Much thanks to my good friend @justgngr who sent me this photo as a potential Tempation Tuesday post – he’s definitely tempting.
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Menopausal Mermaid opens Thursday at Club Cafe
Looking for something different? Later this week a new show opens at Club Cafe’s Moonshine Room called, The Menopausal Mermaid: A drag parody reimagined! The show is described as a kaleidoscope of fantastic drag, sexy sailors and outrageous costumes.
The show opens with a slightly wiser (and peeved) version of Ariel than the Disney production presents. Feeling betrayed by Eric and cursed by Ursula, Ariel is ready to kick ass in this 90-minute musical parody that picks up where the Disney fairy tale left off. Tired of playing by the rules, Ariel reinvents herself, and along the way she takes on love, fame and Walt Disney.
The Menopausal Mermaid: A drag parody reimagined!
Thursday thru Sunday || January 11 – March 25, 2018
Ticket Information Here
Tell your friends and get tickets while they last. Tickets to this show (including service fees are just $32 and change.
Men in kilts
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What to do this week: January 8 – 14
We’ve had our first big storm of 2018 but that is no reason to hibernate. Check out one of the more than 30+ events / parties that I’ve shared below, that will take place over the next seven days.
During the work week Dorchester Brewery is hosting a Pizza & Game Night on Monday and Trivia Tuesday; The Alley is bringing back it’s Cards Against Humanity nights on Monday and the seductive gay flick The Ornithologist returns to The Brattle theater for two shows on Wednesday.
Over the MLK weekend SpeakEasy Stage opens with their latest production, Shakespeare In Love and The Lyric Stage Co. open with Road Show. If you’d rather put on your dancing shoes check out FOXY , which returns with a James Bond themed party at the Oberon called Octobussy on Friday; One More Time: A Tribute to Daft Punk is on Friday night at Royale; and DREAM with Nina Flowers is hosted by Chris Harris Presents on Sunday.
MONDAY – THURSDAY
QUEER FILM: The Ornithologist is at The Brattle on Wednesday
Pizza & Game Night is every Monday from 5-9PM (check out their ping pong and foosball tables) at Dorchester Brewery in Dorchester
Monthly Monday Mingle is being hosted by TWC at Jillian’s Lucky Strike by Fenway starting at 5:30PM in Boston
Queer Boston Board Gamer visit Aeronaut Brewing Company will take place on Monday from 6-8PM at the brewery in Somerville
Boston Gay Single Men’s Dinner (all welcome) are meeting at Mary Chung’s in Central Square on Monday starting at 7PM in Cambridge
Drag Bingo is every Monday starting at 7PM free to play at Club Cafe in Boston
Cards Against Humanity starts at the Alley Bar on Monday at 8PM in Boston
OUTbreath: LGBTQ Meditation Community is meeting on Tuesday at the Arlington Street Zen Center from 7-8:30 in Boston
Trivia Tuesday is every Tuesday at the Dorchester Brewing Company and starts at 7:30PM in Dorchester
Showtune Tuesday hosted by VJ Ryan Grow starts at 9PM every Tuesday at dbar in Dorchester
Karaoke Night starts at 10PM every Tuesday at Jacques in Boston
Stump Trivia with Jonathan Brett is guaranteed fun and has lots of prizes (trivia starts at 8PM) hosted every Tuesday at Club Cafe in Boston
The Ornithologist returns to The Brattle theater for two shows on Wednesday at 4:30 and 7:00 PM in Cambridge
Atomic Karaoke with DJ Stevie Psyclone & Jonathan Brett is every Wednesday at Club Cafe in Boston
ICA Boston every Thursday from 5PM – 9PM admission is free to the public
Queer Boston Board Gamers is meeting on Thursday from 6-9PM at the Panera Bread at Porter Square in Cambridge
“Racism in Boston” (RIB) group will meet in response to the Boston Globe’s Spotlight Series on Racism in Boston to have a casual get together with others “not like yourself” to discuss racism and social justice in Greater Boston on Thursday from 7-9PM at El Oriental del Cuba in JP
Bear Trivia Night is at 8PM every Thursday at The Alley Bar in DTX Boston
Karaoke Thursdays is every Thursday at Machine with your hosts Rob Botelho and Emphysema Menthol 100s in Boston
THE WEEKEND
Shakespeare In Love (OPENING NIGHT) from SpeakEasy Stage will run through February 10th at the Calderwood Pavilion in Boston
Road Show (OPENING NIGHT) from The Lyric Stage Co. will run through February 11th at their theater in the Back Bay in Boston
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
FOXY Presents Octobussy is a James Bond themed dance party on Friday from 10PM – 2AM at The Oberon in Cambridge
FUZZ is a monthly dance party this Friday starting at 10PM at The Alley in Boston
One More Time: Tribute to Daft Punk is on Friday night at Royale in Boston
Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
DIVAS with Abel (MLK Wkd) Hosted by Chris Harris Presents at Paradise on Saturday in Cambridge
Dragapalooza Paint Party + Drag Show for Charity – Wooden Sign is Sunday from 4:30 – 9PM at Jacques
Sunday Tea Dance never has a cover and always has great music from 70s 80s & 90s, starting at 6PM no cover every Sunday at Club Cafe in Boston
Karaoke at the Alley is every Sunday starting at 8PM in Boston
Pajama Party is a weekly dance party hosted every Sunday starting at 10PM at Machine in Boston
DREAM with Nina Flowers is hosted by Chris Harris Presents on Sunday night at Royale in Boston
Send me information about your upcoming programs and events in my blog’s comment section or message me the details on Facebook.
BosGuy cooks: Roasted brussels sprout salad
I really like Brussels sprouts when they’ve been roasted to the point of being crispy on the outside, but lately I’ve been shredding the roasted veggie and turning it into a salad. It never fails to please and I like how versatile the salad is.
Lately, I have been adding shredded Parmesan cheese and prosciutto to this salad, but the recipe below includes pomegranate, almond slivers and goat cheese. These items are all optional – you could use cranberries in lieu of pomegranate for example. The entire process takes about 1 hour because you have to let the vegetables cool after roasting them.
lay the brussels sprouts face down and drizzle a little extra olive oil
INGREDIENTS:
- 12 medium to large sized brussels sprouts
- Olive oil & balsamic vinegar
- Salt & thyme
- Goat cheese (optional)
- Pomegranate (optional)
- Almond slivers (optional)
After roasting, put them in the refrigerator to cool before shredding
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
– Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
– Prep and clean the vegetables by cutting the stem, removing any old or bad outer leaves, cutting the sprout in half and place in bowl with cold water.
– Drain the water and add enough olive oil to coat the sprouts along with 2-3 healthy pinches of salt and thyme; mix with your hands until the sprouts are thoroughly coated.
– Place on a baking sheet faced down and drizzle a little extra oil and leave in the oven for 20 minutes
– Remove the baking sheet out and flip the sprouts over (they should be cooked on both sides) drizzle a little balsamic over each vegetable, turn off the oven and place back in the oven for 5-10 minutes to let the balsamic marinade in the heat.
– Let the vegetables cool. I put them in a bowl and into the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes then once cooled, take them out and shred them with a knife and add to the salad bowl.
– Add your optional items (I like adding something with color to make the plate pop) and then toss together. Taste the salad to see if it needs more salt.
Serving tip: Just prior to serving I drizzle more olive oil and balsamic over the top of the salad.
Scruffy Sunday
This is my 250th Scruffy Sunday post. This weekly post has been shared for nearly five years now and it continues to be one of my most popular. Thank you to everyone who stops by to check it out and for everyone who has sent me photos. If you’d like to be featured in a future Scruffy Sunday post email me.
Saturday morning coffee
Enjoy your morning cup of joe (or whatever you want to call him).
Saturday morning comics
ADAM & ANDY is set in the fictional New England town of Woodfield, CT. You can learn more about this strip and purchase Adam and Andy cartoon collections by visiting their website at adamandandy.com.
Click on the individual comic strips to enlarge
SpeakEasy Stage presents Shakespeare in Love
SpeakEasy Stage’s production of Shakespeare in Love which opens on Friday, January 12th looks like a delightful stage adaptation of the late 1990s Academy Award winning movie.
Shakespeare in Love
January 12 – February 10, 2018
Ticket Information Here
Photo of George Olesky by Nile Hawver / Nile Scott Shots
The play portrays a young Shakespeare, who is suffering a severe case of writer’s block as the deadline approaches to deliver his new play, Romeo and Ethel, The Pirate’s Daughter. Like the movie, the play is fraught with mistaken identities, intrigue and backstage bickering in this raucous romantic comedy of errors.
Tickets for this play start at $25 (roughly the price of a movie ticket) so come down to the Calderwood Pavilion in the South End and support the local theater scene while at the same time enjoying a beautiful story unfold live on stage.
What to do this weekend
This weekend the highlight has to be Boston’s No Pants Subway Ride, but there are also plenty of parties including FASCINATION Friday, La Boum: Queer Dance Party and HEROES Saturdays to name just a few.
If you’re all partied out you can always check out Wicked Queer Cinema Club movie on Friday or head over to Trophy Room’s Boi Butter Brunch.
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
Wicked Queer Cinema Club presents Summer (Zomer) at the Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount at 7PM in Boston
FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston
La Boum: Queer Dance Party is hosting their first party of the year on Friday at The Milky Way in Jamaica Plain
Boston’s No Pants Subway Ride is Sunday
Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
HEROES Saturdays plays 80s new wave at Machine with DJ Chris Ewan, starting at 10PM in Boston
Saga Saturdays Boston’s biggest gay dance party at Paradise in Cambridge
Boi Butter Brunch is the first Sunday has DJ Colby Drasher plays music, movie clips and more from 1-4PM at Trophy Room on Sunday
Boston’s No Pants Subway Ride is taking place on Sunday from 2-5PM on the MBTA in Boston
Sunday Tea Dance never has a cover and always has great music from 70s 80s & 90s, starting at 6PM no cover every Sunday at Club Cafe in Boston
Karaoke at the Alley is every Sunday starting at 8PM in Boston
Pajama Party is a weekly dance party hosted every Sunday starting at 10PM at Machine in Boston
Hot Mess Sundays at Candibar in the Theater District is every Sunday starting at 10PM in Boston
Send me information about your upcoming programs and events in my blog’s comment section or message me the details on Facebook.
Who’s serving during Grayson in Boston’s South End
Despite winter storm Grayson (also being referred to as SNOWpocalypse 2018 on Twitter), there remain plenty of options to grab a drink, bite or both this afternoon and evening. I’ve added to EaterBoston’s listing of South End restaurants that will be open and offering treats to encourage you to venture out.
To read the full list of restaurants that will be open tonight in the Greater Boston area, visit EaterBoston here. Below is a larger selection of places in the South End than appear on EaterBoston’s listing.
Area Four Boston Get a free mystery pizza with purchase of any bottle of wine, large-format cocktail, or 64-ounce growler of beer (consumed at A4). Order two; get two pizzas. Allergies/dietary restrictions can be accommodated, but otherwise, the pizza will be a surprise.
Aquitaine Boston is open and serving both lunch and dinner today.
Barcelona Wine Bar “Rain, snow, or shine, we’re open in Boston.” Open from 4 p.m. until “late” with a special hot chocolate bar.
Bar Mezzana Open 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. (bar until 1 a.m.) with burgers and board games. Their delicious chicken parmezzana sandwich will be available.
Boston Chops Open Thursday and serving $1 wings all day.
Clery’s Open at 11 a.m. Thursday and serving $5 Tito’s drinks, and $8 burger with 16-ounce Coors Light, and $4 12-ounce Founders IPA.
Coppa Enoteca is open all day on Thursday.
Five Horses Tavern Open regular hours Thursday (11:30 a.m. to 12 a.m.)
The Gallows Open starting at 12 p.m. and serving a $6 chop suey special.
Kava Neo Taverna is open tonight and serving dinner.
Lions Tail Open regular hours on Thursday and offering half priced wings as well as some slider specials not to miss.
Metropolis Cafe is open for dinner on Thursday.
Myers + Chang Open regular hours (starting at 11:30AM) on Thursday.
PICCO Open regular hours serving lunch and dinner on Thursday.
South End Butery Open regular hours – look for Grayson Blizzard drink and food specials tonight.
SRV Boston Open Thursday and serving bottomless meatballs in red sauce for $4 from 5 p.m. to close.
Stephi’s on Tremont Open regular hours Thursday, starting at 11:30 a.m. Try “mom’s chicken soup” and a hot toddy today.
Tremont 647 & Sister Sorel Sister Sorel is opening early at 3PM and Tremont 647 will be open normal hours.
Toro Open regular hours on Thursday.
Trophy Room Open until 2 a.m. Thursday (kitchen until 10 p.m.); keep an eye out for spiked and spicy hot chocolate and bowls of lobster bisque.
Will a Puerto Rican exodus turn purple Florida blue
Law of unintended consequences: Will the exodus from Puerto Rico turn Florida Blue and surpass the Cuban voting block
In about ten months Americans will go to the polls for the midterm elections. It is hard to predict what the current mood of the nation will be, but an unintended consequence of our racist response (I don’t know how else to describe it) to helping Puerto Rico recover from the damage caused by Hurricane Maria could tilt elections in the purple state of Florida.
Somewhere between 150,000 – 200,000 Puerto Ricans moved to Florida in the two months following Hurricane Maria and that state’s Puerto Rican population is now by some estimates more than 1 million people. Over the next two years Puerto Rico is expected to lose almost 15% of its population or approximately 500,000 people with the majority likely to end up in Florida. Just like the Cuban population in Florida, Puerto Ricans are overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, but unlike their Latino brethren, they overwhelmingly identify and vote Democrat.
Democrats need to mobilize and channel Puerto Rican rage at Trump’s response to Hurricane Maria’s devastation
Puerto Ricans are still smarting from our inaction, and Republicans in Florida have become alarmed by the influx to their state. Noting not only the disproportionate burden their state shares in providing social services, education, etc… but also what this could mean for their re-election bids.
I might start believing in karma if the heartless response to helping Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria resulted in turning Florida’s 29 electoral votes into a reliable state for Democrats. The key moving forward is mobilizing and channeling the rightful rage of Puerto Ricans who have fled their home into a voting block that will rival and surpass Cubans in the state of Florida. It is hard to imagine how short sighted the Republican Party’s response to helping the island of Puerto Rico could be if their inaction results in turning the third most populous state (by Electoral Votes) Democrat in the winner takes all Presidential elections come 2020.
Vintage gay
This week’s vintage gay post comes from the fabulous homohistory blog. I can’t help but wonder if “Rocky Nook” was meant as a description or the name of the location because there is a Rocky Nook, MA.
I dedicate this weekly post, featuring vintage gay photographs, to the men and women who lived in a more critical time where being true to yourself and loving who you want wasn’t always an option and came at a great price. Do you have a photo you would like to share? Email me at bosguymail@gmail.com.
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