Um… hello

Sexy GuyIs this what one would find in a field of hay? I might need to start making more trips out to the country.  Thanks for sharing Julian.

Wanda Sykes in Boston August 16th

Wanda Sykes will be performing two shows at the Wilbur in Boston’s Theater District on Thursday, August 16th. Looking for a good laugh and want to get out with friends?  Check out Wanda’s show.

Buy Tickets Here

Where’s Wanda – Tour Dates

Team USA

London OlympicsSource: Aram Boghosian/Boston Globe Staff

Last night Procter & Gamble and Gillette wished Team USA well in the London Olympics by projecting holograms of two Olympic athletes during a light show in Boston at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Shown above is a 60-foot hologram of sprinter Tyson Gay.

Want to see more? Check out the video here.

 

Hoodsie

What treat fills you with nostalgia and makes you think of summer when you were a kid?

Things that make BosGuy go hmm…

All things considered it’s a funny phone number

Oh Canada!

London OlympicsIf this doesn’t give you Olympic fever nothing will.  The Olympic Games in London start today. Thanks to James Anok for sharing on his FB page.

Furry Friday

Gay BearEach Friday I post a photo of a guy with a hairy chest and refer to it as my “Furry Friday” post.   This week I’m featuring a furry duo. I thought the photograph was really sweet.

Past Furry Friday Posts

Amazon founder to donate $2.5 million to marriage equality in Washington State

same sex marriageSame Sex marriage advocates have had outspoken supporters in Hollywood with big name actors since the debate started.  More recently  large donations and endorsements for marriage equality have come from successful and much admired business leaders.

Bill Gates (Microsoft founder) and Steve Ballmer (current CEO) revealed they had each donated $100,000 to support the same sex marriage initiative currently being challenged by ballot in Washington State.  Earlier in the year Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, made news when he made a video for Americans for Marriage Equality.

However earlier this week, Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon.com, and his wife, MacKenzie, made jaws drop when they agreed to donate $2.5 million to help pass a same-sex marriage referendum in Washington State, becoming among the largest financial backers of gay marriage rights in the country.

You can read more about their incredible donation here.

BosGuy brain teaser

Each Friday I pose a riddle or what I like to think of as a “brain teaser” for those who like that sort of thing. I freely admit, I’m often stumped, but perhaps you’ll figure out this week’s riddle.

In a marble hall white as milk
Lined with skin as soft as silk
Within a fountain crystal-clear
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in to steal its gold.

HINT: Mother Goose

Previous brain teaser posts

Suddenly it makes sense

Much to my surprise, New England has a lot of surfers. This part of the country isn’t exactly known for large waves, but after seeing this photograph, I can appreciate why so many like the sport.  As the title says, “Suddenly it makes sense.”

BOMA the South End’s next restaurant to open

Shane ManfredNews about BoMa (or is it Boma?) opening in space formerly occupied by the Bombay Club but best known as Pho Republique’s home was reported in May on this blog and elsewhere.  At the time, word was the owner, Shane Manfred, would open in late July but now it appears BoMa hopes for a mid- to late-August opening.

There remains a lot of work, but beautiful folding windows that open to Washington Street have been installed, ensuring this will be a popular place on warm evenings where you can dine or drink across from the beautiful Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

A quick peek at the new space through their newly installed windows shows Manfred has flipped the floor plan, building a large bar that can accommodate 20+ along the front left wall and added a wine rack along the back left wall. Shane Manfred

Incidentally, in my first post about BoMa I speculated the four lettered name might be an abbreviation for Boston, Massachusetts but I’ve been told it is an African word meaning “home” or “safe haven”.

Brian Edwards: It gets better – but better is no longer good enough

Original photo by Kristina Hill

By now many of you will have heard about how Brian Edwards and Tom Privitere’s engagement photograph was “hijacked” by a radical right wing group that calls themselves The Public Advocate of the United States and turned their picture into an anti-gay attack ad.  What you may have missed is Brian Edwards response in The Huffington Post this past Saturday, It gets better – But better is no longer good enough.

Incidentally, below is the original photograph before it was taken and tampered with by the anti-gay group from Virginia. 

Armistead Maupin in Provincetown

Tales of the CityArmistead Maupin is the author of nine novels, but he is best known as the writer of the Tales of the City series, which was eventually turned into a miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney.  This series first aired on PBS in 1994 and was the first time I can recall seeing a story line that included viable gay characters.

Armistead Maupin was in Provincetown last week at The Crown & Anchor where he shared anecdotes about his life and writing. After the program concluded Sergio bumped into Maupin, and I couldn’t resist posting the photo. Did you read Maupin’s Tales of the City series?

Boston Mayor writes to President of Chick-Fil-A

Earlier this week I wrote about how Boston’s Mayor telling one of the country’s largest fast food chains it was not welcome in Boston after the President of the company divulged their support for traditional marriage and equated supporting same sex marriage to “inviting God’s judgement on our nation” in my post, Mayor Menino says Chick-fil-A not welcome in Boston.

There is no place for discrimination on Boston’s Freedom Trail and  no place for your company alongside it.

Following Mayor Menino’s public rebuke, he wrote a letter on city stationary to Chick-Fil-A president, Dan Cathy (see below).  In the letter he goes on to say…“you called supporters of gay marriage as ‘prideful’.  Here in Boston, to borrow your own words, we are ‘guilty as charged.’ The letter goes on and says, “I was angry to learn on the heels of your prejudiced statements about your search for a site to locate in Boston. There is no place for discrimination on Boston’s Freedom Trail and  no place for your company alongside it.”

Boston Chick Fil A

Hanging with Chris Marchant

Well StrungHere is Sergio hanging out with Chris Marchant (2nd violinist, vocalist) from one of Ptown’s many talented summer acts, Well Strung.

Well Strung is an all-male singing quartet that features classical musicians who put their own spin on music new and old.  This handsome and talented troupe is performing at the Art House in Provincetown through September 22nd.  Tickets are $30 with V.I.P. seats only five dollars more.

You may buy tickets here.