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BosGuy in Denver
View from my office in Downtown Denver, CO
I spent most of this past week in Denver, Colorado. Flying out a few days early for a business meeting, I used the opportunity to spend time with friends who recently moved to the area. I’d only been to Denver one time previously approximately 15 years earlier and had a hazy memory of mountains, getting altitude sickness after going for a brief run and a cute, little downtown.
In just a few days time, I was able to reconnect with friends who no longer live in the area, peruse and buy several books from my new favorite independent bookseller the Tattered Cover, sing karaoke at Denver’s gay bar Glady’s: The Nosey Neighbors and witness Denver’s first snowfall of the year.
Sipping wine with Ben at Bigsby’s Folly, a craft winery & cellar
The mountains still ring the western edge of the city and the downtown is as tiny as I recall, but the city is definitely growing. Denver very much struck me as a city that is still growing into itself. Neighborhoods like RiNo (short for River North) is an emerging art district with lots of potential. The buildings in this neighborhood blend existing older architecture with newer remodeled one and two story industrial buildings, but there remains a lot of open space all within a mile of downtown, giving you the impression that there is a lot more to come.
At Denver’s gay bar Gladys: The Nosy Neighbors, with Nimish for some karaoke
The restaurant scene is clearly growing with many serving either Mexican or Southern cuisine; two types of food not common here in Boston. As was expected, dining and drinking in Denver was very affordable with most of my dinners $30-$35 with tip (and yes I did have a drink). The plentiful housing and affordable dining combined with a relaxed view towards drinking and marijuana makes this city a haven for Millennials. If I was in my 20’s I’d probably seriously consider spending a few years here.
All told, Denver really exceeded expectations and made my business trip a fun visit. Next time I go, I’ll have to bring Sergio and get up to Boulder.
What to do this weekend
Ashmont Grille’s Mean Girls Basic Brunch is Saturday
Check out HUBweek all this weekend, a festival celebrating innovation in art, science and technology. On Friday enjoy MFA Late Nites or if you want to go dancing checkout FUZZ Boston at The Alley.
Start your Saturday at Ashmont Grill and join them for their Mean Girls Basic Brunch before heading over to dbar at night for their Magnum Saturdays: Flannel Frenzy party. Make Sunday a fun day by checking out Club Cafe’s Sunday Tea Dance.
LGBTQ College Fair hosted by BAGLY is from 2-5PM on Friday at Walker Hall in Cambridge
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
Fuzz Boston is a fun, no-attitude and very welcoming monthly dance party with no cover with DJ Brent Covington and DJ Taffy at the Alley Bar in DTX
MFA Late Nites is Friday from 8PM – 2AM at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Mean Girls Basic Brunch is on Saturday from 10AM-3PM at Ashmont Grill in Dorchester
SoWa Open Market SoWa Open Market is now open every Saturday and Sunday from 10AM – 4PM through the end of October in Boston
Drag Gospel Fest is a fundraiser to benefit LGBT asylum seekers on Saturday from 6-9PM at Club Cafe in Boston
Providence Zombie Night is Saturday from 7PM – 2AM at The Dark Lady
Grunt Gear Party is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, on Saturday, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
Magnum Saturdays: Flannel Frenzy is at dbar on Saturday starting at 10PM in Dorchester
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.
New development proposed: Exchange South End
View of The Exchange South End from Albany Street looking East
Last month The Abbey Group filed formal plans to redevelop the former home of the Boston Flower Exchange in the South End. The 5.6-acre site sandwiched between I-93 and Albany Street will be significantly transformed. Adding four buildings with a combined 1.4 million square feet of mixed-use commercial and life science research space; 42,500 square feet of ground floor retail space; 30,000 square feet of civic space situated around a new park; and approximately 1,145 below-grade parking spaces.
The Abbey Group has proposed a phased approach, building the two smaller buildings along Albany Street first; Building A (6-stories) and Building B (14-stories). Building C (20-stories) and Building D (15-stories) which are closest to I-93 would be built in a second phase. Below is a rendering of what The Exchange South End will look like from I-93.
More information about The Exchange South End is available here.
Vintage gay
Although I can’t place or date this photograph, I’m happy to be able to share it. Finding old photos of same sex minority couples is really hard to come by.
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.
What if straight couples were treated like gay couples on vacation
VIRGIN HOLIDAYS ASKS: What if straight couples WERE treatED LIKE gay couples?
Earlier this month Virgin Holidays released this funny video. Sergio and I definitely take into consideration where we will travel based on situations like this which are comical in the video but very uncomfortable when it happens in real life. Leave it to Virgin to create such a cheeky promotional video.
You can read more about research done which highlights the disparity between the experiences of LGBT+ and heterosexual couples when they travel by visiting this Gay Times article.
This week on Instagram: nigelmarch
Only follow this guy on Instagram if you are looking to for a more risqué account, since it regularly features a lot of skin. Nigelmarch is an artist / event promoter (and self proclaimed hug machine) who lives in Toronto, Canada.
Mostly naughty, generally funny, nigelmarch on Instagram is a fun account to follow as Nigel snaps and posts photos from his home, parties he is promoting or just goofing around with his husband and friends in Toronto.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVv1_nNB_Aq/?taken-by=nigelmarch
Follow him on Instagram here, instagram.com/nigelmarch.
Do you like this weekly post? Check out previously featured IG accounts here.
Caption this photo
A few weeks ago when Jeffrey Roberson was flying back home he posted this hilarious photo. Looks like the TSA agent got a bit more than she expected. I think the photos is perfect for my weekly “Caption this Photo” and hopefully the caption below inspires you to share one of your own.
My friends are never going to believe this
Thank Larry Kessler at The HistoryMakers Awards at Club Cafe on Wednesday
Larry Kessler to be honored at The HistoryMakers Awards on Wednesday at Club Cafe
In 1995 – the same year that the combination treatment known as the “AIDS cocktail” became available to people with HIV/AIDS. The Action Committee (AAC) produced a video highlighting the organization’s work, entitled A Community Responds. It depicts the first 15 very scary years of the epidemic and features Larry Kessler, then AIDS Action Committee’s executive director.
I had the pleasure of working for Larry Kessler, joining AIDS Action in 2002 just as he was stepping down as the founding executive director of AAC. Kessler’s work both directly and indirectly has saved tens of thousands of lives through his grass roots prevention and education efforts. He has also been the face of compassion for many left on their deathbed in the early days of the AIDS epidemic; forsaken by their friends and family and left to die alone – were it not for Larry Kessler. I’m sorry I won’t be able to make it to Club Cafe to see Kessler at the 2017 Heromakers Award Wednesday from 6-9PM.
Register for new gay dodgeball league in Boston
America’s Finest Dodgeball League starts in Boston this Winter on December 7th. Games will be played in Dorchester at the Holland Community Center.
If you don’t live in Boston but are interested, America’s Finest Dodgeball League is also operating in several other cities including: Austin, Dallas, Denver, FTL, Houston, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, Portland and Tampa. If you would like to learn more about this new league in Boston, click on the links below.
Boston’s HUBweek starts this week
HUBweek (October 10-15) is a citywide festival that celebrates innovation in art, science and technology. The amazing event starts tomorrow and while events will take place all over the city most take place in Boston’s City Hall Plaza, which has been transformed with dozens of art installations and six geodesic domes.
Thought leaders like Malcolm Gladwell, Deepak Chopra, Atul Gawande and more will speak and networking programs have been organized to allow people to connect with some of the areas most impactful start-ups (all for free).
HUBweek is about bringing together Boston’s incredible creative economy. Come and join this amazing week of events but be sure to register first! Learn more here: hubweek.org
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