I’m more than a little curious to see what guys are trying a fitting at their local drug store. I’ll be hanging out by the magnums 🙂
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Boston Logan airport looks beyond Europe
Although I’ve not been abroad for nearly 10 months, travel remains a passion so I was happy to read about Boston Logan airport in Forbes article, Boston Logan: A Major International Airport Cannot Just Serve Europe (thank you for sharing Arnie).
Although Boston is not a major hub for legacy carriers like United, Delta, US Air, etc…, it seems like each month Logan Airport announces new carriers and destinations. Forbes article addresses how our Governor has worked with the business community to court new airlines (JAL, Copa and Turkish Airlines), filling space vacated by traditional carriers like United, Delta and American. All the while, Boston’s decision to court Jet Blue back in 2004 seems to be paying dividends too; Jet Blue now services 30% of all passengers at Logan Airport.
Have you any travel plans coming up? Do tell.
Ptown on the brain
Boatslip bathroom sign
Last weekend I was in Provincetown with Sergio and friends.
Unfortunately, plans prevent us from heading there again this weekend so I’ve posted a few photos from last week to help keep the memories alive a bit longer. Where are you spending your weekend? You in Ptown? Ogunquit, Fire Island, Ra-Cha-Cha (pardon the local reference only gay Bostonians would know).
Will you be visiting Provincetown later this summer? Do you have any questions about your trip? Feel free to contact me. I’ll be happy to point you in the right direction.
Flashback Friday
This is an image of the construction of Boston’s Central Artery which razed and divided parts of downtown neighborhoods. This photo taken from the Custom’s Building looks out at the North End in Boston during the 1950s.
The photo is courtesy of the BPL archives.
Senator Ed Markey’s letter to Russia
Ed Markey has barely been in office as Massachusetts’ junior Senator, since winning a special election to fill the seat vacated by John Kerry who became Obama’s US Secretary of State. However, that did not stop him from writing to the Russian ambassador.
Thank you Sen. Markey. I hope more of your colleagues follow your lead.
“I am especially concerned with the provision of the law that allows for the possible detention of foreign citizens for up to 14 days before they would be expelled from the country. Many members of international athletic delegations, their families, spectators, and support staff proudly identify as members of the LGBT community. I believe it is essential for them to both feel and be safe from arrest, detention, and other forms of discrimination while in Russia.”
Guerrilla Queer Bar take over tonight
Looking to head out but want to try someplace different? Today is the first Friday of the month which means TWC’s Guerrilla Queer Bar is taking over a traditionally ‘straight’ bar. Sound like fun? You betcha… This month join the fun and check out ARC Nightclub & Lounge (formerly An Tua Nua) located at 835 Beacon Street, in the Fenway. The fun starts at 9PM.
Furry Friday
Last week’s rough trade inspired Furry Friday post has given way to this week’s silver fox. Please advise any friends suffering from a Daddy-complex to please be seated before viewing.
The end of the gay bar
While I love Boston, you’d have to be from a very small town to be impressed by the gay nightlife. Something I’ve heard from older gay men is that in the 1970s & 80s Boston had a great gay nightlife so what led to the decline that started in the 1990s and seemed to fast forward in the first decade of the new century?
Will gay bars become as scarce as LGBT bookstores?
Some attribute the decline to the public’s acceptance of homosexuality. Others point to online sites where guys can connect. However, I tend to believe it is society’s general acceptance. There are many gay Bostonians who lament the closing of gay clubs and bars, but the phenomenon is hardly unique to Boston. Out Magazine’s recent post The End of the Gay Bar is more about how clubs in Philadelphia’s suburbs are closing but the story is the same throughout the US. The quick read is interesting and I’d be curious to get your thoughts.
Sinner’s Ball Weekend in Ogunquit, ME
This weekend is the 2nd annual Sinner’s Ball in Ogunquit, Maine. The party starts Friday with “SERVICE” the uniform ball.
Saturday is the second annual “SINNER’S BALL” that is hosted by my friends, the notorious Maverick Men.
The 3-day party concludes on Sunday with “Repentance” Power Tea. Have fun guys. I’ll be heading up to Ogunquit the following weekend and can hardly wait.
More info on the Facebook event page, here.
Putin Airlines
Sounds like my readers are about to be cuffed, although I’m fairly certain there are more than a few of you who would find that a bit of a turn on.
Vintage hunk
While scanning Gay.net earlier this week I stumbled upon their post, Vintage Hunk: Paul Newman.
There are few actors who I can think of who aged as gracefully as Paul Newman but then again so few are as blessed genetically. Paul Newman was able to turn heads nearly his entire adult life.
He and Elizabeth Taylor were so beautiful on screen together in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, I have to wonder why movie studio executives didn’t make them work together more often.
Who / which leading actors from years past would you label as a “Vintage Hunk”?
Kristin Chenoweth’s Anthony Weiner ‘Popular’ Parody
Did you happen to catch Broadway superstar Kristin Chenowith on the Jay Leno Tonight Show on Tuesday? She was hilarious as usual, but her performance at the end of the show really had me laughing out loud. Singing to the tune of Popular from the Tony Award winning musical, Wicked, Ms. Chenowith schools Anthony Weiner on how to be the “right kind of popular.”
Dan Savage says #DumpStoli
Last Wednesday Dan Savage’s post Why I’m Boycotting Russian Vodka made news with a number of prominent gay bloggers, but was barely reported elsewhere. Since then many of Russia’s leading LGBT activists have stepped forward encouraging the boycott. However, critics claim the boycott has had little traction and prominent gay bars like the soon-to-close Splash in NYC just hosted a Stoli event yesterday. Does that mean that his call to boycott Russian vodka failed? I don’t think so.
It’d be great to see gay bars stop serving Russian vodka, but even if the boycott falls short, Savage should be credited for raising awareness and fostering dialog. As John Aravosis from Americablog says, “the point of a boycott isn’t always the boycott itself…Rather, the boycott is a tool – a foil, really – to foment and galvanize public ire in a way that generates publicity…”
If the boycott temporarily drives down sales of Russian Vodka that’s fine – but what Savage and others really want is to get people talking about what is happening in Russia and have those discussions create pressure on that government to stop targeting the LGBT community.
Would you like to join the boycott? Here is a list of Russian vodkas currently available in the US: Dovgan, Gold Symphony, Standart, Hrenovuha, Kauffman , Kubanskaya, Moskovskaya, Narodnaya, Pyatizvyozdnaya, Putinka, Rodnik, Ruskova, Russian Standard, Shustov, Starka, Stolnaya, Youri Dolgoruki. The two best known Russian vodkas: Russian Standard and Stolichnaya.
You may also Tweet your support if you are into that sort of thing by using the hashtags #DUMPSTOLI and #DUMPRUSSIANVODKA.
Yunus and Devon at Boatslip
If you have visited The Boatslip in Provincetown this summer to catch some sun on their deck, chances are either Yunus or Devon (shown above) have grabbed your chairs and helped you get situated. Our previous trip to Provincetown during 4th of July was when we met Devon and on this more recent visit since it was more quiet we were able to talk to both guys a bit more.
Yunus is originally from Turkey but now lives in Massachusetts near where he is going to college. Devon is from Vermont originally but is currently attending school in Rhode Island. If you happen to see these guys, tell them that BosGuy says hello and slip an extra dollar in the tip jar for these two students.
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