by Uncustomary | Jun 9, 2014 | Performance, Street Art
The first paper folding project I ever learned was the fortune teller. We would make them every day in elementary school, and I never lost my passion for them. Sometimes I will make them at restaurants while we’re waiting for our food, and sometimes I make giant...
by Uncustomary | May 25, 2014 | Performance
The past six months of my life have been heavily influenced by the burlesque scene, but for the past seven years I have been in love with the show “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”. So when I got an invitation from a DC burlesque performer to an...
by Uncustomary | May 1, 2014 | Creativity, Performance
When April told me that we could do lip sync performances at her Jimmy Fallon birthday party, I said yes yes yes. After I figured out that I was doing Ke$ha’s “We R Who We R”, I went on Forever 21’s website and ordered a leotard and tacky gold...
by Uncustomary | Apr 27, 2014 | Celebration, Performance
You may remember me describing the best party ever back in December, where I got to swim in a ball pit, have black light bubbles land on my skin, and get humped by a stripper dressed as Santa. You may also remember the fantastic balloon garden I helped install. What...
by Uncustomary | Apr 15, 2014 | Performance, Street Art
By now, you probably know how infatuated I am with the organization Improv Everywhere. If I ever moved to New York City, it would be completely because that’s where they are based. So, obviously when their events come to DC I make it a point to attend (like the...
by Uncustomary | Feb 23, 2014 | Creativity, Performance
Every month, I host an event in the community. This month, I thought it would be cool if a bunch of people started taking pictures of themselves on their phones at the same time, and Selfie Flash Mob was born. I expanded it and asked people from all over to join in....