The allure of a moderate look

Long blond hair, a skimpy pink dress, high heels, and big boobs have a certain allure to the common crossdresser, and I am the first one to admit that. But sometimes, I just want to take on a more moderate look, less flashy, less risky (if you happen to care more for passing than for humiliation), but no less feminine that is. 

On this day in April 2024, Franziska picked her brunette wig, a lovely and unobtrusive knee-length, cottony dress with covered shoulders, and some nicely color-matched wedge sandals, with moderate heel. And off she went to enjoy a day out on the town with a little highlight and new experience in the evening.

Portraits of the day

At the local bus stop, having asked a fellow passenger to take a photo. Again, this is one of my earlier CDH contributions. Franzi’s public pictures at CDH tend to cover the most recent outing, weeks or months before I am able to cover the whole day and story here in my blog. You can find a link to the most recent contribution as the top referral under “Blogs that I follow.”

Some people really know how to take great pictures. Not so this sales lady from the ice-cream parlor that I had asked to take this photo. She cut of my lower legs and feet, as well as the top of the word “Eis” (ice, as well as ice cream in German). It could have been a nice story-telling picture. Could have!

In this blog, I regularly make reference to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany’s best-known poet, playwright, theater director, and scientific writer, who was born in Frankfurt. Today, we need to talk about Schiller, the statue of whom stands in "Taunusanlage" – a narrow park stretching from the former ECB (European Central Bank) headquarter, close to the Frankfurt Opera House to Alte Oper Frankfurt. Friedrich Schiller, a contemporary and friend of Goethe, was a German poet, philosopher, playwright, essayist, and medical scientist, to whom we owe the poem “Das Lied von der Glocke” (Song of the bell), which my generation still had to memorize and recite in middle school, as well as the historic dramas “Wallenstein,” “Maria Stuart,” and “Wilhelm Tell.” He also wrote the lyrics to what later became the European anthem “Ode an die Freude” (Ode to joy), composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Enough culture and history for today. This is how Schiller looked, according to sculptor Johannes Dielmann.

“Alte Oper” Frankfurt, the old opera house of Frankfurt. All of you who regularly or occasionally read my blog, will have heard about “Alte Oper,” as this is one of Franzi’s favorite venues. The so-called Old Opera Frankfurt is nowadays used for concerts and musicals, rather than operas, as it was rebuilt – after severe WW-II damage – only in the 70’s and after the new Frankfurt Opera House had already been established. It provides very good acoustics and possesses a huge and beautiful pipe organ, which I have yet to hear in action. By the way, I do not know the depressed guy in the red polo shirt on the right and I didn't manage to photoshop him out. I would know ways to cheer him up, though.

You might have seen a picture of Franzi outside a hip wine bar in Frankfurt’s “New Old Town” the small section between “Römer” (historic town square) and “Dom” (cathedral). This is on the inside of this very wine bar. And guess what, pink crémant is in order!

No outing without a stop at some shopping location – just for good measure.

In the evening, Franziska joined the monthly meeting of the Transgender Freundeskreis Frankfurt (http://tgf-frankfurt.de/impressum.html) for the first and – so far – only time. It was fun to meet other TG folks of all color. The meeting took place at a Persian restaurant – of all places to have a TG meeting! – and we were some 8 to 10 in total.

I very much enjoyed the exchange with all of them, but I was most impressed with a seasoned part-time crossdresser, who’s gone out en femme for many decades. She looked great, dressing her age, being at ease, and through that provided me with an enjoyable vision of how things could develop for me as well.