Where are the stars of the bars? How do the boys get their toys, and what games are the gays playing now? Boi Magazine and Chicagopride.com are sending their social correspondent Jason Paul out to hob-knob with the hipsters, roll with the trend setters and set the scene with Chicago's A list to tell us who's It, what the Its are doing, and who they're doing It with.
December started out decadent as the Aids Foundation of Chicago hosted their World of Chocolate fundraiser in the Imperial Ballroom of the Fairmont Chicago. Notable attendees included a number of local celebs like Ina Pinkley the "Domestic Diva," LeeAnn Trotter from WGN and CLTV's Metromix host Mary Ellen Diaz as well as a ballroom full of over a hundred fabulously snazzy dressed others. As an all ages event, hook ups were on the down low but getting to sample on the finest chocolate delicacies from the City's most upscale restaurants and caterers, and feeling a bit bloated, no one really cared.
Yuletide came early
this year as many of our Lakeview proprietors donned their gay
apparel before Thanksgiving, bypassing the dreary and boring cornucopias
of Autumnal brown and orange for the glitzy crystal colors of
currency -- Green and gold. The boys on Broadway know the true
meaning of XXX-mas is flash and cash, with a little sex thrown
in for eye appeal. One storefront window exhibits their holiday
wares with a naked model holding up a tray of ornaments and the
tag phrase, "Jingle balls, jingle balls." Tis the season
bois and grrrrls! Jingle balls all the way.
And who better to share the XXX-mas spirit then infamous
playwright David Cerda with Hell in a Handbag Productions's Rudolph
the Red Hosed Reindeer? Destined to be a real holiday classic
in its seventh year running, opening night at the Loop Theatre
brought in a full house of eager audience members laughing and
crying at this heart warming tale of intolerance, cross dressing,
alcoholism and general good time Christmas debauchery. This amazing
show not only entertained and raised money for an exotic animal
refuge, but left us asking Santa's sexy little helpers later at
the cast party, "Where can we get some of that magic elf
dust?"
Anyone at Sidetrack on the night of the 6th may have been denied
their favorite cruising corner as half the back bar was roped
off for David Hyde Pierce, Hank Azaria and their entourage. Sidetracking
Sidetrack security with a wink, a press pass and a fifty, getting
to mingle with the back bar VIP's was a snap. It seems that Frasier's
brother and Robin Williams's houseboy were in town to perform
in Monty Python's Spamalot playing downtown at the Shubert. Other
rumors implied they were just stopping into the Halsted staple
for a tall drink of water and maybe a cocktail or two.
Alas, I wasn't tall enough and was quickly asked to leave.Where are the stars of the bars? How do the boys get their toys, and what games are the gays playing now? Boi Magazine and Chicagopride.com are sending their social correspondent Jason Paul out to hob-knob with the hipsters, roll with the trend setters and set the scene with Chicago's A list to tell us who's It, what the Its are doing, and who they're doing It with.
December started out decadent as the Aids Foundation of Chicago hosted their World of Chocolate fundraiser in the Imperial Ballroom of the Fairmont Chicago. Notable attendees included a number of local celebs like Ina Pinkley the "Domestic Diva," LeeAnn Trotter from WGN and CLTV's Metromix host Mary Ellen Diaz as well as a ballroom full of over a hundred fabulously snazzy dressed others. As an all ages event, hook ups were on the down low but getting to sample on the finest chocolate delicacies from the City's most upscale restaurants and caterers, and feeling a bit bloated, no one really cared. Yuletide came early this year as many of our Lakeview proprietors donned their gay apparel before Thanksgiving, bypassing the dreary and boring cornucopias of Autumnal brown and orange for the glitzy crystal colors of currency -- Green and gold. The boys on Broadway know the true meaning of XXX-mas is flash and cash, with a little sex thrown in for eye appeal. One storefront window exhibits their holiday wares with a naked model holding up a tray of ornaments and the tag phrase, "Jingle balls, jingle balls." Tis the season bois and grrrrls! Jingle balls all the way. And who better to share the XXX-mas spirit then infamous playwright David Cerda with Hell in a Handbag Productions's Rudolph the Red Hosed Reindeer? Destined to be a real holiday classic in its seventh year running, opening night at the Loop Theatre brought in a full house of eager audience members laughing and crying at this heart warming tale of intolerance, cross dressing, alcoholism and general good time Christmas debauchery. This amazing show not only entertained and raised money for an exotic animal refuge, but left us asking Santa's sexy little helpers later at the cast party, "Where can we get some of that magic elf dust?"
Anyone at Sidetrack on the night of the 6th may have been denied
their favorite cruising corner as half the back bar was roped
off for David Hyde Pierce, Hank Azaria and their entourage. Sidetracking
Sidetrack security with a wink, a press pass and a fifty, getting
to mingle with the back bar VIP's was a snap. It seems that Frasier's
brother and Robin Williams's houseboy were in town to perform
in Monty Python's Spamalot playing downtown at the Shubert. Other
rumors implied they were just stopping into the Halsted staple
for a tall drink of water and maybe a cocktail or two.
Alas, I wasn't tall enough and was quickly asked to leave.
