Bartering is my friend!

I just got asked to do a party that is incredibly local to me... they were all set to pay my standard rates, but then, out of curiosity, right before emailing them their contract, I looked at the website connected with their email address.

It turns out it the hosts of the party own the Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club!

Fencing is something I've always thought is pretty interesting, and Peter really does love sword stuff of all sorts... So, going out on a limb, I inquired as to whether they'd be interested in bartering lessons worth 2x as much as they would've paid in cash... and they said they'd be happy to!

So we can has fencing lessons! Excellent!
Yeah, money is nice, but when the ga$ expen$e is not too much to get to a gig, and the person I'm doing henna for does / makes / sells something really cool, I am totally up for bartering!

....keep that in mind if you are within a 15 minute drive of Attleboro (so basically Attleboro, South Attleboro, North Attleborough, Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, or Seekonk...)
Generally I'd need more "stuff" compensation per henna-doing hour than I would've in flat-out cash... but if you've got cool stuff... we can probably work something out :)