Dishing with Mark & Carrie
12-28-06
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Good Bye 2006
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Hello 2007
What a year 2006 was! The highlights had to be all the community
events. The 1st Tampa Winter Pride, The St. Pete Pride,
the movie "Brokeback Mountain" party at Tampa Theatre, The Tampa
International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Key West's Pride In Exile,
The Suncoast Resort Turn-a-bout, The High Heel Hike, Art For Life,
ronda storms NOT on Hillsborough County Commission, all the new clubs
& restaurants (especially Wrangler's, G. Bar, Viper Room, King & I
Thai Restaurant) & all the clubs, organizations & bar
fundraiser's. St. Petersburg, Tampa & the Bay area is indeed a
community of loving & sharing people! It is no wonder why we call this
home! If next year is 1/2 as Fab as 2006 was, we are in for another
Great Year!
We are hopping that everybody is planning for a safe New Year's
Eve. We will be at the
Suncoast Resort
www.SuncoastResort.com for
the incredible Fireworks Display. Kids in Tampa we recommend you visit
Wrangler's http://www.wranglersbar.com/ for
the car give away.
Where ever you decide to celebrate at remember, friends don't let
friends drive drunk, click it or ticket, beer before liquor never
sicker, liquor before beer never fear, always split aces and
eights, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, when
the going gets tough the tough get going, no glove no love.
Finally in the words of Charlie at City Side... REMEMBER THIS
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the
other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO
HOO what a ride!"
Just In
See Charlie perform
The Official City Side Holiday Dance
click here
OGM!!!! ....
Everybody is doing The City Side Dance!!!
Check out Dancing Carrie from MC Film
+--------------- Bizarre Holidays in January
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January 1 is Get a Life Day
January 2 is Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
January 8 is National Joy Germ Day
January 16 is Get to Know Your Customers Day
January 19 is Penguin Awareness Day
January 21 is Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day
January 21 is also Squirrel Appreciation Day
January 22 is Answer Your Cats Questions Day
January 27 is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
January 30 is Inane Answering Message Day
[For the rest of the list go to http://www.bizarrenews.com]
Christmas Week in St. Petersburg
Since Halloween it has been one huge Holiday party in St. Petersburg &
Bay Area! Only one more week to go in 2006 and then we get to do it
all over again!!!! For us Monday was the hugh annual Christmas party
at Donald & Bryan's. Tuesday we gassed up our crazy
limo convertible, H.R.H. Princess Priscilla. It was
off for a night of Christmas Caroling & bead tossing! Yes, that was us
you saw! We stopped at The King & I Thai Restaurant,
for some Holiday Cheer. There we kidnaped the two hot servers for a
ride around the block. Next stop was at Grand Central
Station for Turn-a-bout. While there
we caught Ross of West Florida Growlers filling their
sleigh with toys for the kids. No rest for Priscilla
on Wednesday. We picked up Mom & it was off thru Hyde Park Village in
Tampa. A special hello to the kids at Starbucks!
Thursday there were 100's of people at the Annual Holiday
Party during the TEA Party Thursdays with Judy B. Goode & Paul Thomas
Show. Friday & Saturday the cast of Sin in
the City at the Lunar Lounge
truly out did themselves! The costumes, music & talent were all over
the top! The live entertainment in the Wedgewood & Eagle,
with Mele & guests was just as great!
Sunday, Christmas Eve was the Annual Christmas T-Dance at
the Suncoast Resort. This year the weather was perfect,
the drinks were Fab, the Staff full of Holiday Spirit, The Resort
shined with over 1 million lights & the crowd of 1,000's were Festive
PARTY PEOPLE!!! What a winning Holiday Combination.
NEW YEARS CAR Give-A-Way
Yes , You heard us right! New Year's Eve at
Wrangler's in Ybor City a drawing for some lucky person to have a 13
month lease on a new 2007 Volkswagon Jetta sponsored by Central
Floririda EuroCars in Lakeland and Wrangler's and all monies
will benefit Tampa Bay AIDS Network. You do not have to be present
to win. Tickets are $20.00 each or 6 for $100.
or
at MC FILM FESTIVAL in St. Pete,
727-866-0904
Turn-A-Bout at Grand Central Station
The question of the night was... Just who was that Masked Woman??
The Grand Central Station & the platform
held their annual Turn-a-bout to benefit
A.S.A.P. To the delight of the crowd Grandmother
aka The Lady in Blue, made a special
appearance. See the photo below. Congratulations to the Club &
volunteers for a wonderful & successful event!
Who is the "The Lady in Blue"?
Answer: "The Lady in Blue" was David Karst, The
A.S.A.P. Suncoast Resort Project Coordinator
Top DVD Rentals at MC FILM
1). Another Gay Movie
2). Dante's Cove
3). Open Cam
4). Devil Wears Prada
5). Too Cool For Christmas
6). Poster Boy
7). Saint of 9/11
8). Line of Beauty
9). Boys Brief's IV
10). First OUT
11). UNCut
12). Handyman, The
Light to Unite
Many of us visited the web site of
Bristol Myers Squibb to
light a candle for AIDS. Thank you to those of you who lit a candle.
Take a minute and visit this truly beautiful site.
www.lighttounite.org
Why I Love Wrestling
17 year old State Wrestling Champion
Jerome Hunt
faces 21 counts of rape.
Hunt told investigators the
accusations probably come from a wrestling move called a "butt drag"
or "skinning," which involves the wrestler placing pressure on the
area of the rectum. To read the whole story & see the video visit
http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=0,52975
Hello Everybody!
It's my Birthday! On January 4th I will be the big 2 years old! Come
an Celebrate with me & Mark & Carrie during the
Tea Cup Happy Hour with Judy B.
Goode & Paul Thomas at the Wedgewood Lounge, SCR starting
at 6pm. See you all there!
Love,
Miss Amber Jillie
From Mark Ferguson, Brandon PRIDE
THE BRANDON PRIDE TIMES 2007
ISSUE ;)
Hi Folks,
Can you believe how quickly this year went??
So much has happened both good and bad, but we ALL made it
through....TOGETHER! We here at Brandon Pride Times have decided
that we are not going to bombard you with so much flashback from
memory road. But we would like to challenge everyone with this two
part question...What did you do to celebrate Pride, and stand up for
Equality in 2006, and what will you do in 2007??? Yes, there were
many opportunities in 2006. But we here at Brandon Pride want to
challenge everyone to stand up for your rights in 2007.
having said that......
What is happening in 2007???
Glad you asked.
Those of us who put together the short 15
minute film
"UNbanned!" in 2006 will be working on a longer expanded hour
long version of it in 2007. Like I said earlier we have alot
of opportunities to create positive change, and those of us who put
the 15 minute film together are going to continue to pursue that in
2007. If you have not seen the the short 15 minute film UNbanned,
feel free to view it at
www.unbanned.org
Sound Off! is on for a second season!
This
is really fantastic news for those involved with the public access
TV show "Sound Off." Eventhough Jean Batronie was not allowed back
at the station for a political TV debate when she was running for
Hillsborough County Commission District 4 this did not stop her and
her partner Arlene from producing "Sound OFF." With Jean calling
into the station from her home, and with co-host Mark Ferguson,
"Sound Off" tackles some issues that are important to our
community. So we are looking forward to another exciting season of
Sound OFF! If you ever want to email questions, or concerns to
Jean feel free to contact her at
jeanbatronie@yahoo.com
Finally what is Brandon Pride doing in 2007???
We been kinda sorta quiet lately. We are
being careful to not let the cat out of the bag too soon. But we
promise that you will be informed way ahead of time as we get close
to some Equality/Pride events planned for 2007. But we are also
looking very carefully on how responsive the new Hillsborough County
Commission will be towards our community/family especially on 1/4/07
where 19 Words Could End Suit Over County Gay Pride Policy.
http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBUOEZ00WE.html
Lets also keep an eye on how the City of
Tampa elections will shape up. Once again, there will be
opportunities to create positive change in 2007, and if anyone is
interested in being a part of that once again email me directly at
markf33603@yahoo.com, or
Zeke at
pridetb@yahoo.com
Finally,
Finally, and Finally, we here at Brandon Pride would like to thank
the following who have been a big source of support in 2006.
* Amy Nestor
* Shelby
McIntyre
* Alex Frades
* Zeke Fread
* Chris
Crutcher
* Kelly Milner
* Jimmy B. and Staff at City Side Lounge
* Shirley
Rhodes
*
Jean, and Arleen Batronie
*
Bart Birdsall
*
Mark Nash
*
Kevin Beckner, and Staff of HRC - Human Rights Campaign
*
Michael Friencle, and Members Brandon GSA - Gay/Straight
Alliance
*
Liz Mossad, and Members of Brandon PFLAG - Parents, Families and
Friends of Lesbians and Gays
*
Pastor Caroln Mobley
*
Jonas Urba, Attorney of Law
*
Julie Beamguard, and Staff of Bloomingdale Library
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Dr. Linda Alexander, & Dr. Kathleen De La McCook
*
Marc and Carrie, MC FilmFest
* Staff at Brandon Library
*
Melanie Boucher
*
Mark Spencer, and David Stroud
*
Cliff Beasley, and Chris
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Scott Kelly, and Carl Shultz
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Jerry Notaro
*
Tony Lacolla
*
Don Bentz
*
David Lee and Band Canaan
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Michelle and Jon Kenoyer
*
Tom Stovall, GayPinellas.com
*
Russ Patterson, Nadine Smith and Staff at Equality Florida
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Jennifer Edwards, Brian Longstreth, and Staff of St. Pete Pride
*
Kris K. Doubles/Jim Luscombe, and Staff Grand Central
Station/Platform,
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Wayne Garcia of Weekly Planet
*
Stephen Reigns
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Steve Blanchard and Staff of Watermark - WatermarkOnline
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WMNF 88.5 FM
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Tampa Bay Business Guild
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Folks at Sarasota Pride
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Brian Feist, Tanya Baker, and Staff of Gazette Tampa Bay
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Lesa Weikel, and Staff of Winter Pride Tampa Bay
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Alex Shoor, GLAAD - Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
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Beth Maple Bays at Out and About Magazine
* Jan Lowe, and Friends MCC Tampa - Metropolitan
Community Church of Tampa
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Sally Phillips
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Rebecca Steele, and MJ
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Pat the Plumber Womyn's Words
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Suzanne at ProSuzy
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Sara Rosenbaum, St Petersburg Times
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Chris Echegaray, Tampa Tribune
*
Jerry and Kathy Reavis, Pop and Sons Restaurant
*
Rebecca the Treehugger, University of South Florida
*
Staff of Mimi's Cafe Brandon
*
Mike and Staff, Emerald Coast Pride
Well thats
all for now...all of us hear at Brandon Pride would like to wish
everyone a Happy and Prideful New Year.
Pridefully
Yours,
Mark
Ferguson
Brandon
Pride President
E-Mail from Our Readers
From Wayne in St. Petersburg
Good New year's Eve Advice
12
signs
you have had too much to drink!
From Cliff in St Croix
We All Miss you Too!!!
I wish you both a VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON ! All is well here
in St Croix. Many social events and This place is crazy during
these holidays! They started Friday and won't end til three days
after NEW YEARS to include a carnival and a FABULOUS parade
coming up not to mention music in the streets and so on. Any
excuse for a holiday and days off from work. I am glad to be
back here. Miss all of you and lots of love, cruzan style
Cliff
One Last Christmas E-mail Card
This one came from Jim in Tampa
Why is a Christmas tree better than a man?
It's always erect
Stays up for 12 days and nights
Has cute balls
And looks good with the lights on!
Club News
Suncoast Resort Hotel
The Dishing "BEST BET" for a Fab New
Year Eve!
G.Bar
Wrangler's
www.Wranglersbar.com
The Dishing "Best Bet" for a Fab New
Year's Eve in Tampa
The Viper Room / Christopher Street
Waterside Landing
Flirt in Ybor
City Side
Sunday- New Year's Eve
Stay Close to home this year
and bring in the new year with your friends at City Side. NEVER A
COVER CHARGE!!!! Enjoy the sounds of Sandi from 7-10pm. Hors de
vours served from 7-9pm. Dj James Johnson takes us into the new
year with the latest and hottest music/videos. Champagne toast at
Midnight with all the party favors!! Oh yeah, and did i
mention....Never a Cover!!!!
Grand Central Station - the platform
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New Year's Eve
Manhattan Style
with your hostess from
New York
The Divine
Delfina Best
performing "The Rose"
as Miss Bette Midler
Your MC - Maddi
Roses & Champagne
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