DLG196 Downtown icon/East Village Bar Owner, Abby Ehmann is my Hero.

Abby Ehmann was one of those "cool chicks" that everyone knew or was aware of, but my nerd lifestyle kept us from crossing East Village paths until now. Abby was at the helm of so many important and radical events. I was just about to write them in here, but there are too many so scroll down. Anyway Abby is in my age group she's almost 60, I'm 63. I identify with Abby now, or I would like to! I think it's because we're in the same age group, but both still as crazy as we were when we were younger. We've had some parallel paths in our lives, so I get to understand where we diverged (we both started out as creatives in advertising, never had kids) and what I missed because I don't have the balls she does. Her life is still more exciting right now because she has a new boyfriend who sounds like a dream, where I've been married since 2010. I am making up for lost time now though, cause I can hang at her bar that she opened 2 years ago on Ave.B, Lucky! BEST JUKEBOX anywhere because it's curated by Abby's friends. More about Abby and some of her thoughts on dating: https://editrixabby.wordpress.com/ Here's an edited list of Abby's endeavors (in Abby's words): In the past, I have been a self-described “smutmeister” and in my capacity as a writer I have covered almost every conceivable sexual topic: obscure fetishes and carnal obsessions, nightclubs and erotic events, sex toys, adult DVDs, not to mention tales of my personal sexploits.   Three months out of the year I work with the Black Rock City Department of Public Works building Burning Man  Penthouse Forum, Penthouse Variations, Screw, Hustler, SexyNYC, Live Girls, Leg Sex, Panty Play, Big Butt, Leg World, Playboy’s rouze.com, The Museum of Sex’s theposition.com, Dirty and New Rave.  Extreme Fetish magazine, Porn Free, my theme-based fanzine Start in Erotica as Associate Editor for Penthouse Forum, working for legendary domina and editor V.K. McCarty. one of Manhattan’s preeminent party impresarios. Mondo Porno, a bi-annual rock ‘n’ roll meets smut extravaganza in New York, San Francisco, Boston and Las Vega BDSM play parties and on-site sex events, served as “Kink Control” of the weekly cyber-fetish soiree Click + Drag, was the grand dame of Gomorrah, Kitsch Inn, a weekly evening of rock ‘n’ roll debauchery. BadAss Burlesque, The Black & Blue Ball, The Goddess Ball and The Miss Fetish New York Pageant. In my more cultural capacity, I curated a lecture series at Manhattan’s Museum of Sex, booked talent for Rupert Murdoch’s Christmas Party, Princeton University’s Class of 1985 20 Year Reunion. I have been interviewed for sex-related television segments around the world,