Sassy surfers sashay as Palm Springs Surf Club announces Splash & Slay Drag Brunch!

Gentlemen, start your engines!

Palm Springs, California is generally very hot in the summer. According to Weather Spark, the average daytime June through August temperature is 106 degrees Fahrenheit. At time of writing (7:34 PST) it is 91 with mercury climbing to 113 by Thursday. That will feel downright chilly compared to next week, though, with a predicted temperature of 1 billion degrees sassy for Saturday, the 29th, when the Palm Springs Surf Club swings its gilded gates wide for “Splash & Slay Drag Brunch.

The fabulousness kicks off at 12:30 in the afternoon, which seems a little late for brunch (but what does this cis white man know?), and will be hosted by Ethylina Canne, who, according to website, has previously won the Desert Drag Race, Best in Drag and Queen of the Desert.

Sue Casa, Cee Cee Russel and Kalista Stage will also perform.

“Join us for a fierce and fabulous drag brunch,” the flyer invites, “where the queens serve looks, mimosas & Bloody Marys flow freely, and the vibes stay splashy.”

Bottomless mimosa or mary, plus brunch, runs $120. Boring ol’ brunch alone $95.

The only remaining questions, I suppose, are which board you will bring and which wave setting you will sign up for (revisit Com Turren’s exhaustive guide here), if you will surf before or after brunch and what drag name you will choose.

If having trouble, MasterClass suggests:

1. Experiment with wordplay. Punny names like “Eileen Dover” or “Mimi Imfurst” rely on wordplay for their effect—and these names are as funny and memorable as the personas who inhabit them. “Courtney Act” is the name of an Australian drag queen whose name is a play on “caught in the act.”

2. Dig deep. Sometimes a name can be borne from trauma or the commandeering of a previously painful word. For instance, Trixie Mattel’s drag name came from a hurtful term her step-father would call her when she “acted feminine” (Trixie); when it happened to also be the name of the character she would play in Rocky Horror Picture Show, it became a perfect fit.

3. Find a defining feature. Some queens are named for their own memorable qualities. For instance, drag queen Milk’s name came from a reference to her pale skin. If you have a particularly defining feature, try brainstorming names that can use that to your advantage.

4. Turn to pop culture. Some queens were inspired by figures from pop culture, like Victoria Beckham (Jiggly Caliente’s original stage name “Victoria”) or X-Men comics (PhiPhi O’Hara’s original stage name, “Phoenix Mathews”). See what famous names throughout pop culture you can use to find a name of your own—or at least to spark an idea for the perfect name.

5. Look up other names. Take a look at the most clever and funniest drag queen names to help yourself come up with new names of your own. Kim Chi, Farrah Moan, and Sharon Needles are some funny names of RuPaul’s Drag Race queens that can inspire your own creative take.

As reminder, Bitchy Crab already spoken for.

See you there.