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Hi! I'm Lindsay Ferrier. You might remember me from a blog called Suburban Turmoil. Well, a lot has changed since I started that blog in 2005. My kids grew up, I got a divorce, and I finally left the suburbs for the heart of Nashville, where I feel like I truly belong. I have no idea what the future will hold and you know what? I'm okay with that. Thrilled, actually. It was time for something totally different.
I Wore a Wine Glass Necklace
February 1, 2012
How could I forget to share the latest episode of “I’ll Take That Dare” with you?
This particular dare was another one of my favorites — I wore a wine glass necklace at local hotspot Urban Flats on a Friday night, and while I was worried that I’d be scorned by the hipster clientele, everyone had a lot of fun with it.
Check it out:
There’s a good back story to this episode, which I shared on The Stir:
if you’re sort of wondering what the hell I was thinking CRIMPING my hair for this episode, you should know that I took this dare immediately after taking the Ke$ha dare.We had a tight production schedule in order to get these delivered in time for CafeMom Studios’ first season, so I went into the ladies’ room of this trendy bar, changed out of my Ke$ha clothes, combed out the rats’ nest that was my Ke$ha hair, and completely redid my makeup.
I did all of this while a bunch of uber-hip women filed in and out of the restroom and stared at me, appalled, because they had no idea who I was, or what I was doing, or why I had all of my makeup spread on the counter beside the sinks, or why I had glitter paint over one eye. One woman asked what was going on and I told her I had just done a circus performance. It seemed easier, somehow, than explaining the whole story behind “I’ll Take That Dare.”
But it wasn’t easier.
“The circus?” she asked. “Wow! Where was the performance?”
“….Vanderbilt,” I said. Vanderbilt University was about 15 minutes away, and it was, I realized too late, a highly unlikely venue for a “circus performance.”
“Oh,” said the woman uncertainly. “What exactly do you do in the circus?”
“I’m a contortionist,” I said, wanting to be anywhere at that moment except in that restroom. I had lied my way into that situation and it was getting worse and worse.
“Oh,” she said quietly, and left. I guess I’m not a very convincing contortionist.
Awk. Ward.
You can see a preview of the next dare at the end of this episode, and I think it’s probably my most shocking!
In the meantime, though, would you wear a wine glass necklace?
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So, so awesome. And I’m really impressed that you walked around Hillsboro with that Knit-a-Beard (?) thing. I kind of hope I’ll run in to you when you start filming these again.
Ha! That was one of the most embarrassing things about doing these dares.. I got a few e-mails from people saying things like, “I saw you at Hill Center in a Forever Lazy the other day…” I can only GUESS why they didn’t come up and introduce themselves! ;D
i think the wine glass necklace needed a sippy cup top and a large straw. Then you can dance without spilling and in order to drink you just need to sip on the straw.
Me too! I totally just want to randomly see you out doing one of these. Too funny!
that`s comfortable, the glass is always near! I have an idea to write my resume about it
You are hilarious! I love this ep. And I live in California, attending wine festivals all year long…those things are THE BOMB out here. You would fit right in! (One of my girlfriend even sewed her own with funky fabric…it’s quite a hit!)
I made my own. I live in California and I take mine to winery events, wine festivals, concerts in the park. I also have a 3-year-old daughter and I’m a photographer/reporter, so wearing this at events keeps my hands free and my wine on my person (instead of losing it when I put it down). I don’t take it to a bar or wear it around the house (it’s not needed then).
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