The Menagerie with Connie and Michael

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This week I’m on location! Home Connie and Michael and birthplace of The Menagerie. We talk about how and why they started The Menagerie and Connie shares just how close we were to loosing her. Lucky for all of us her badassery and the love of a good man has kept her healthy and thriving! This is a short one and both will be back for longer more in-depth convo about all things peculiar and odd. Enjoy and hope to see many of you at World Goth day this Saturday May 6 in Vallejo !!!
Summary/Time Stamps:

• Welcome to the Menagerie. 0:09
  • Ginger shots with a wind chaser.
  • The start of the menagerie.
• Is it still fun getting 40 events a year? 2:35
  • Growing from california to all over the state.
  • The menagerie is always evolving.
  • Legacy events are fun because people plan on going.
  • World golf day is a marketing partnership.
• Gothic subculture is an untapped market. 8:35
  • The gothic subculture is an untapped market.
  • The community is growing and growing.
  • Working with local producers to promote and put on shows.
  • Pop-ups outside of the area this year.
  • Getting out of alameda and finding a bigger venue.
  • First event in san francisco this year.
• What’s coming up at the San Francisco Mint. 15:16
  • San francisco mint and terror vault event details.
  • How to choose one thing to be good at.
  • Finding mentors and meeting people in the strangest places.
  • Becoming one of the top artists.
• The first two markets were highly curated. The third market had to be postponed twice before it was ready. 21:30
  • Security to market. First two markets were highly curated.
  • Covid hit first three markets.
  • Getting back to curating the market in 2022.
  • The menagerie makes her so good.
• What she used to do for World Golf Championship. 26:13
  • Doing everything for the last four years.
  • Being an accountant for 30 years.
  • Aortic dissection is a widowmaker.
  • 90% of people with an aortic emergency do not survive.
• How the menagerie changed her life. 30:34
  • The grieving process of being diagnosed with agoraphobia.
  • The fear of leaving the house.
  • Five years of the menagerie has changed her life.
  • Working for yourself is challenging.
• How did you know what was going on? 35:13
  • How she knew she was having a heart attack.
  • How she got to alameda hospital.
  • Aortic dissection at Stanford and UCSF.
  • Aorta dissection and aortic surgery.
• The only way to tell if someone’s having an aneurysm, rupture or dissection is through imaging. 41:19
  • Depeche mode and Alan Thicke died from dissection.
  • The importance of regular scans.
  • Double barrel dissection of the aorta.
  • Exercises and blood pressure.
• The only other option is to wallow.