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Gay Bars and the Fire Marshall

Sunday, June 1st, 2003 | Gay Stuff | Comments Off on Gay Bars and the Fire Marshall

So the fire marshall has really started ruining people’s evenings in San Francisco… Can’t say I hold it against him (them? I assume there is more than one of those guys / gals)… Ever since those fires in Chicago and on the East Coast the fire marshall in San Francisco has started cracking down on bars in San Francisco for cramming too many people in a place with one exit.

Scary part is, ever since I started going out to gay bars / clubs the thought has crossed my mind that they pack WAY too many people into those places… While that might increase the lure and intrigue of these places it does seem kinda scary… I don’t know if this is unique to gay places but the straight clubs I’ve been in don’t seem to pack NEARLY as many people into them..

Anyway.. First the Pilsner got busted for having a TON of people in the palce and only one fire escape… Cracking down on that just drove the preppie boys down the street into the heart of the castro… Then the Lone Star got busted which resulted in an influx of bears into the Eagle’s sunday beer bust.. And the latest casualty was fridy night at the Loading Dock.. This resulted in a large group of hard core Leather / Latex boys showing up at the powerhouse

Gotta admit I do find the migration patterns of the native San Francisco gay man funny and facinating. Even so – MAN – while before they were REALLY packed (too packed really to be safe) now with only 49 people in these places they sure seem empty… guess I’ll just have to head for places with more doors.. :):)

Sad Nightlife

Sunday, May 18th, 2003 | Gay Stuff | Comments Off on Sad Nightlife

So I went out dancing for the first time in ages with my friend Randy last night… Kind of needed to get out of the house and see the boys… So we went to this new place in SF called Mezzanine… Supposed to be the next great thing in San Francisco since Club Universe closed..

Well it ain’t… It sucked… Weird thing is it had a lot of the right pieces… There was a good collection of hotties for eye candy… The music was pretty OK… But it just didn’t work… Kind of sad that a city like San Francisco has such sad options… just wrong

I always snicker when people talking about a club having ‘good energy’.. Seems very ethereal and touchey-feeley to me.. But thats really what it was.. Place had bad energy… least last night… Couldn’t put my finger on it.. just wasn’t right..

There is, however, another possibility – that that kind of thing just isn’t my thing any more… It is a pretty superficial environment that is all about hot boys with their shirts off and its pretty impossible to interact with anyone at the clubs… It is fun in its own way and when you’re feelin good the attention can be fun.. but its only skin deep… Doesn’t encourage friendships with depth… Doesn’t allow for good conversation… And worse yet – it leads to ruining the whole next day because you have to be up so damn late…

I still do enjoy going out like that with a large group of friends on a special occasion… But then its probably cuz then it feels like a big party for us where other people have just stopped by.. 🙂

I’m not sure if that makes me an old man or just one that is discovering what I find important and what makes me feel good and proud about my self..

Dunno…. Guess I’ll just put this under rants and leave it at that! :):)

David Sedaris

Tuesday, April 29th, 2003 | Gay Stuff | Comments Off on David Sedaris

Ok… So we went to see David Sedaris last night at the SF War Memorial Opera House… That dude is FUCKING FUNNY… I’ve never been too a reading before – and definitely not one that could fill up the opera house – so I’m not sure what I was expecting… But damn.. He had me rolling nearly the whole time…

What I can’t figure out is how much of what he writes actually comes from reality and how much of it is embellished … and I suppose it doesn’t matter… But he told stories about strip poker at slumber parties when he was a kid, his parents strange sleeping patterns, and their beach house as a kid..

What was nearly as funny was watching the two couples in front of us during the show.. It was two straight couples in their 50s or 60s.. We saw them at dinner before and ASSUMED they were going to the symphony or something.. but no – they were directly in front of us for the show.. and they were laughing harder than I was for most of it.. The only thing that didn’t seem to amuse them was when he took questions and was talking about his sister-in-law, who just had a baby, in a rather graphic way.. (actually – the guys were still rolling – but their wives didn’t seem amused)…

anyway – was really fun.. glad matt got us the tickets…