Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir (34 page)

About the Author

JAMIE BRICKHOUSE
has been published in
The New York Times,
the
International Herald Tribune,
the
Lambda Literary Review, The Fix
,
Addiction/Recovery eBulletin,
and the Latin American travel magazine
Traves
í
a.
He is also a guest blogger for
The Huffington Post
. Brickhouse spent over two decades in the publishing industry, most recently at two major houses as head of their publicity and lecture divisions. He has also performed stand-up comedy and recorded voice-overs for the legendary cartoon TV show
Beavis and Butthead
. A native of Beaumont, Texas, Brickhouse lives in Manhattan with his partner, Michael.

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Author’s Note

Prologue: Ready or Not, Here Comes Mama! (2006/1987)

Part I:
Golden Triangle (1968–87)

1.
Break Out the Booze and Have a Ball

2.
Press On

3.
Let Me Let You Go

4.
Driver’s Seat

5.
The Pink Pantsuit

6.
The Neon Lights Are Bright on Broadway

7.
Lost in Acapulco

8.
Bottoms Up

9.
Destiny

Part II:
Mr. Golightly (1990–2006)

10.
Swingin’, Baby, Swingin’!

11.
A Frog in Cha-Cha Heels

12.
Verboten
in Zurich

13.
The Short and Long of It

14.
Is That All There Is?

15.
Alcoholics Can’t Count

16.
Hides: Persian and Raw

17.
Forgive Me, for I Have Sinned

18.
Lost in Rio

19.
Where Have You Been, Lord Randall, My Son?

20.
Account Past Due

21.
Lost in Paterson

22.
The Bare Truth

23.
Gown Days

24.
Dangerous When Wet

Part III:
Palm Springs Follies (2006)

25.
Ready or Not, Here Comes Jamie!

26.
If They Could See Me Now

27.
Feelin’ Good

Part IV:
The Hair Is the Last to Go (2008–11)

28.
The Seven-Month Itch

29.
Gown Days (Reprise)

30.
Driver’s Seat (Reprise)

31.
Destiny (Reprise)

About the Author

Copyright

DANGEROUS WHEN WET.
Copyright © 2015 by Jamie Brickhouse. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

ISBN 978-1-250-04115-9 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-3730-0 (e-book)

e-ISBN 9781466837300

First Edition: May 2015