We rented four rooms at the Madonna Inn this weekend, picked a crack team to go and shoot the shit out of it. Costumes, cameras, fencing gear, reflectors, thousands of dollars in studio lights, folks from both Northern and Southern California.

And a wooden pony.

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It was still relatively early in the evening when Greg decided to slide himself into Jessica's dress.

And no, he wasn't wearing underwear.

And yes, it was both awesome and disgusting.

EDIT: he was actually wearing underwear. but it was still gross.

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This is the lady that made it all happen. Her idea, her crew, her credit card. Julia = The Best.

Regarding the photo: The Round Room had an appropriately curved bathroom wall, making one thing that the other side had another round room.

Which it must've, as the Round Room was actually part of a trio of themed rooms, the Merry, Go and Round Rooms.

Also, Julia brought ONE MILLION outfits to the Madonna. This one is straight out of Flash Gordon meets Emma.

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Why Jena brought the three plastic babies to the Madonna Inn, no one knows. But they were fresh, and her shots of them are both adorable and unabashedly creepy.

Later, I will show you what she looks like after having fallen asleep on the way home.

Because I am evil.

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The whole shower was rock, man. Rock. The sinks? Rock. The urinal in the men's bathroom? A WATERFALL.


The Madonna Inn walks a fine line between Twin Peaks and a John Waters film, being, in the end, the best of both worlds.

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