Dinner over Looking the Ocean

I've mentioned I belong to the South Jersey Epicurean Society. It's a nice group of people and my wife and I would never have visited so many different restaurants if we weren't members. Not all the dinners are more than 3-3 1/2 stars and many have been 1-1 1/2.

Last month was at a Time Share hotel in Atlantic City (name is not important), the views were great wish the dinner was too. The girl who does the photography for the group had just bought a new Nikon D90 and was doing her first photo's with it, as you can see some of the colors are over saturated.

My wife found a seat by a window and sent me to get a drink for her. I was standing near a African American lady who started up a conversation with me, her opening remark was "I love your outfit". If you've followed my posts, I only shop thrift shops and I was wearing a white body briefer as a dress with a nice red cover-up. I started wearing my underwear as outwear before Madonna was even born, she stole my idea.

Anyway, the lady invited me to join her and her husband in their room, but I declined.

The same week we had dinner with a different group at Lucy the famous Margate elephant.

A double, double take

Fridays I like to dress early and do some errants. I needed to stop by a Radio Shack to question about battery's I had bought about a month ago that went dead without use.

The strip mall where it was located also has a beauty salon where a "pre opp" TS works. I usually bump into her at the Salvation Army as Lou. We're pretty much estranged friends, she tends to be very disinterested in me, I guess because I don't shave for 2-3 days and wear unattractive baggie street clothes and may even look like a "street person". I had shown her my pictures but again she was very distant towards me as Lou. No problem, even though she looks pretty good I'm not looking for any involvement and if I were a TS is not my direction.

I figured as long as I was a couple doors away I'd stop in and say hi as Louise, she happened to be next door at the Pizza shop but sitting on the window ledge. As I walked towards her I said hi, she looked curiously and said hi back, I said you don't recognize me, she said no, who are you? I said "the thrift shop"! It took a second and then she jumped up and said "WOW", I can't believe it, you look great. we talked for a moment but she had to get back to her shop. As I left the Pizza Shop after eating I pulled out of my parking spot and glanced over towards the beauty salon, the whole crew were standing at the window and waving at me.

The second double take was from a person I race bike with, he's a carpenter. I had asked about some work I needed done and he told me to stop by the job he was on to show me his work and discuss my job. I pulled up near him, he had his hair down with a sweat band on and looked exactly like "Rambo" same built and type hair, he usually wears a pony tail when riding. I asked if she was "Sonny", he came to my passenger window and said yes, Sonny speaking, I said your a F**k, he said I'm a what, who are you, I said you ride bike like Sh*t, he got agitated and said who are you. I siad do you want to make something out of it (I knew he had no idea and I wanted to play it up). I got out of my car and then he finally realized who I was, he opened his arms and went to hug me, he said OMG, you're beautiful.

Well it was fun for me and seeing two people who know me as Lou take "double takes" always adds reason to why I love being Louise.

Interesting call

I'm out so much I forget or most things don't really seem important anymore when I'm dressed as Louise.

I got a call from a nearby person my wife made up once, he's a very high up in one of the Trump property's. He said a lady called him to tell him she had met an attractive and very nice cross dresser at the restaurant she went to with her lady friend the other night. Obviously he's shared his interest in CDing with her, I have to ask.

So here's the story from that night.

The other night I was at the restaurant/lounge I've been going to lately, it's nice to know and feel accepted when the owner makes a point to come over and shake my hand and welcome me when ever I'm there.

It was a busy night, the Flyer's 4 th. game was on TV and they won. I was standing by the bar and two attractive middle aged lady's came in and were standing near me waiting for bar seats, a couple got up and the one lady came to me and said there was an extra seat next to her. As I sat I thanked her and was hoping for a little conversation, but I think she may have been a little unsure of my intentions or just not sure how to peruse any conversation and I didn't want to push it. I find that many times (or feel) that when women are in that type of venue they would like to possibly meet someone and by me having a conversation it could distract form some guy coming over.

I ordered some finger tenders at the same time they did, but their meal hadn't arrived so I commented they must have ordered something special, she said, no, they brought over the wrong order for them, she was nice but again didn't follow up with more conversation.

I talked with a few people, then decided to leave, I had new shoes on and they were bothering my feet so I sat on the bench on the back porch where they allow people to smoke, before walking to my car. A older very big gentleman came out, distinguished looking with a gray Van Dyke beard who lit up and asked if he could join me on the bench. As he said there we started a conversation, he was new in the area (about 6 months) and bought a home in Ocean City, he said he had asked about me and all the comments were (Louise is a good person). I commented that many people misunderstand this particular life style and think it only has to do with someones sexuality, not to be crude, but everyone has some sexual needs, but because so many Cross Dressers, Gays or other non traditional are misunderstood, traditional people feel they need to just group us into the sexual perversion category for convenience. Some what like saying all lawyers are crooks, or doctors are all rich (OK bad examples we all know they are), but I'm sure many people aren't what they look like or present.