Boppity Bear and Liz O met a whole boatload of kindred spirits when they performed at the Whole Soul Launch Party! Polina Smith, founder of Whole Soul, is a holistic healer by day and a clown by night. Or whichever whenever she feels like it, really. The point is that this yielded a crowd of fun and wonderful people who Boppity Bear and Liz had so much fun meeting and performing for... and Boppity Bear insisted on staying and getting down well into the night!
And though the walk took us through the Tenderloin on the way home, and it was 2:00 in the morning, we got way less harassment than you would expect. The men who turned excitedly upon hearing the clicking of high heels had to take an extra second to formulate their thoughts, or perhaps they were just purely scared of the gigantic bear apparition moving toward them through the shadows. Either way, we were usually long gone before they could say anything.*
Except in a few cases, like the clearly crack-addled woman who came teetering toward us yelling, "GIMME THAT TEDDY!" To which Liz O yelled back a firm and assertive, "NO!"
Boundaries are always best when dealing with crack addicts.
To be continued...
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