I'm the Harvard Square Hussy, Ask Me Anything

[Kathy in Cambridge]

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Thanks to Ellen Forradalom for the great graphic!

[progmom]

1. will you dress like that when i meet you in April?

It might limit our bar choices...

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. That would be frightening-trust me!

:scared:

[jonnyblitz]

7. oooh you would look good in that

stop being so modest. geesh. :eyes:

[jonnyblitz]

5. people wouldn't bat an eye at that outfit in Cambridge, MA

trust me.

[Huckebein the Raven]

2. So, where did you buy your outfit ?

:evilgrin:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. Hubba Hubba on Mass Ave-my favorite S&M store!

:evilgrin:

[jonnyblitz]

21. that place has been there forever.

I bought a barbell for my tongue piercing there back in '93.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

23. The same lady has owned it since I've been in grammar school

she is still pretty scary looking! a 70 year old Dominatrix!

[jonnyblitz]

25. I think they used to body pierce there (maybe not)

I know I was sent there for reasons other then bondage, SM etc. Ero's Boutique in the Southend has some interesting fetish supples also.

[RetroLounge]

3. Hmmm, Taller than I pictured you..

RL

[Kathy in Cambridge]

10. I'm 5"5"-pretty tall!

:D

[SpiralHawk]

6. Can I still get a Pizza Burger at that greasy dump on the corner?

Am spacing on the name of the joint.

-- Former Watertown Rat and Bowling Alley habitue

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. Yep, Bartley's is still there!

and the burgers are still good!

[SpiralHawk]

13. Nope, not Bartley's

This joint was right dead center in the Square, on the corner across from the news kiosk.

[BurtWorm]

15. I think I know which place you're talking about.

It was on one of the blocks that turned onto Dunster Street I think. Very homely place. I don't remember the name of it either.

I haven't been in Harvard Square in 20 years. :scared:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

17. The Tasty

Long gone...unfortunately. I spent many a teenage evening there!

[BurtWorm]

27. That's it.

:cry:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

18. The Tasty

[SpiralHawk]

30. The Tasty !!!

Liking the sound and skanky Pizza Burger memory of it so much, he typed it again: The Tasty !!!

[underpants]

11. Do you know Chloe from Yale?

This photo from Hyperion Publishing shows the book jacket cover of 'Chloe Does Yale,' a novel by Yale University senior Natalie Krinsky. (AP Photo/Hyperion Publishing)

[SpiralHawk]

12. PS - You could relate to my wife, K.

She died a couple of years back, but went out in a blaze of luminosity that corruscates still among family and friends.

at any rate, when she was an undergrad at H-R '63, she was the One and Only member of the Purple Falcon gang, who in garishly emblazoned black leather jacket roamed the coffee houses and soda fountains of the Square. After she died, I cut the back panel off her leather jacket -- the part with the huge painted Purple Falcons and Insignia on it -- and framed it.

The world was not quite ready for the Harvard Square Hussies from Hell in the early 1960s, but the Purple Falcon fit in then, and may in some sense have been a precursor...

But i wax overly nostalgic. Meegwich, SH

[Kathy in Cambridge]

14. Wow, your wife must've been a fascinating woman!

especially back in the early '60s. That took a lot of guts, and it's so sweet that you framed here jacket insignia!

I'm sorry she's gone-she sounded great. :hug:

[Ellen Forradalom]

39. Wow.

I take off my horns and lay down my whip in reverence. What a gal she must've been.

[Arkana]

16. Wow--you dress like that at the meetup, you'll make a lot of friends.

:evilgrin:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

19. If I dress like that next Saturday, i'll freeze my ass off!

[Arkana]

20. Also true.

Damn this New England winter.

[Radical Activist]

22. I have a sudden desire to attend a DU Boston Gathering.

I've only been to Harvard Square once and I missed out on the hussies. :(

[Kathy in Cambridge]

24. there's lots of us hussies in Cambridge!

:evilgrin:

[Radical Activist]

26. grrrrrr

and odds are good that they're either smart or rich, so that's a bonus. :)

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. Do you pahk your cah in Hahvahd yahd?

In that costume, I imagine you could park illegally and the cops wouldn't hassle you.

:hi: and happy birthday.

[HEyHEY]

29. Looking for a tumble?

[Ellen Forradalom]

31. Who's been a naughty, naughty Masshole?

Who are going to make eat your chowda at the next DU gathering? Matcom? Witt Pitt?

Your permanent badge of honor:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

32. Thanks-check my sig now!

:bounce:

[Ellen Forradalom]

33. Glad to oblige

Now everyone will know to cross the street (Boston-style, in front of oncoming traffic) when they see you coming.

But about my question: Which naughty Beantown boy is going to be forced to take a bath?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

34. My money's on sniffa, StopTheMorans, or matcom

but I have a feeling they'll love it!

[Ellen Forradalom]

35. Especially Matcom

Be sure to double your rate for him, OK?

[Ellen Forradalom]

36. Is there gonna be a catfight with the Beacon Hill Bitches?

I'd pay to see that!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

37. Beacon Hill has no townies-they're all a bunch of fou-fou chicks

us Cambridge hussies can kick their asses! :evilgrin:

[Ellen Forradalom]

38. The Wellesley Wussies?

Oh, wait a sec, Hillary's a Wellesley alumna, and she ain't no wuss.

[Ellen Forradalom]

40. Credit where credit is due

Before I forget to mention it: I am NOT this good of an artist!

The original illustration was by Paul Antonson for the Village Voice. He is the one who deserves all your

I imported it into Graphic Converter and customized it for our own Harvard Square Hussy.

Here it is:

http://www.paulantonson.com/portfolio_page_huss.html