Ide the San Francisco Mermaid

From her website:

Ide (pronounced ee-dah) is an aquatic mermaid entertainer, available to swim to a party near you! Delightful and magical for both children and adults alike, Ide has been an entertainer & model since 2005, and has visited over 200 kids parties in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Ide’s first swimming fin was crafted by her always-encouraging mother when she was a sophomore in high-school. In her Jr. year she spent a season racing-sail boats across the San Francisco Bay, eager to be near water more often. She has spent her entire life living by the Pacific Ocean, up and down the coast, from her North Berkeley childhood home with a view of the bay, to a short walk from the Historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Her first year at UCSC, she would go to the beach to swim several times a week without fail, and was often spotted enthusiastically running into the waves at night, even in winter.

Ide is insured, and performs in the Vespertine Circus as an aerial acrobat, fire-dancer, living-statue & sideshow mermaid! Ide considers herself well-rounded for interacting theatrically with all four of the elements, air, fire, earth & water.