So, I'm going to NYC, for the first time, this winter! Its before I take a trip to Istanbul and Romania with a couple of besties. The only thing is, I'm beginning to reevaluate my plans. Originally, I had planned to fly into NYC about a week early and go to Boston to visit a close friend of mine. I had intended to stay a night with him and then connect with my long-estranged cousin, from NH. I thought she and I could spend some quality time and perhaps go visit her parents, who live in New Jersey. My Aunt and Uncle haven't seen me in years and haven't spoken to me since my father died, in 2008. I wanted to reconnect and maybe get some old pics of my dad, while I was there, to share with my little sister.
Well, Cousin just told me that Aunt doesn't like me at all. Like, is really resentful of me over my dad's death (not over anything I could control) and blah blah blah. My friend who I thought lived in Boston, actually lives about an hour outside of Boston. Cousin now wants to get a hotel room (sounds expensive) and just hang out in Boston, with me, for a night. She's still real excited to see me but I'm beginning to think traveling outside of NYC is much more trouble than its worth. I'm not very glad to hear that my dad's surviving sister has all of this animosity and I don't really want to sit with a cousin and gossip about family bad-blood for even a night.
I've been following the Occupy Wall Street stuff and I'm a long-time anarcho-activist. I began thinking that I could fly into NYC and head to the site to see what kind of help the local Food-Not-Bombs needed in feeding the masses. I'm not very interested in "protesting", these days but I would love to make a contribution of effort to support those that do. I contacted a local organizer through a friend and I'm discouraged that she just said, "show up and see what the action group needs". I'd feel much more comfortable if I had a direct contact to someone in the movement who could actually tell me where to locate folks. I'm wondering if I shouldn't invest so much energy in the unknowns of that scene. Plus, who knows what the status of that demonstration will be by mid-November?
I'm beginning to entertain the idea of dancing in NYC, while I'm there. I can just find a small flat on AirBnB (my travel companion said she may be into going in on it with me), right in the city and commute to whatever local NYC club is nearest to me. I'm in town for seven days and I can just work my ass off, for the duration. If I make money, I can make fun happen in the city and if I want to see sights, I can still do that, too. The only problem is, I'm like, the opposite of what I hear NYC strippers have to be. I'm short (4'10"), I'm very curvy (32F-26-38, 117lbs) and I'm heavily tattooed. Not all over my body but enough that a club strict on tattoos probably wouldn't hire me. Like, I don't want to bank on working, if I can't get hired. I'm cruising the club sections of SW to find hints of places that I might have a shot at but this is not looking promising. I think the tattoos are going to be my biggest obstacle, unless I can get an okay before I get into the city.
I'm dying for input on this one. Do any NYC girls have any thoughts? I'm just wondering how I should utilize my time. My costs for my trip are basically covered but I'm expecting NYC to be one of the most expensive stops! I'd like to spend that time making money rather than spending it (and hey, I'd love to dabble in the NYC strip-scene) but I'm so self-conscious about the beauty standard. I'm hardly a super model and I'm even more abrasive-looking than your typical Suicide Girl, these days. At least my teeth are finally fixed. I could have never even entertained the idea, with a broken grill. Sheesh.



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They're typically super cheap, too. Thanks for the idea!
Have fun!


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