Shoes: Pleasure and Pain
On view November 19, 2016 to March 12, 2017
The Peabody Essex Museum (P.E.M.) in Salem has an exhibit for all you fashionistas and shoe fanatics with their latest exhibit, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain.
According to the exhibit’s webpage, you can “explore the creativity of footwear from around the globe through more than 300 pairs of shoes, ranging from elaborate vintage designs to those by contemporary makers.”
The exhibit cannot but help remind me of this YouTube classic.
Did you hear? Americans crashed Canada’s Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship website Tuesday night as it became apparent that Donald Trump would become our nation’s next President. In response, The Boston Globe created an entertaining video citing seven reasons you should consider a move to Massachusetts instead.
I’ve done a copy and paste below but you can watch the video here.
1. If Obamacare is repealed, Massachusetts will still have universal health care. It’s been state law since 2006 and is what the Affordable Care Act was modeled on. It’s very popular, and it’s not going anywhere.
2. Ditto for marriage equality. Massachusetts’ highest court legalized same-sex marriage in 2004. So even if a conservative Supreme Court overturned itself on the issue, it would still be legal here.
As tradition has it, Northeastern’s annual underwear run always falls on the Friday night of parent’s weekend so if you are out and about tonight in the Back Bay don’t be shocked if you see a crowd of several hundred (last year it was about a thousand) students running down Huntington Avenue and Boylston Street in their underwear tonight.
The 1993 cheesy, cult favorite Hocus Pocus starring Bette Middler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy will be playing at the Kendall Theater in Cambridge next Thursday, October 27. The Welcoming Committee is already promoting this event which is certain to sell out so if you are interested get your tickets.
Hocus Pocus at The Kendal – Thursday, Oct 27 at 7PM
I really like (and appreciate) this video made by Canadians that came out earlier this month, sending a positive message to Americans and explaining why they think America is a really great place.
The Sanderson Sisters are back and this time we get a sneak peek behind the scenes as they dish about life, their morning rituals and idiosyncrasies.
Earlier today Michelle Obama responded to Donald Trump’s comments about how he has treated women in the past at a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. She succinctly articulated exactly what I was thinking but had failed to verbalize.
I am going to miss Michelle Obama. Growing up I thought of Jacqueline Kennedy as the ideal First Lady, but Michelle Obama has supplanted Jackie O as my favorite first lady. She inspires and motivates me, and I will miss her.
Grab a partner for Duets Karaoke Night at dbar tonight where you can sing your favorite song as a pair with the help of VJ Ryan Grow. There are over $300 in prizes available for the best musical stylings of the night.
Anyone have the chops to sing this personal favorite?
King Cobra which comes out next month is based on the early rise of gay porn headliner Sean Paul Lockhart a.k.a. Brent Corrigan. The movie trailer has just become available so I’ve posted it below to share.
According to its IMDB page the movie is about “Sean Paul Lockhart a.k.a. Brent Corrigan before his falling out with the producer, Stephen, played by Christian Slater who made him famous. When Sean decides he’d be better off a free agent, a cash-strapped pair of rival producers aim to cash in by any means possible.”
King Cobra has an impressive cast including James Franco, Christian Slater, Molly Ringwald, Alicia Silverstone Garrett Clayton and Keegan Allen. Look for King Cobra in theaters starting Friday, October 21st.
For all you Russell Tovey fans who miss seeing him on HBO’s Looking there is a new movie coming out where he plays a closeted gay footballer (that’s soccer for all of us here in the States). The film, The Passs, co-stars the very handsome Arinzé Kene.
The film takes on the story of a closeted player in three segments, one taking place every five years in the player’s life, as he grows from a teenager to an athlete in the Champions League. Check out the new movie trailer.
I hope Boston’s gay film festival a.k.a., Wicked Queer Film Festival, March 30 – April 9, will include this in their line up.
More than 100 lesbian couples plan to tie the knot or renew their wedding vows one month from today on Saturday, October 15, 2016 in Provincetown.
The group wedding scheduled during Provincetown’s annual 32nd Women’s Festival will be officiated by Ptown regular, Kate Clinton. If there are at least 100 couples married, the brides and the event will become part of recorded history through our application to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Following yesterday’s somber reflections, I thought I’d share And Still I Rise from Maya Angelou. While I understand the poem has nothing to do with the tragedy of September 11th I find it inspiring and full of hope.
Earlier this month Chris Thompson, a vlogger I enjoy following on YouTube, taped his first experience using a bidet.
His clip was both hilarious and timely since Sergio and I are currently in Europe where bidets are in every bathroom. My favorite part of the quick clip comes when he initially turns on the bidet and the “lesson learned” that he shares.
If you liked Chris’ video, check out his YouTube channel: Sup Daily.
Did you happen to see this video, Top 10 Decade Defining Fashion Trends of the 1990s? If you grew up in that decade you’ll likely remember (and possibly wince) at the memory of several of these trends that you may have fallen victim to.
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