Philly is always a favorite stop on my tour because one of my best friends moved here from LA and I have a new friend of going on three years now here in Philly, both of whom I look forward to visiting with during my stay.

Philly is also where I take a morning to do laundry.

I am a real person, I do laundry =P

One of my favorite restaurants while working in Philadelphia is Mixto Cafe. It is a Cuban restaurant just around the corner from my hotel.

Maduro Relleno $7 at Mixto Cafe

Another favorite is the Garces Trading Company a few blocks away:

Moules Frites blue hill bay mussels, allagash-saffron broth, duck fat fries $12 at Garces Trading Company

The Spaniard grilled chicken, romesco aioli, applewood smoked bacon, marinated tomato $10 at The Garces Trading Company

and over one of these fine meals, I was with one of my best friends, Astra. Her brother went to BurningMan this last August. He had lots of positive stories to tell her and Astra is wanting to go herself. She will be taking my reins, delivery mail each morning as part of the BurningMan Pony Express. I am beyond thrilled.

Hide & Go Seek coupled with Chase meets Tag Your It makes for one very fun day. I love my time with the LA Pony and Critter Club, I always look forward to playing and hanging with these people.

My favorite pic:

My favorite sexy Fox captured, with two fine Ponies to lead.

Be sure to peruse the entire Hunt in the Free Pic Events Gallery

During the Folsom Street Fair, I was Interviewed by “Slutever”. She is a gorgeous girl, one I would have talked to, answered any questions and given a cart ride to even if there wasn’t a camera there, but this way, I get to share the experience with You. Enjoy!

I visited a new part of District of Columbia this tour, I stayed in Warden Park. This meant I was staying at a new hotel, the Washington Marriott on Woodley Road. It is a nice walk around area, just north of DuPont Circle, with a Red Line Metro stop right at the base of the hill where the Marriott is. How super convenient is that?

I loved the bear there.

I mark the Zoo stop at the Red Line Metro in DC

There were several nice restaurants right there on Woodley, one of them being a French restaurant, Petite Plats and an Italian Restaurant. They both had friendly staff, clean little cafes and good eats. It is nice to get out of my hotel room sometimes and breathe the fresh air, enjoy the neighborhood, and have polite conversation with my waiter.

My stay was wonderful thanks to the gentlemen I know in DC. Return clients are the opportunity to know a person better, know how their kink works for them better, trust them more and explore deeper, all of which is very rewarding. Thank you.

I have been attending and participating in the San Francisco Folsom Street Faire since 2007

Photo by Erin Lubin for The Chronicle

The last few years my participation has evolved to new levels that I truly love and cherish. I stay at America’s Best Value Inn because the hotel is right in the heart of Folsom Street Fair, making returning to my room for costume changes easy, a short amount of time to do so and painless. Plus, they know me, it is always great to return to a place that knows who you are and welcomes you.

The weekend includes going to the Northern CA Renaissance Fair to see Brenda the Braider and have my long hair piled up on my head in braids. She is a wizard, an artist, simply incredible at braiding hair.

The LA Pony and Critter Club has a booth at 10th Street and Folsom Street, which is where the Animal Cavalcade starts from at 11 am. We do two parades during the fair.

Claire Adams and Beauty at Folsom Faire 2012

Claire Adams and Beauty at Folsom Faire 2012

Claire Adams and Beauty at Folsom Faire 2012

The LA Pony and Critter Club Booth is evolving too. In 2012 we (Tindala and I) gave cart rides from 1 PM to 3 :30 PM in a loop on 10th Street behind the tent. Next year we hope to have photos for sale, dressage books for sale and give cart rides in shifts with other Ponies and Trainers. We are on the track of “better” where there is in finish line. 😉

Earlier this year I filmed “Clown Fetish” with Steve on “Gigalos”.

While I was putting on Steve’s make-up, I saw Health Ledger’s face before me, as in “Batman”, made up as The Joker. It was disturbingly sexy to be attracted to that image. Naughty, not right, taboo, yet he was so handsome and Steve had that same GQ face, which brought it together for me. Having hot sex with a body that was steamy hot, not a person, not about connecting with a spirit, just hot sex based on physical attraction. And the face isn’t part of it, it isn’t about being with that person.

Making a clown a sexual object is playing with a taboo. A clown is supposed to be a funny entertainer. A fetishist sees a clown as a sexual desired object.

There is a paradox that happens in this fetish because when a clown face is drawn on you, you must find that part of you that lives not dependent on your image. When you are pretty, how do you be you without being pretty? What else do you have in the card deck? You must face the question, Is it more important to be pretty or to have fun and play?

I have not actually seen the episode. I was there though. I saw what actually happened, felt it, lived it.

August 31st Showtime TV aired its premier episode for its new third season. I am in that episode. I am on the opening credits for the entire season placing a red clown nose on Steve.

Since I was at BurningMan during the premier, I am only now getting feedback on my work. Why yes, I do hope you find me sexy. That is what I am selling. (:

even when doing a clown.

Burning Man was Mad-Max meets Dune meets The Smokers of WaterWorld and exploring each camp is like dropping into a REAL second life.

Being self-reliant is crucial in the Playa.

The PREPARE PART:

I rented an RV. I used Cruise America.

A rest stop.

I bought a bike at a yard sale. I bought a headlamp and lighted tail lamp for it. If you want to go farther out and around on the playa and faster then walking, unless you have an Art car, you bike.

Clothes:

Dessert Boots: Danner Desert TFX Rough Out HOT 8″

http://www.shoebuy.com/danner-desert-tfx-rough-out-hot-8/227665/489284

You may also want a very comfy, alternative shoe to wear. I will be looking for an inexpensive shoe that meets this need this year.

2.5 x the days you will be there pairs socks- YOU need lots of fresh socks

(these were perfect with my Dessert Boots)

http://www.zappos.com/jefferies-socks-sport-crew-half-cushion-seamless-6-pair-pack-infant-toddler-youth-adult-white-grey

For the hot burning sun:

gloves, long sleeve cotton shirts with uv protection, hat, face mask, scarves

daytime gloves http://www.coolibar.com/07002.html
http://www.sunprecautions.com/product/31000

daytime scarves: http://www.coolibar.com/07017w.html
http://www.coolibar.com/07015w.html

sun hat: http://www.coolibar.com/product/Sun-Hats/Floppy/Sedona-Hat/pc/2222/sc/2196/155428.uts

here is another sun hat link: http://www.sungrubbies.com/product_index_html/Sunhats3sunprotectionhats.htm

Long sleeve top: http://www.coolibar.com/product/Women/Tops-Tees-Polos/T-Shirts-Knit-Tops/ZnO-Long-sleeve-T-Shirt/pc/2240/c/2241/sc/2242/155345.uts

face mask: http://www.sunprecautions.com/product/32800

For the cold nights:

thermal top (I have some from Eddie Bauer that I wear on cold days)

cold weather pants

winter jacket (really)

I have in my closet and drawers cold weather clothes I used. They are also suitable for hiking/camping.

Crossing Donner Pass

About to loose signal with the world and going off grid.

At BurningMan:

I was up at 5 am making coffee, and turning into a Pony.

I was an Appaloosa Pony. I wore my brown catsuit that I had painted. I had made a bridle out of heavy ribbed red ribbon. I used an old pair of leather reins. My tail was made from heavy brown yarn. I wore my socks and Dessert Boots.

I loved being a Pony. I loved delivering mail and investigating the streets of Burningman in the morning. I was ready to roll out between 6:30 am and 7 am. I stop for bacon as a Pony. I smell it, seek it, love it when I am a Pony.

When the mail was done, I cleaned up. I wiped the RV down of the days dust. I Put on my sun stuff and went to explore the art projects. Loved the wharf and sunken’ Pirate ship. Loved the Temple. Loved the small burn Art and burning Man. Loved MadMax Dome.

The Burning Man night is a big fire dance party. Very uplifting.

The burning of the Temple is very spiritual.

It was very balancing for me to be a Pony day after day after so many months of training Ponies.

I truly felt privileged to know the people of Pony Express Camp. It was special being there.

Yes, I was covered up, protected from the elements most of the time. Moisture chap stick is your friend on the playa. I returned from BurningMan with my hair in good condition, no sunburn, no windburn nor any dry skin. I was able to do a photo shoot nude 2 days after my return to Los Angeles.

I want to go back. I want to build on this experience.

Early in the morning, leaving on Monday, coming back on grid

Up at the crack of dawn loading the car, making sure everything was delivered by whom was supposed to be delivering it,making sure everyone had their ride, picking up the food and getting to the event by 8 am to set up. It is my version of being Santa on Christmas Day, I think. It is that much pressure and that good. Producing an event is a whole lot of details and details regarding the details. You can’t produce an excellent event alone, you need good people under you, intelligent, competent people. The LA Pony and Critter Club is all that and more. The doors open at 9:30 am and we begin.

What an incredible dance. This is a day to live for. I loved every moment. Wish you could have shared it with me.

While I’m in Nashville, I like to take some time out to walk around Centennial Park. There is a lake, serene views, and a wonderful path that circles the park. In the middle of this park is The Parthenon.

The Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. It was built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Address: 2600 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203

I brought my friend Lady Robin with me and we had a fine day being tourists. (:

I love my life.

There is a ponygirl I train that lives in Indianapolis. Her Pony name is Ginger. I started training her at the Great Lakes Leather Alliance in 2011. When I travel to this fine city, it is to do work and mostly to train my ponygirl.

Ginger doesn’t get to practice on reins much. She really needs a local play partner. I’d be sad to loose her, but I want her to be happy and well trained. She was so nervous the first practice session and much better the next practice. I took out my dressage practice book and we went through the routines. I’m loving that book. We created it for the LA Pony and Critter Jamboree to be held August 25th, 2012. It is a fine book to exercise one’s pony with any day.

I was trying to explain and get across the idea of a relaxed walk gait that had momentum, smoothness, energy and yet, was a walk. On our way back to my hotel, we saw this wonderful Cinderella cart being pulled by a Clydesdale. I insisted on us taking a ride.

It was so fun. The Clydesdale was a terrific horse named Clyde. He is a rescue. He has a lovely relaxed walk, yet it has momentum, the cart is pulled smoothly. Ginger understood what I was trying to explain. Huzzah!

Bravo to Clyde’s owners and the company he works for also. Not only do they rescue horses, Clyde is well cared for now. When it is hot in Indianapolis, he doesn’t go to work until 7 PM. If it is cold, he doesn’t work. When Clyde works, he is very focused, an excellent cart horse that knows his route.

Another excellent weekend.
I love my life.