The Year-End Lie
New Years Eve 2012 Party #1: Mike Hammonds’ Here is the LIE in print as written January of last year: “I never had a kick-ass New Year’s Eve ever. I’ve done the whole “go hard or go home” partying,...
View ArticleThe Event of 2013!
The beginning of summer. The time of year when your AC thermostat lowers while your electric bill rises. The start of beach season and sunbathing. And that time of year when Pride & Passion,...
View ArticleGen Pop
My family reunions are a big deal. My mother has 9 siblings. And between all of her sisters and brothers, my uncles and aunts, I have a whopping 65 first cousins. Growing up on the East Coast, I...
View ArticleLabor Day 2013 in New Orleans
Labor Day weekend 2013 could not have arrived at a more vital time in life with all of the craziness that was going on. I NEEDED this weekend! Every Labor Day weekend involves reuniting with all of...
View ArticleThe Rooftop Eve 2014 – Cabaret en Rouge
FINALLY… a New Years that was epic! Year after year of either last-minute or zero New Years Eve plans, I actually had a fabulous gameplan to welcome 2014. Jocelyn secured a private cabana at the...
View ArticleMy Coachella
The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival… holy @#$! shit, what an absolute amazing experience! This was my second time attending the nation’s reigning mother supreme of music festivals (and the...
View ArticlePride & Passion 2014: an avant garde wedding
Yet another Pride & Passion event gone by! In its 8 years, the event has slowly transformed into a fashionable night out downtown to dress up and party. This year’s theme was an avant garde...
View ArticleHappy Everyday
My good friend Katina urged me to attempt the 100 Happy Days Challenge that she and numerous other participants have been posting about. So, I visited and read the website. I recognized and...
View ArticleBig Fat Love Italia
I am blessed in this life. I love, and I am loved. Earlier this month, I flew thousands of miles to see love, to see one of my best friends Cheri get married. And it was while I was miles away from...
View ArticleLondon Bridges
If I ate my heart out in Italy, then I drank and danced the rest of the time in London. Last fall marked my first time back in Europe as an adult. I was already there with my good friend Neil, and my...
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