Snacks, bubble tea, and story time: poker hustles, unapologetic living, and my Kingston party years
I do a laid-back, one-hour hangout with snacks (strawberries, cheese, meat sticks) and my favourite coconut milk bubble tea, sharing stories from different eras of my life.
I talk about my competitive Texas Hold’em phase in Kingston during the NHL strike era: playing scheduled bar poker nights, dating the poker director, winning a seat that took me to a huge Toronto tournament, and why I disliked casino poker. I share how I leaned into mind games (eye contact, table talk), wore custom poker shirts, and tell a true “hustle” story where a group of guys underestimated me as the only woman—then I won two games and wasn’t invited back.
I reflect on living unapologetically, including a moment at Starbucks with my boss where I loaded my coffee with sugar/cream because it’s what I actually enjoy. I mention Kim Cattrall’s quote about not spending another hour doing what you don’t want to do, how I apply that (including rescheduling plans), and briefly touch on aging/body upkeep at 42.
I talk about comfort shows that shaped me—especially Sex and the City—and how it feels to rewatch now that I’m older than the characters were. I also rewatch Seinfeld and Friends repeatedly, and I name specific episodes I skip because they stress me out or feel too heartbreaking.
More stories: my soccer years as a defender, becoming a teen ref and yellow-carding a swearing parent, and being the narrator in a school production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat despite hating karaoke now.
I share my Kingston twenties: using school as a way to party (and ending up with student debt), roommate struggles, getting a cheap downtown apartment overlooking the clubs, and the rough transition to full-time work where I couldn’t party on weeknights anymore. I describe watching nightlife from my window, jealousy around an ex, and living above a place that became a nightclub with bass through the floor.
Finally, I update what I’m doing now (Feb 16, 2026): five years in sex-positive/swinger lifestyle content, now happily in a couple, a recent public speaking gig (and what I forgot to promote), and building digital courses (starting with swinger lifestyle assimilation). I invite viewers to like/comment, sign up for email alerts for livestreams (no spam).
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Content mentioned in this live stream:
1. When I hustled a all-men poker game: https://youtu.be/A0H8oRFf8p0 [https://youtu.be/A0H8oRFf8p0]
2. My personal reflections on life in the 1990s - through Beverly Hills 90210: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lgaXKTMdE9NLNKAKM3Lpe?si=5b79977d158c4c00 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lgaXKTMdE9NLNKAKM3Lpe?si=5b79977d158c4c00]
3. Diary about feeling embarrassed after my first official public speaking gig at a swinger convention: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6eYaD84nu3op1MwyokKXkR?si=f62c8ff4707849db [https://open.spotify.com/episode/6eYaD84nu3op1MwyokKXkR?si=f62c8ff4707849db]
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