We aren't kidding when we say times are tough. Money isn't as disposable as it once was, and we're all just praying that we'll come out alive once the recession is over. So to make sure you still have one rockin' New Year's Eve we decide to do a little giveaway, because even in these hard economic times you deserve to have a little fun.The Raleigh Hotel has been kind enough to offer us two passes to give away for its Burlesque New Year's Eve. The event is hosted by '80s New York club icon Susann
The naked body of Amanda Lepore, the world's self proclaimed #1 transsexual, is about as good of a metaphor for change as any so it was suiting that the first sight of 2009 that the crowd at The Raleigh's Burlesque New Years saw was Ms. Lepore clad only in balloons as hostess Susanne Bartsch popped them. More than any other recent New Years we all find ourselves hoping for change, and if we can make as drastic of a transformation as turning from a little New Jersey boy into an international tr
