Coats for Hos Photo Update!!!!
So.. I didn't ask if she was a ho or even if she was working or any thing....
I just looked at her outfit and her circumstances and her choice of late evening hang out (alone??)
This year I changed my tactics. I didn't mention the name of my "Coats for Hos Drive" (last year the ladies didn't take kindly to that) but I did introduce myself, I did say that I had some coats...
I just told her they don't fit me any more and ask her if she'd like one of them cuz she looks chilly.
At first she just stared at me and didn't say anything and I got intimidated. I had to like...show her each coat and repeat myself.
But then she decided I was legit, she had a look at the coats I was offering and....
Went for the short black one donated by Billy Hood (Country Singer)'s daughter.
She had me wait a second while she tried it on...maybe she'd give it back if she didn't like it? I don't know...
But I assured her that it looked just fine. AND that it matched her outfit and her hair nicely.
Then I high tailed it out of there. I learned last year...if it's a ho, there may be a pimp near by. And they aren't nearly as friendly as you'd like them to be!
This here next one is the 2nd Ho I spotted. I was on a booze hunt with my boozy floozy gal pal and we had to travel out of our usual circles to find the booze we wanted.
Seems like I have good luck finding Hos near liquor stores around the holidays.
The most difficult thing about approaching scantily clad women at night in dark strange places is that you have no idea what to expect and it's awkward and intimidating.
You would think after the practice I have had (doing This Coats for Hos charity event 2 years in a row now) that it would get easier...let me just say that it really doesn't.
It adds a new level of difficulty when you are trying to photograph the coat offering and your photographer (this time my slightly drunk gal pal) is NOT subtle. (Hobo is a better photographer...probably due to the fact we got in such a pickle last year trying to hand out coats and we did NOT try to photograph. He really gets the sensitivity of the subject matter.
And then to add to the difficulty of this project, THIS particular ho didn't seem to speak ANY English So I was really struggling, I had NO idea if she was gonna get what I was trying to do or what...
And of course my giggly photographer was NOT my favorite thing about this already seriously strange situation,
So actually at this point things were going pretty good, this Ho was really friendly (non-Americans are either super friendly or super not friendly, there's no in between on that have you ever noticed??)
Like a Ho with a shopping bug, she insisted on trying on BOTH coats. Which made her kind of a Ho after my own heart! I wish we hadn't had such a language barrier! It seemed like maybe we would have hit it off and been friends if we could have talked.
I guess now that I'm looking at these pictures maybe I am due for a new coat...does my jacket make my butt looks saggy or what???
So she tried on the red coat and she seemed to really like it....and we did a lot of smiling and nodding at each other at this point.
But the she switched the red coat out for the floral raincoat at the last minute...
Well...it was raining.
This picture is of me making sure she understands that she can keep the coat...it's for her. I don't want it back.
Then This Happened. Which totally caught me off guard too, but what can I say... Hos from other countries are really sweet and friendly. Now you know why Germany is famous for it's red-light district? Friendly fuckin' Hos. That's why.
The end
So obviously this year I was only able to deliver coats to 2 Hos. Next year will be MUCH more successful as I already have bands on board and will be signing up volunteers to take to the streets looking for Hos with me! Join the cause next Christmas and we will make a bigger better difference!!!
11/29/12Christmas Coats For Hos!
Ho Ho Ho it's Christmas time once again and as you all know the weather is mean and cold and nasty. We'd like everyone to spread themselves wide open this holiday season and reach out to those truly in need. That's right, the coldest job I can think of.
Imagine being a lady of the night, dressed in nearly nothing, walking the streets of cities and towns just to make a living wage doing the jobs nobody else wants to do. Freezing their buns off this Christmas while risking getting thrown in jail for doing what most of us do in the privacy of our own homes.
Please contact us to donate a gently used coat to a cold Ho this Christmas and make the holidays a little warmer for a working girl.
The Hobo and myself will dash through the city and find these ladies and deliver them on your behalf ourselves this year and every year until we know that all the hos are happy and warm at Christmas!
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
XoXo~ Tawny Kay and TrailerPark Romance Radio
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