of Large Encounter's, Mindy. She has a great group going (say that five times fast!)..best wishes to her in the future. So, we had our first taste of the New York bbw scene. All in all, it was a great evening. I look forward to tomorrow night, partying down with Goddesses!! Whew! Whew! *grin* Well, it's actually technically the 11th, it's 2am here, but I'm still on Pacific time I was up packing last night utnil 4 a.m. - so I got about 1 hour of sleep before Rachel picked me up and we drove to LAX. We were seated with Rachel on the aisle, a seat between us, me, another empty seat, and a lady who was reading Wuthering Heights. No major hassles on the plane. Standard leg room and tray table stuff which was alleviated by having the extra space. We arrived in NYC and Rachel surprised me with a Limo! The space was very nice to stretch out in, but we were dying of thirst ad there was no water or ice! Hey, that may sound spoiled to you, but darnit...that was my FIRST LIMO RIDE, and I wanted all the amenities! Oh well, we got where we wanted to go and checked in and got organized. We started revving up our engines as we dressed for the Large Encounters dance in Queens. I must say the place really picked up about 11pm and was packed by 12:30. These New Yorker's are night owls. There wasn't much mixing or mingling going on. The music was loud and pumping, so the place to be was on the dance floor. We danced a lot, mostly with each other. The guys hung back quite a bit. I could feel the eyes on us though, so I let the music move me to the beat and really felt the energy flow. During a salsa number we were getting really into it, and a gal came by dancing as hard as we were. I went to talk with her after the song ended. Her name is Rosie, she's in her mid-20's and has long blonde hair. She told me, "I've been big and small, down to a size 9, and people always look at me the same. People look at you for what you look like not what you are. I'm a single mom, I work a lot and it's so hard to be a woman of size in the 90's. I'm me, an outgoing, honest person. All that matters is that you like yourself. Don't try to please others."
I think that's good advice to all of you out there. I feel like we've
gotten a good start, and I'm looking forward to meeting more folks like
Rosie out there tomorrow night at the Goddesses dance!
We had lunch at a groovy NY Deli, called the Gardenia Cafe, it had a
counter and we were served by all these dark handsome men. Woo Hoo. Had
the greatest cantelope half with vanilla frozen yogurt and granola. We
shared a ceasers salad and turkey sandwich and fries with blue cheese.
Yummy! Rachel went and got her hair cut, but don't worry, it's still
long! I got to engage in one of my favorite pastimes, magazine reading.
Read all about Leo Di Caprio here in New York. Hey, maybe we'll see LEO
here! So here we are in our great room, getting ready for another great
night hanging with all the BBW's and FA's who know where it's at!
Goddesses, here we come!
So after dinner and a few drinks, we headed out to the party we came out
here for. Midori sour is my favorite and Rachel actually had a couple of
Strawberry Daquiries instead of the usual Shirley Temples.
We're gearing up for a big day out on the town tomorrow, so I've got to
get some sleep!
We headed out to meet my old friend at the TCKTS booth on Broadway, right
in the center of town. The booth is a clearing house for shows to be seen
that day. We saw "Bring In Da' Noise, Bring In Da'. Funk." Boy, these
boys could dance! Non-stop foot action happening there!
We strolled down Broadway, windown shopping, digital camera shopping,
people watching, and saying farewell to my friend. They weren't kidding
when "they say the neon lights are bright on Broadway."
For the evenings entertainment, we headed over to the Stardust Cafe where
the show, "Forbidden Broadway" is playing. The cabaret-type show spoofs
Broadway musicals and the actors/actresses in them. It was a hoot!
*chuckle*
I noticed that in both musicals, the lead female performers were bbw's.
It is so refreshing to me, seeing these talented women basking in the
adjulation thay deserve. The more positive, confident, talented BBw's
there are for the world to see, the better. Show 'em your stuff, you
sexy, vivacious girl, you! *grin*
Plans for the days ahead change like the wind. Who knows when and where
we'll be the next couple of days. As you know, we'll keep you posted!
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