Recently I visited the Musée Picasso/Picasso Museum in Antibes, Côte d'Azur. I love almost all kinds of art and like to visit all types of museums. Although I’m not really a big fan of modern art, I decided

Since it's Halloween today, I will post another one of my costume tutorials. This one is for a gigantic set of Monarch Butterfly wings that I made for the Lifeball, a ball to raise money for AIDS research

I made these vampire bat wings and Vlad the Impaler accessories for the Vampire Ball in Heidelberg, Germany. Here are the steps for making the vampire bat wings: The Idea: Wire hangers: Masking tape for

 What's for dinner? Grasshopper guacamole, grasshopper and ant egg tacos & tamarind margaritas! One of the best meals of my life at Axiote Cocina de Mexico. I discovered this little restaurant

Once upon a time there was a princess and a prince enjoying each other’s company rolling around playfully in bed. They were just getting to know each other intimately and there was much giggling, touching

Everybody thought I was crazy wearing a costume and heavy wig in the scorching heat filming scene after scene over and over again at Mayan ruins, beaches and jungles. We were nearly kicked out of temples,

Coco's Advice Column for Men - Lesson #1 I've always wanted to teach men how to be Gentlemen, treat a Lady, be more confident, get in touch with their masculinity etc.. So many great guys just don't have

This summer I spent some time in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico with a group of mermaids. We visited the various Cenotes - Sinkholes in the jungle that the Mayas used for sacrificial purposes. The photos

Recently I visited the M.C. Escher museum in The Hague. It’s a beautiful collection of M.C. Escher’s work and stories of his life (1898-1972). As a child of the 80s and 90s, I grew up with his images

Dear Steemit Community, Last week was my first week on Steemit and I had a horrible experience. A whale upvoted my posts thereby increasing them by $10 each and then “swam by” a few days later to remove

Dear Steemit Community, Overnight (I assume) a whale decided to take away their votes on my posts and I lost a considerable amount of money. I take this as a personal slap in the face as the post that

Greedy Minnows Chasing Whales – First impressions after my first week on Steemit I joined Steemit a week ago. Before doing so I listened to all sorts of videos and podcasts about how to be successful on

The Room Where Anna Pavlova Died in 1931 Recently I stayed at an old hotel in Den Haag called Hotel Des Indes. It’s one of those places frozen in time where upon entering, the more sensitive or empathic

Since everyone is talking about China right now I thought I'd devote some posts to this amazing country. When I visited, I heard of a market where one could eat scorpions - Yandai Xiejie (Old Town Beijing).

"I love you China" 我爱你，中国 Since everyone is talking about China right now, I thought I'd devote some posts to this amazing country. I have some very close friends who are Chinese and they requested

I call this picture "Almost Lunch" It's my morbid sense of humor when in reality the whale sharks were such gentle creatures to swim with and I never felt any fear. They just let me co-exist

A life dream came true this summer: Mermaiding with whale sharks. After taking a boat an hour out into the ocean looking for the migratory path of the whale sharks, I was first trained how to carefully

Dear developers, It would be nice to be able to delete an article and change the tags. Especially for a new person. I take great pride in my work. I made a mistake and now my own blog page will annoy me

Yesterday I posted an introduction post. It got about 20 views and made $1.30. I think that is pretty amazing. This might not seem to be a lot for more experienced Steemers but I had no expectations and

I’m new and super excited about the possibility of existing in a Meritocracy. As an opera singer I’d given up on this a long time ago, adapted to the “real world” but couldn’t help but keep on creating