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Dishing with Mark & Carrie
11-30-06 - Issue #164
Let the Holidays Begin
The annual lighting of the Suncoast Resort "Miracle
on 34th Street" Courtyard lights drew 1,000's of
delighted partiers again this year. Miss Alicia Markstone and
Miss Esme Russell serenaded the crowd from the Evita
Parone Balcony as the over 1,000,000 lights were turned on.
Down below in the crowd, the Cast of MC Film Fest and
cast of Gypsy Productions, worked together
to create special Holiday Magic!!! The next big holiday event will be
when Santa Clause arrives with his gifts on Dec.
9th.. A night not to be missed. As your busy shopping this Holiday
Season don't for get that
"You need & deserve a break too!"
Experience the fun of Holiday shopping with COCKTAILS
and Festive Gay & Lesbian decorations at the
Suncoast Resort. What a great place to bring your
visiting family and straight & GLBT friends too. Start at "MC
Film" for all your "Nice" Gay & Lesbian Cards, T-Shirts,
Decorations & Gifts. Then for all your "Naughty" gifts head over to
"The Tampa Bay Leather Store"
http://www.leathercompanyonline.com . Turn the corner and turn
time back for a nostalgic visit to "The Emporium"
where you will find antiques to classic retro funk. Don't forget to
stop by and wish Happy Holiday to the kids at A.S.A.P.
www.ASAPservices.org. They do so very much for our community all
year round. Into "Adrian Howard Galleries"
for attitudes in art!
http://www.adrianhowardgalleries.com/ now with two locations, one
at the Suncoast Resort and the other on 5th
Ave in New York City. After all this shopping it's time for a Massage!
Treat yourself to some pampering at "Massage Therapy" by
Darren Sharp, LMT
http://www.darrensmassage.com/ not only is he a great therapist &
cute but he loves dogs too! (lucky dogs! Check out his web site) Time
for dinner at the Flamingo Restaurant and
off to the Suncoast Theater. The home of
Gypsy Productions
http://gypsyproductions.org where the current
production of "The Eight: Reindeer Monologues"
has been selling out, so we highly recommend getting tickets in
advance. With all this shopping, pampering, dining & excitment it's
time for another COCKTAIL and let the
entertainment staff at the Suncoast Resort
perform for you and your guests with: live music & entertainers,
dancers, DJ's and the cast of "Sin in the City".
Happy Holidays from your Family at the
Suncoast Resort!
Holiday Sidewalk SALE
This Saturday, Dec 2 there will be a
HUGE Holiday Sidewalk SALE
at 16th Street & Central Ave.
"Sign Here Autographs", MCM Sports", "Simply
Natural",
artist "Clay Hood" & more.
The SALE starts at 11AM. See you all there!
Grand Opening of G. BAR
We have been to a lot of clubs over the years, if ever there was a
perfect club G.BAR is it! You will be
overwhelmed with Class, Style & Truly Friendly Staff!! As you enter
the club you will notice that it is divided into two sections. The
first section has a friendly highteck neighborhood atmosphere with 3
huge & fun video screens, chandeliers, brick work and bar stools built
for two! The second room is the high energy dance club that is
PERFECT TOO! A large but intimate dance floor with a wonderful
stage that has a shadow screen with naughty show dancers behind it.
There are 2 caged podiums for the wild dancers, the club has the new L
E D lighting system with an everchanging light show on the bar top!
Add in black light carpet, a VIP room, crystal clear HD sound and
smart lights. Up in the DJ booth they had let loose DJ Greg
Anderson! Opening night there was a complimentary cocktail
that we had never had before...can you imagine that! It was the
"Chamm-Bull". It is a mixture of Champagne
and Red Bull and was it ever good! The crowd
was full of guests from the other clubs, organizations, and the real
mover & shakers in the community, there was even a circus clown from
Miami call Wanda there! CONGRATULATIONS to
Steve Donahue & Steven Moss, what a great asset for our
community! We highly recommend you join G.Bars
VIP list today. After all you will not want to miss anything at
G.Bar!!!! Sign up at
http://www.gbartampabay.com/
YBOR City is Back!
With the opening of G. Bar and Wranglers,
both GLBT 24/7 and both Gay owned and operated YBOR City
is finally a true GLBT destination again. After our first
trip to G. Bar of course we had to stop and
see our friends at Wrangler's. On a Friday
night at 11PM, Wrangler's was packed with
dancing cowboys. It has been a long time since we have seen so many
hot sexy Cowboys in one location all having a great time together. Up
in the balcony there was even a cowboy shirt vendor set up! Hint, Hint
Christmas is coming you know! After all if we can't have Rob &
Jay for the holidays, a cowboy shirt would be second best!
We had planned to stop for just 10 minutes and stayed for 2 hours, it
was just too much fun as always! Every Sunday there is also now a new
and incredible talent show with Joey Brooks, Melanie Minyon,
Crystal Chamber, Miss Ivanta Bottom & guest. Great drink
special & FREE parking don't miss it!
http://www.wranglersbar.com/
Photos below are from Wranglers Bar
Good Bye
This past Sunday at T-dance was the send off party for our friend
Mike Jackson. He is moving to Atlanata. Mike
is famous for his TV spots on Dr Credit and for his floats in the
Duneden Mardi Gras Parade! Everybody hopes things go great for Mike in
Atlanta and hope he knows that many people here will miss him!
Mike Jackson (center front in white T-shirt) surrounded by his
friends.
World AIDS Day
Dec 1st is World AIDS Day. There are many
events planned across the bay area. Here is one simple thing we can
do today.
As World AIDS Day approaches (Dec. 1), we are reminded that millions
of people need our help with the AIDS pandemic, but we often think,
"What can I do?"
Here is one simple way you can help, and it costs you nothing but a
moment and a mouse click.
Bristol Myers Squibb will donate $1 for every person who goes to their
web site and lights a candle to fight AIDS, up to a max of $100,000
(chump change for them, but we'll take it). At this point, the counter
is just over 26,000... so we need many more candles lit.
Please go to this link to light a candle... and help spread the light.
https://www.lighttounite.org/
In St. Petersburg Friday, Dec 1st
WINNERS ANNOUNCED - ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY
CONTEST
For more information:
Mike Dean
One In Ten Screenplay Contest
303.629.3072
Cherubfilm@aol.com
www.OneInTenScreenplayContest.com
Hollywood, CA - The ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST, a
screenplay contest dedicated to the positive portrayal of gays and
lesbians (as well as the entire Gay/Lesbian/Transgender/Questioning
community) in film, celebrates it's 8th anniversary this year. 238
scripts were submitted to the contest from around the world. "We are
extremely pleased to continue this contest and provide an outlet for
quality diverse material," states contest director, Michael David
Jensen.
The 2005 ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST winners are:
1st Place - HEIR APPARENT by Denise P. Meyer -
Sherman Oaks, CA
2nd Place - THE BOY FROM SETTIGNANO
(MICHELANGELO) by Maureen Johnson - Los Angeles, CA
3rd Place - NOTHING LIKE THE SUN by Lyndell Moore -
New York, NY
Two Honorable Mentions were awarded:
FORGOTTEN BOY by Jon Zelazny - Los Angeles, CA
BACK TO BABYLON by Rie Natalenko - NSW, Australia
Winning screenplays are presented to Hollywood Studios, Agents and
Producers. Cash prizes are also awarded to the top three winners.
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The
North Pole Talent Show
This year's concert will be the perfect way for you to get into the
season of the holidays! We will be singing some traditional pieces as
well as some hysterical renditions of the classics such as "I Saw
Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." Plus the concert will feature a surprise
guest from the North Pole, but it's probably not who you think!
Saturday, December 2 in Tampa 8:00pm
USF, Theatre I,
Sunday, December 3 in St. Pete 6:00pm
St Luke's United Methodist
4444 5th Ave N
St Petersburg, FL 33713
727-321-1335
Tickets are 1 for $15 or 2 for $25,
You can order them online at our web site,
www.una-voce.com
where you can also find specific directions to our concert venues.
Contact:
D.J., Donald B. Holt, Jr.
President - Una Voce: The Florida Men's Chorale
DJChorus@aol.com
(813) 748- 1075
We hope to see you all there,
and this promises to be the best holiday concert
Una Voce has ever presented.
Leigh Shannon in NEW YORK CITY!
Hello To all.....
Well, I had a dam cold or whatever just when I was ready to take on
New York City! But Joey and I made it through. New York, New York,
WHAT can I say? With us being together 20 years and never really
taking a vacation, New York was a big treat for us. We had always
just went home to Kentucky to be with family. With that being
great, sometimes you have to get away. AND we are going to do it
more often. And we were also able to do some great shopping for
Ritzy Rags Wigs &
More. So everybody come in and see what we got for ya in an about a
week when everything is delivered. The hottest jewelry, purses (you
like Prada, Gucci?), 2Xist, hats and more. You will be amazed, we
were!
We hit the season just right, the temperature was perfect and we
walked so much we both lost a few pounds. One play was all we had
time for. We saw Hairspray and all I can say is WOW!
We met some exciting people. We got to do a taping of the David
Lettterman show with Helen Hunt as the guest. FUN! We
did not have time to do the Gay Bar thing. We did e-mail Angel
Sheridan and never heard back. We wanted so much to see her
show. We stayed at the Edison Towers in Times Square and it
was very nice. And the Macys windows were spectacular! Nothing
like it in the world. Yes we were two hicks that went to the big
city and had to take pictures everywhere, LOL!
So I will be sending a few parts of PICS if you want to see them.
If you don't, just delete. We are just so excited and we will be
going back in March to do more shopping for the store.
On the club news, New club in Orlando I hear will be opening later
in the spring instead of February. Cold Keg has some NEAT
guests, CD, DVD Release Parties for December, The flyer is
attached. Girls Nite Out will feature Miss Lollie,
and very special guest Miss Sammy hits the Cold Keg at the
end of the month. We are very excited about that! This Friday the
first, it will be the owner's birthday and come out and wish her the
best. She wants NO gifts or cakes, but I will take them! :)
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and best wishes to Mark &
Carrie that everything is hopefully back to normal.
Til Next time,
Leigh
Two Hicks In The Big City
Still Hicking!
This Is Where TV Bravo Project Runway is shot!
Me ...still thumbing it up like a HICK! LOL
Help Wanted
Thank You our friends at WFTS for sending this.
We have a ton of openings here at WFTS if you know of anyone....
Nightside EP, Newscast producer 6p.m., Reporter-General
Assignment, Sports Producer, Assignment Editor, Community Relations
Director, Promotions department Asst. Dir., Graphics dept. designer,
Webmaster, Chyron operator, Consumer Investigative reporter,
Production-audio person
E-Mail From Our Readers
From Bill In Tampa
From Wayne in St. Petersburg
I've
taken the liberty of putting your name into the drawing for a
Seven Night Cruise around the
Bay
of
Islands,
on the 'Gypsy Queen'
Cruise Liner. All airfares, transfers, food and drinks inclusive;
with dinner at the captain's table as his personal guest.
Good luck, I hope you win!
Attached is a picture from the brochure below . . .
Nothing is too good for my friends . . .
Club News
Suncoast Resort
A tip from Dishing with Mark & Carrie ....
make your reservations NOW!
News Years eve is filling up fast!
G.BAR
http://gbartampabay.com/
G. BAR is making happy hour even happier! We
open Monday through Friday at 4pm, with $1 drafts and $1 wells from
4pm until 7pm! Enjoy the best in today's music videos
on our HUGE projection screens & plasma monitors while you get
up-close and personal with the hottest erotic dancers anywhere!
Bambusa
Gift Cards
Waterside Landing AIDS Benefit
This is to announce our semi-annual AIDS
benefit. Friday, December 15th.
Event will benefit both PASCO INC. and The
Harbor Behavioral Inst. of Pasco.
Confidential AIDS testing in the
afternoon. Free hors d'oeuvres served in the evening. Raffle
prizes. All door donations will go directly to charity.
Huge show at 11:00PM. St. Pete Times
coverage.
Thank you -- full page flyer will follow in
a few days. Check our web site often for special events and
daily specials:
www.Watersidelanding.com
Best regards,
Michael Gallo
Owner
Waterside Landing
Grand Central Station & the platform
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