Goths take over Las Vegas! Animegacon with Amazing Race Kent Kaliber. LVH casino, Luxor hotel, Venetian, Tao restaurant.
Viva Las Vegas! Animegacon flew me to Sin City to be Guest of Honor at their inaugural anime convention. In a stroke of good fortune, the event coincided with my birthday.
Look who raced me to Vegas: Kent Kaliber, Amazing Race Goth. Remember the packing tips video we made for Huffington Post, with pink-haired Miss Vyxsin?
We were stationed in LVH, where the convention took place. I’m wearing a Banana Fish kitty top from Closet Child, and a skirt gifted by Lip Service.
My role was to host the Jrock-Lolita fashion show the next day. We gathered for rehearsal with director Carlos. After, Kent and I painted Vegas… black.
Kawaii hair accessories and ring: gifted by Vanilla Star
Sheer sleeves gifted by Sleevey Wonders
Everything in Sin City is over-sized and nonsensical.
On a single strip, you can visit (fake) New York, Paris, Monte Carlo, Rome, Venice and Egypt.
Luxor is one of our favorite hotels, and the most suited to our aesthetic (mysteries of ancient Egypt). When you look up at the pyramid ceiling, your head spins.
We rode the elevator, or sideways-lurching “inclinator”, several times. The other passenger was not amused by our giggling.
Walk like an Egyptian. Next stop… Italia.
Contrast the painted sky, canals and gondoliers to my real-life visit to Venice with Seby.
Koi fish beneath the big Buddha at Tao Restaurant, where I had a birthday dinner. I ordered everything on the menu with yuzu (my favorite Japanese citrus) on it.
Throne chairs in the corridor.
Next, I’ll post photos from Animegacon, including the Doll Delight fashion show! For sneak peeks (and cute kitty antics), check out my iPhone videos on VideofyMe.
Have you partied in Las Vegas? Which hotels, restaurants and diversions did you enjoy the most?
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Speakeasy Dollhouse theater: Cynthia Von Buhler’s immersive murder mystery play, 1920s New York Prohibition & Edgar from Oddities.
I’ve been dying to see Speakeasy Dollhouse, an immersive play enacted by my friend Cynthia Von Buhler. Guests are encouraged to dress up, mingle with the actors, and try to unravel the 1920s murder mystery of her grandfather.
Jenny Knifefight and I met at Spano’s Bakery in the Lower East Side.
I’m wearing accessories gifted by Kreepsville666, Yosuke shoes from Marui One Tokyo, and a dress I got years ago in NYC. (Remember I also wore it at Luisaviaroma’s Pink Carpet party in Florence, Italy?)
We whispered the secret password to the policemen, and met Frank Spano and his gun-wielding wife.
The instructions urged us to “be nosy and talk to strangers. Wander. If you sit in one place, you will miss everything.”
A card game in the bakery. At times, it was hard to distinguish between actors and guests.
Bartenders served whiskey in coffee cups, and flappers did the Charleston to live music.
Countess Cynthia in green, and legendary playright Edgar Oliver (he’s a character in the play). Perhaps you recognize him from the Oddities: “Is that a straightjacket?” I recently filmed with the Discovery TV show; it should air this fall!
In one room, we participated in an autopsy. In others, we witnessed scenes of fighting, birth, and murder.
Like in a mystery novel, we gathered clues and tried to unravel the puzzle.
From the lush rooms to the seedy characters, it was a beautiful recreation of speakeasy times.
I can’t reveal all the secrets. You’ll have to attend Speakeasy Dollhouse for yourself. The play runs through December; tickets via the website.
Are you intrigued by Jazz Age culture? Have you ever attended a performance where you take part in the action?
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