Hola Minions, guess what today is? It's National Margarita Day...Yay! As If I needed an excuse to get me one. For the record I like mine, you guessed it: on the rocks, no salt.
Today I have invited fellow margarita enthusiast Neil Patrick Harris to celebrate with us. As you can see Neil seems quite wasted away again in Margaritaville. No word on whether or not he has found his lost shaker of salt as of yet.
So join me and Neil as we down ourselves a couple, perhaps a few margaritas today.
Remember what happens when drinking margaritas, gets broadcast on Social Media...
"Wastin' away again in Margaritaville" - Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet
Yesterday I chilled at one of my favorite places in Los Angeles, Escuela Taqueria. Given their name you would think they have great tacos, you thought correct. They also have great margaritas as well. In fact I want mass quantities of margaritas today.
So, you guessed it, we are gonna Hump Day & Chill to, drum roll please...Margaritas!
What would a Hump Day & Chill be without some skin I ask you? Ah, of course you agree skin is always a thing.
Behold our shirtless margarita poster boy one Neil Patrick Harris vacationing in Mexico and toasting us all with a margarita, naturally.
Yesterday was May the 4th, as in Star Wars day, "May The 4th Be With You" today is May the 5th known as "Revenge of the Fifth" to Star Wars geeks, to the world at large it is known as Cinco de Mayo! Woot!
There I am above celebrating and it appears "As If" the sun has gotten in my eyes, nothing an adjacent margarita can't make better, oh and BTW, it did!
Wasted Away Again in Margaritaville...
Neil Patrick Harris
"Cinco de Mayo (pronounced [ˈsiŋko ðe ˈmaʝo] in Latin America, Spanish for "Fifth of May") is an annual celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza.[1][2] The victory of the smaller Mexican force against a larger French force was a boost to morale for the Mexicans. A year after the battle, a larger French force defeated Zaragoza at the Second Battle of Puebla, and Mexico City soon fell to the invaders" - Wikipedia OK, there you have it the reason Cinco de Mayo aka The 5th of May is celebrated. This being stated it is mainly an excuse for most to go out and get wasted away in Margaritaville. Case in point, the celebratory image that is giving me Cinco life today is one Neil Patrick Harris on the beach passed out among many Margarita glasses. While it is obviously staged NPH is known for his fondness of the tequila based concoction. Honestly I would like to join Neil in reaching the beach today, but alas can not. Yeah, not everyone has the free time to go out and get elegantly wasted. Margarita Glass Drop! Cinco de Mayo on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo
With the heatwave an increasing need for a refreshing adult beverage is in order. What is more refreshing than a margarita, I ask you? "Yep" I figured you wouldn't have a contradictory response because margaritas rule! Thus for this Hump Day & Chill not only do I bring you the divine drink called a margarita, I also bestow upon you images of Neil Patrick Harris on his vacation in Mexico imbibing them, shirtless and otherwise. Now hows THAT for a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Hump Day & Chill? Cheers!
The Waiting Is The Hardest Part Neil Patrick Harris
Heaven Is A Margarita On Earth Neil Patrick Harris
Oprah Winfrey is a woman of many talents, who knew one of them was making a kick ass margarita?! Well according to Reese Witherspoon's Instagram post not only does Oprah make margaritas she "makes the BEST margarita" and so the story goes from this pic of Oprah exhibiting her bartender skills at the Wrinkle in Time wrap party while on location in New Zealand. Being that it's Friday and all, I surely had to help you start your weekend on a positive, not to mention thirsty note. Who knew the refreshing tequila concoction was part of the Weight Watchers program...not!!! Cheers! What will Oprah do next? Find out at: https://www.instagram.com/oprah/?hl=en
Burlesque Biotch and "Entertain Me" favorite, Clea Cutthroat is everywhere, performing with the Rock/Art Band Bonaparte, Writing her online column "Cocktails With Clea" for appropriately enough Burlesque Bitch Magazine to tantalizing people on stage in her own shows, Clea is: Up In Your Grill!
There is something that perhaps you did not know about Ms. Cutthroat she is also a charitable diva.
Recently she took place in a YouTube campaign to supply diapers to The Sage Hospital in Senegal...let's get an update about all that and more, time to "Put A Diaper On It" Clea!
MS: How did you get involved with the bringing diapers to the Sage Hospital in Senegal?
CC: The SAGE taxi actually just picked me up off the street late one night. I had a fight with a magician, stole his dove....and was trudging along a dark road with my suitcase, body guard and bird cage, when the taxi pulled up. They asked me if I wanted a ride, and then they asked me if I would do something good for there hospital in Senegal. It was a very easy, YES!
It's such a great cause, and if literally 20 minutes of my day can help bring something positive to the children and families there, it is truly an honor. I am so flattered that they asked me.
MS: How did the task go?
CC: GREAT! I don't have the final count yet of the number of diapers that will be donated, but needless to say we got A LOT!
MS: I'm jealous, I want a disco alarm clock! Where did you ever find such a groovy item?
CC: Believe it or not, I actually gifted it to someone, and they gave it back to me. (crazy, I know). One man's trash....is another diva's disco ball extrvaganza!!!!
Clea's Charity Video
MS:Did you stuff your bra with pampers in high school too?
CC: I was actually more a roll-your-skirt-up-to-your-crotch kinda gal Catholic all girls school...I was nothing but class lol!
MS: Since you always ask yourself "What would Madonna do"? If she were aware of your Diapers for Senegal campaign do you think she would buy them for Sage Hospital or her boyfriend first?
CC: Michael...don't make fun of Madge! Her boyfriends are perfect baby angels that have six-packs and brooding eyebrows instead of angel wings. Aaaaaaaaand, I think that Queen M would be the first one showing up with trucks full of diapers...but they would probably have "Truth or Dare" written across the back!
MS: Enough of the "Diaper Talk" what else have you been up to chica?
CC: I have just gotten back from festival season with Bonaparte...we had a crazy ass show at the Kazantip Republic in the Ukraine. I don't even know how to describe that one- Bladerunner meets Showgirls meets Wild Things?! It was amazing!
I'm currently getting ready to launch Black Boulevard! My lingerie label I do together with Fraulein Kink. It will be up and online in about a month. It's been my baby for over a year, so I wasn't launching a damn thing until it is completely perfect ....and it just about is! I am REALLY excited!
I also will be performing at the 1st International Berlin Burlesque Festival in September, and also in Rome for the Caput Mundi International Burlesque Award in November. I caaaan't wait! Gladiators here I come!
Perhaps Platinum....
MS: I'm bummed you are not making the trek from Berlin to Los Angeles next month.
CC: ME TOO!!! Unfortunately, it was just a matter of timing...too many tours going all in opposite directions from Los Angeles. But, I gotta make it back there so soon! I'm California dreaming already! Pass me the suntan lotion and a fish taco immediately!
MS: Yeah, I was looking forward to having margaritas and spitting blood on people with you.
CC: Awww, that would be amazing!!!!! Well, I got a pint of fake artery blood with your name on it! I also have some neon, glow in the dark, margarita salt..so we can get real fancy!
MS: Awesome! Tell me what your ultimate kitsch dream item to own would be and if it needs batteries.
CC: I'm sorry, but the only thing that I got from that question was "batteries" and all I can think of is a vibrator.
Vibrator. Vibraaator...Viiiiiiiiibrator!
OH! WAIT! I got something! A GIANT light up deco-aquarium! I LOVE THOSE THINGS!!!
For Berlin performance artist and "Entertain Me" favorite, Clea Cutthroat everyday is some version of Halloween...is it any surprise it is her favorite Holiday?
Clea is currently on tour with the band Bonaparte, I decided to get my inner "Ghost Face" on and try to make her "Scream"...I don't think I did a very effective job of it, hey this was my first try at terrorizing someone cut me some slack!
Paging Ms. Cutthroat, you have a call....
MS: Hello, who is this?
CC: Michael, put down the margarita, it’s me…Clea! Naturally.
MS: Clea Cutthroat the performance artist who lives in Berlin?
CC: The one & only!
MS: What are you doing right now?
CC: I’m drinking margarita’s out of my Gatorade squeeze bottle as I sew hot pink sequins on spandex…one by one…a task that’s tedious enough to drive anyone insane (hence the margarita).
MS:Tell me your favorite scary movie.
CC: "The Shining"! Scared the shit out of my when I was 9…and still gives me the creeps every time blood gushes down the hallway after me, or I run into strange twin children as I’m grocery shopping.
MS: Mine is the original “Halloween”.
CC: Can’t go wrong with some Jamie Lee Curtis! Wasn’t there one with Busta Rhymes?
MS: Oh, that's a good one.
CC: I knew you would like the Busta version as well
MS: What are you going to be this Halloween?
Covered In Blood Again? With Bonaparte
CC: I’m actually performing in Graz, Austria this Halloween as its right in the middle of my tour with Bonaparte. So, in that case, I’ll be dead, a voodoo queen, a showgirl, a dominatrix, an aerobics instructor….well, you could say that everyday is a bit like Halloween
BUT , if I get a chance to go to a proper Halloween party after the show…I’m going as the Queen herself…Elvira!
…and you, Michael? What’s up your sleeve this year?
MS: Me? I'm not telling you anything.
CC: Hmph. I’ll get it out of you after your third margarita
MS: Everyday is pretty much like Halloween for you, isn't it?
CC: Yes. I am damn lucky! BUT the only down side would be that living in Europe you don’t get the same excitement for Halloween. It’s slowly catching on…but, nothing as compared to NYC. One year I’ll have to make it back to The States for some proper celebrations.
MS: Do you take your make-up off at night or sleep in it?
CC: I could sleep in it, but then I would need a medicine cabinet full of Clearasil, and I could go as a lump of acne for Halloween! Lol! No, no…I take it all off!
MS: Answer this next question or Bonaparte, every single one of them dies.
CC: Maybe it’s the margarita in my squeeze bottle, but this doesn’t make any sense…NEXT QUESTION!
MS: How much wood could a woodchuck, chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
CC: I plead the 5th.
MS: My patience is being tried Ms. Cutthroat.
CC: How do you think I feel after the woodchuck question?
MS: Oh, all right, how about this one? If you really did Cutthroat's how many throat's would you cut?
CC: Only as many as it would take till I could make a new ball gown
