HomeOpen House: Ginger’s Work/Live Roscoe Village Coach House
29. Apr, 2009 
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“I’m not like anybody else,” says Ginger as we climb the stairs to the second floor apartment in her Roscoe Village coach house. Ginger works from home, so she needed a large space, preferably with two levels. With its bright color blossoms, pop culture punches and silly Satanic shout-outs, Ginger’s apartment reveals a whimsical and irreverant grrrly girl with a heart of gold, a sly sort-of dark side and an appreciation for Decoratus Absurdum. She’s also smart as hell and much to my delight, ready and willing to talk about anything.
Although the twentysomething didn’t graduate from high school, Ginger’s well-versed in a wide variety of topics, and she enjoys chatting about life with her clients. Lately they’re talking about the economy . . . at least when they’re allowed to talk. As a dominatrix, Ginger determines what her clients will or won’t say and what they will or won’t do.
While Ginger didn’t necessarily plan to be a dominatrix, she had no natural bias against the gig and quickly responded when she saw an advertisement seeking submissives, apprentices who customarily work with a dominatrix while learning the ropes. Ginger likes what she does: she makes good money, sets her own hours and likes her clients. While some clients are just looking for some fun, Ginger says many visit her to work through past physical or mental abuse. Ironically some men even ask her to follow a script as she dominates them.
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The coach house lets Ginger keep her “dungeon” completely separate from her living space, a wise design decision for anybody who works from home. Black and red dominate. Leopard prints and candles and X’s are present. It’s all very sleek and kind of sexy in a very sterile, professional way. Ginger says it’s a little like playing house. Cloaked in a veil of artificiality, everything is safe and sane. And just as Ginger doesn’t permit her clients in her apartment, she makes sure no boundaries are crossed legally or personally. While she’s friendly with some clients, dating is out-of-the-question.
Ginger waves off questions about her real paramours; some things should be private, and she says she wants to avoid the “love bubble” of expectations altogether, hopes and dreams that too often pop; idealism is a casualty in Ginger’s line of work.
While she’s not like anybody else in some respects, Ginger, with her eating, sleeping, shopping and friend-ing, is exactly like everybody else in most others. We categorize people based on the most subtle of differences; how one dresses, how one speaks and how one makes money are such tiny distinctions when viewed from a distance and in the context of all the things we have in common. Then again, Ginger’s not your average girl. “Screw the roses, give me thorns,” she says.
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HOT, HOT, HOT and a triple snap w/a white cat goin to town on the bed behind you!
Ginger sizzles in leather…HOT!
Yowza! I didn’t think I’d have anyting in common with a dominatrix, but I have the very same flaming devil antennae ball topper on my car!
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HOT! Not only is Ginger a fiercely vibrant Red head, she’s an awesome personality with a cool kinky twisted side to boot!!! She makes her leather look hot and her dungeon play space is looks well equiped and fun to be in!!! You go girl!!! Hot is right!!! And kudos for the White long hair cat in the background cleaning itself for the picture!!! Ginger is a “cool cat” I would love to meet!!!
Sweet space! The dungeon rug is very ThunderCats.
Note: I mean that as a compliment.
Also note: I am very pleased that my day has included the opportunity to use the sentence “The dungeon rug is very ThunderCats.” Always the sign of a good Thursday when you can work that one in…
Karissa, I forgot all about ThunderCats; thank you so much for the reminder. What a lovely animated show that was. Happy I am.
Paula! Paula, Paula, Paula. I knew it.
Ginger’s very hot, and I really enjoyed hanging out with her for a few hours.
Congratulations — this is my #1 favourite space that you have profiled. It truly shows its owner/designer’s personality. It is also as opposite to my personality and interests as could be, with one exception: I’d love an R2D2 just like hers!!
And what am I doing up at this hour? I am going on a Habitat for Humanity build in 2 hours from now. Have a great day.
Don’t care for the space to much but if you have some more pics of her in that suit …. you know my email.
I can just imagine the weaklings that she has turned to dust in there.