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BosGuy brain teaser

riddle, exercise for your brainEach Friday morning I post a riddle to get you to think outside the box and exercise your brain. If you are stumped, share it with a friend or colleague and see if you can figure out the answer together.

I’ll confirm answers in the afternoon so don’t worry if you don’t see your comment posted right away. I want to give everyone a chance to guess.

HINT: The answer to this week’s riddle has an element of humor.

This week’s brain teaser: What do you get if you combine hungry people, gambling and hippies?

Like riddles? Check out past week’s brain teasers.

What to do this weekend

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Lots happening this weekend including Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Weekend up in Stowe, VT. However for those of you sticking around town there is still plenty to do. I’d like to give a few shout outs to La Vie Boston: RENT Sing-Along on Friday which will raise money for Fenway Health; DONT ASK DONT TELL: 8 Year Anniversary party on Saturday in Allston; and Gay Beer Club visiting Backlash Beer Co. on Sunday. 

Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Weekend kicks off  Wednesday evening in Stowe, Vermont

Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville

La Vie Boston: RENT Sing-Along is Friday from 6-9:30PM; entry is free but voluntary donations are welcome and will go to Fenway Health in Boston

RPDR All Stars 4 Viewing Parties are at The Alley BarClub Cafeand Trophy Room each Friday through March 1st in Boston

SWEAT is hosted the fourth Friday of each month by Mr. New England Leather 2019, Nick James, at Machine on Thursday starting at 10PM in Boston

La Boum Queer Dance Party is hosted the first Friday of each month starting at 10PM at the Milky Way in JP

FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston

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Kylie tribute tonight at the Milky Way

All Kylie, All Night is taking place at Bella Luna / Milky Way Lounge with DJ Brent Covington and DJ Taffy on Friday starting at 10PM 

Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX

XO Friday is the weekly dance party hosted by DJ Stevie Psyclone (no cover before 11PM) at Club Cafe every Friday

10th Annual Chocolate Festival is a free event open to the public in Harvard Square from 1-2PM on Saturday

Boston Ironsides Awards Dinner  formal awards ceremony is this Saturday from 6-9PM at Down Nightclub (tickets required)

YLC Anniversary Party is on Saturday at the City Winery from 8PM – 12AM in Boston

So Hot Saturdaes: Onesie Party bring your friends for a fun night out to celebrate their 3rd anniversary in Dorchester

DONT ASK DONT TELL: 8 Year Anniversary join in the celebration on Saturday night at Great Scott in Allston starting at 10PM with DJ Colby Drasher and DJ Coleslaw who will be joined by a cast of diverse and talented performers

Video Night Tracks every Saturday night join VJ Ryan Grow at Cathedral Station starting at 9:30PM

The Donkey Show is the ultimate disco experience is a story inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream each Saturday at Club Oberon in Cambridge.

Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX

UNITE Saturdays is a weekly dance party at Club Cafe with DJ Susan Esthera (no cover before 11PM) in Boston

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January Social with Quick: Archery

ARCHERY! QuicK January Social is this Sunday from 12PM – 2PM at Ace Archers in Foxboro (leaving from Cambridge / Somerville at 10:45AM)

Queer and Trans Figure Drawing starts at 2PM every 4th Sunday of the month at the Dorchester Art Project (click the link for more details)

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

Gay Beer Club visits Backlash Beer Co. is this Sunday starting at 6PM (all are welcome) in Roxbury

*sip* presents DJs Gary Carlow & Reginald Johnson put on your dancing shoes and head to Jacques Underground from 6PM – 10PM

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 jazz bar will open in Dudley Square

One of my favorite historic neighborhoods in Boston is Dudley Square. This part of Boston was a vibrant community in the 1800s for wealthy Bostonians and later became a shopping hub and home to a large Jewish community. By the start of the 20th century, demographics changed once again and it became an important neighborhood for Boston’s African American community. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. worked as a minister at Boston’s Twelfth Baptist Church in Dudley Sq. when he lived in Boston.

Unfortunately, the neighborhood fell on hard times after WWII, and it wasn’t until the 21st century when city government started to reinvest in this neighborhood . A recent sign that this neighborhood is on the upswing was news that musician William Banfeld – a Berklee College of Music professor – will be opening a large cafe in Dudley Square’s Bolling Building that will include live jazz, dancing and theater. I love this neighborhood and will definitely check out the yet-to-be-named jazz bar and restaurant after it opens for business.

Vintage gay

This week is my 150th vintage gay post. What started as an idea in 2012 after reading 100 Years of Gay Couples from the now defunct WingerJock blog, inspired me to conceive of and share my first vintage gay post.  he photo dated back to 1936 and showed two men on the beach in Provincetown. It proved to be so popular I made it a reoccurring post and 149 posts later it’s still going strong.

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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This week on Instagram: harvardartmuseums

harvard art museumsI often refer to January-February-March as “museum season”, because I get a little cagey spending so much time in my apartment and feel the need to get out and walk around. Unfortunately, the winters in Boston can make that difficult so local museums become a haven where I can get out, stretch my legs and find inspiration from other’s creativity.

Adding the Harvard Art Museums Instagram account is a great way to find that same inspiration in your IG feed and can serve as a great reminder to get out and visit this world class institution.

Follow this account on Instagram here, instagram.com/harvardartmuseums.

Do you like this weekly post? Check out previously featured IG accounts here.

Caption this photo

This week’s “photo” is actually an hilarious animated gif. Hopefully the caption  below inspires you to offer up a caption or two of your own. Leave a witty or funny caption as a comment for this post, and I’ll approve it for readers to enjoy.

“Fluffer”

Flowers from Sergio

relationship, winston flowersNext week will mark a milestone anniversary with Sergio. Unfortunately we will not be together, but yesterday Sergio surprised me by sending flowers to mark the week we actually met at the former gay bar ManRay / Campus in Cambridge.

Shortly after our first date, I surprised Sergio, sending yellow long stem roses to his place of work. Yesterday, he returned the surprise, sending this massive arrangement.  I have to give him credit; twenty years in and he can still surprise and make me feel very special. I hope everyone can have a few special, surprise moments like this in 2019.

Thank you Sergio for the past twenty years. I look forward to another twenty.

NH Ice Castle is now open

winter funLooking to channel your inner Elsa? You need to make a trip up to NH which is home to one of six ice castles in North America. This year’s towering castle is estimated to weigh more than 20 million pounds and will feature tunnels, thrones, fountains, slides and LED lights.

Tickets are now on sale. For more information visit their website, icecastles.com/new-hampshire. Planning a visit and need directions? Click here.

The 2019 ice castle is a few miles away from where it has been the past five years and is located on Clark Farm Road in North Woodstock, NH. This year for the first time, visitors to Ice Castles can buy tickets for horse-drawn sleigh rides.

Temptation Tuesday

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National hugging day

Today is national hugging day so make sure you give someone a hug.

Men in kilts

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What to do this week: January 21 – 27

Lots happening this week, starting with free admission to MFABoston and ICA Boston on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Also of note happening later this week is the kick off of the annual Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Weekend in Stowe, VT. However, if you’re looking for something a bit closer to home check out the full list below and make plans to get out.

MONDAY – THURSDAY

MLK Day Open House at MFA Boston in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Museum of Fine Arts is open and free to the public in Boston

MLK Day Free Admission at ICA Boston in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Museum of Fine Arts is open and free to the public in Boston

Drag Bingo is every Monday starting at 7PM free to play at Club Cafe in Boston

All Star Mondays is a weekly drag show with performances at 11:30PM and 12:30AM at Machine in Boston

Opus Affair Monthly Cocktail Social is an open and free event that welcomes everyone – this month join Opus at Better Sorts Social Club on the second floor of the Nine Zero hotel on Tremont Street starting at 6PM

Trivia Tuesday is every Tuesday at the Dorchester Brewing Company and starts at 7:30PM in Dorchester

Dirty Water Saloon Line Dancing for Queers & friends has country-western two-step, west coast swing and line dancing each Tuesday from 7-10PM (all are welcome) at the Milky Way Lounge in JP

Showtune Tuesday “Rent Live!” salutes one of the greatest musicals of our time. JUST in time for “Rent Live!” to air on the Fox Television Network

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

Gay Bowling Night At Lucky Strike Lanes  hosted by Guy Social Boston on Wednesday from 7-9:30PM; includes 2 hour of unlimited bowling, shoe rental and other games – rsvp early and save

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Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Weekend starts

Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Weekend kicks off  Wednesday evening in Stowe, Vermont

DJ Andrea Stamas Opening Party Winter Rendezvous kick off party at  Stowe on Wednesday from 8:30 – 11PM in Vermont

Atomic Karaoke with DJ Stevie Psyclone & Jonathan Brett is every Wednesday at Club Cafe in Boston

Gaymes People Play! is Thursday from 6-9PM is hosting different LGBTQ-themed board games at their office in the South End

Queer Boston Board Gamers is meeting Thursday from 6-9PM at the Cambridge Center Foyer in Kendall Square

Jazz Standards with Andy Lantz and Frankie Campofelice will be performed at the Napoleon Room on Thursday starting at 8PM

BRASH | Queer Party is hosted every fourth Thursday at Brass Union from 9PM – 1AM in Union Square, Somerville

Karaoke Thursdays is every Thursday at Machine with your hosts Rob Botelho and Emphysema Menthol 100s in Boston

#Yaasss Thursdays presents: Sissy That Walk weekly drag competition the last Thursday of each month Showtime: 12:30AM at Club Cafe in Boston

THE WEEKEND

Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville

La Vie Boston: RENT Sing-Along is Friday from 6-9:30PM; entry is free but voluntary donations are welcome and will go to Fenway Health in Boston

RPDR All Stars 4 Viewing Parties are at The Alley BarClub Cafeand Trophy Room each Friday through March 1st in Boston

SWEAT is hosted the fourth Friday of each month by Mr. New England Leather 2019, Nick James, at Machine on Thursday starting at 10PM in Boston

La Boum Queer Dance Party is hosted the first Friday of each month starting at 10PM at the Milky Way in JP

FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston

All Kylie, All Night is taking place at Bella Luna / Milky Way Lounge with DJ Brent Covington and DJ Taffy on Friday starting at 10PM 

Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX

XO Friday is the weekly dance party hosted by DJ Stevie Psyclone (no cover before 11PM) at Club Cafe every Friday

Back Bay Chocolate Walking Tour

10th Annual Chocolate Festival is Saturday afternoon

10th Annual Chocolate Festival is a free event open to the public in Harvard Square from 1-2PM on Saturday

Boston Ironsides Awards Dinner  formal awards ceremony is this Saturday from 6-9PM at Down Nightclub (tickets required)

YLC Anniversary Party is on Saturday at the City Winery from 8PM – 12AM in Boston

So Hot Saturdaes: Onesie Party bring your friends for a fun night out with great music at Blend (formerly Peggy’s) in Dorchester

DONT ASK DONT TELL: 8 Year Anniversary join in the celebration on Saturday night at Great Scott in Allston starting at 10PM with DJ Colby Drasher and DJ Coleslaw who will be joined by a cast of diverse and talented performers

Video Night Tracks every Saturday night join VJ Ryan Grow at Cathedral Station starting at 9:30PM

The Donkey Show is the ultimate disco experience is a story inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream each Saturday at Club Oberon in Cambridge.

Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX

UNITE Saturdays is a weekly dance party at Club Cafe with DJ Susan Esthera (no cover before 11PM) in Boston

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QUICK! hosts an afternoon of archery

ARCHERY! QuicK January Social is this Sunday from 12PM – 2PM at Ace Archers in Foxboro (leaving from Cambridge / Somerville at 10:45AM)

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

Gay Beer Club visits Backlash Beer Co. is this Sunday starting at 6PM (all are welcome) in Roxbury

*sip* presents DJs Gary Carlow & Reginald Johnson put on your dancing shoes and head to Jacques Underground from 6PM – 10PM on Sunday

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.

Elevation: Tremblant 2019 gay ski weekend

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Source: From Elevation Gay Ski Week Facebook page

Are you bummed that you missed this year’s Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Weekend in Stowe, Vermont which ends today? Or maybe you attended this year’s event and want to go to another gay ski weekend. Check out Canada’s new gay ski weekend later this month being organized by Elevation – the team that also organizes gay ski weeks at Mammoth in CA and Park City in UT.

Elevation Tremblant 2019 January 31 – February 3, 2019

You can join in their inaugural celebration, Elevation: Tremblant Gay Ski Weekend located outside of Montreal Canada at Mont-Tremblant.  Social events and official parties begin on Thursday and will conclude on Sunday. Events will include daily apres ski tea dances; evening host parties with DJs from Los Angeles to London; and informal luncheon meet ups.

gay canada, gay montrealFor more information visit the official website, tremblantgayskiweek.com.

Scruffy Sunday

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Saturday morning coffee

handsome, hunk, hairy, naked guyAdding a bit of skin to this week’s coffee post to see which gets you going faster, the caffeine or sex appeal. Feel free to let me know which works best for you.