Pride has officially started and Boston’s Pride Committee has been receiving well wishes from celebrities. The beautiful and talented Vanessa Williams shares a message of love to the LGBT community in Boston; wishing us a happy pride.
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With temperatures in Boston and all along the East Coast soaring into the 90s this song seems very appropriate. Hope you find some Summer Lovin’.
Gay Cities published their annual Pride Guide. Will you be attending a Pride Festival this June? You may want to check out Gay Cities.
The Welcoming Committee has organized an afternoon keg party takeover on Saturday, June 1st from 1-6pm at Who’s On First in the Fenway.
Want to join this friendly, social group for their keg party takeover?
For many years Washington Street in Boston’s South End had an elevated Orange Line that was loud and cast long shadows over this busy boulevard that connects Roxbury to downtown Boston. Over the past 20+ years, Boston’s South End has undergone a renaissance of sorts. Gone is the elevated Orange Line and boarded up buildings that have been replaced by new apartment buildings, restaurants and cafes.
Back in 2009 I also wrote about this stretch of the South End in my Flashback series entitled, Elevated Orange Line.
Boston Pride officially started with the Pride flag raising at Government Center at 12 p.m. For the next nine days events will be hosted through out the city to celebrate Boston’s LGBT community. I’ll be writing about events that catch my attention and you may find interesting. To kick things off (so to speak) here is a recap of the final weekend of Boston Pride 2012. If you are visiting Boston for Pride or are a first timer, feel free to contact me with any questions you have.
Photo courtesy of Gabe Ayala
James Cerne who helped found FOXY night, returns to Boston and will join FOXY disc jockeys, Nathanael Bluhm and Joseph Colbourne at the Ramrod in the Fenway this Saturday, June 1st.
For those not familiar, FOXY night pays tribute to 70s, 80s disco, funk, soul & R&B. It is a friendly crowd that always seems up for fun. Come down and say hello to James who is only here visiting for a short while before heading back to Los Angeles where he now lives.
Boston Pride officially kicks off tomorrow at 12PM when the Pride flag is raised at City Hall. The full list of “official” Boston Pride events can be found at the Boston Pride website here.
There are also many unofficial events, parties and celebrations hosted during the week here in Boston and in surrounding areas. If you have questions about New England’s largest Pride celebration, feel free to shoot me an email or ask a question in the comments section of my blog and I’ll do my best to give you my insights and suggestions. If you happen to be traveling to Boston for our Pride celebrations, let me be among the first to welcome you.
This past weekend Government Center hosted 20,000 music fans for two consecutive days at an event called Boston Calling. The music festival was so successful that the organizers, Crash Line Productions, announced a second Boston Calling Music Festival will take place on, September 7-8. For more information about the Labor Day weekend line up read here.
Note: Early bird tickets for Boston Calling will go on sale Friday, May 31, at 10 a.m. at The Sinclair or Royale box offices (no service charge) or online at www.bostoncalling.com. General admission weekend passes start at $120 and VIP weekend passes are $325. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Music Therapy Program at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Looking to insert some fun into everyone’s life, Jello has developed a rather creative campaign on Twitter to take the self-pitying three lettered acronym, FML and turn it into a less explicit more positive meaning: Fun My Life. Annoying or humorous, it is getting attention from the media and poking fun at some Twitter users who are unaware of the FML campaign. If you are on Twitter, check the hashtag #FML and you’ll see exactly what I mean.
I can think of nobody who better injects fun into Jello than my friend Matt Micari (shown above) who was featured in a Boston Globe article a couple of years ago. To see how much fun Jello really can be, check out his site Gelology.
Who hasn’t danced around in their underwear to a favorite song in their bedroom? While I’ve never videotaped myself doing this, I’m probably in the minority, considering people’s fascination with seeing themselves on film.
This guy does a good job mirroring himself a decade later. While it is a bit strange at the start, I couldn’t help but chuckle watching this. Provided a guy dancing in underwear won’t raise eyebrows, it is fine to watch in your office. Enjoy.
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