Pinkie Special Pours Libations at the Slipper Room, New Year's 2009

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Pinkie Special Pours Libations at the Slipper Room, New Year's 2009

Posted by Jo Weldon, Headmistress of The New York School of Burlesque, for burlesquedaily.blogspot.com.

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