Dishing with Mark & Carrie
4-19-07
YBOR CITY
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Look what's New in Ybor
City
With all the Buzz about
Ybor City; New Clubs, Film
Festivals & Politicians, we decided go check
it out on a Saturday night for ourselves. We
are excited to report that all the talk is
true! After a strategy meeting in our kitchen
with Sonny & Stephen, over
hamburgers, the four of us were off to
Ybor on a mission! Of course we first
had to pick out just the right eye glasses to
wear! With Tea Cup in hand,
our plan was to park across from
G. Bar then head down to
Wrangler's and work our
way back.
Wrangler's
Our first stop was at Wrangler's.
We arrived early and were surprised to find
the dance floor full of hot cowboys! This
month Wrangler's are
Celebrating their 1 Year Anniversary.
CONGRATULATIONS! There are new & WOW
drink specials to celebrate with.
The Florida Gay Rodeo was going
on in Ft. Lauderdale but there were plenty of
cowboys here! At 11pm the club music goes to
high energy dance. On Sundays there is an
incredible drag show called "The
Twisted Sisters Revue" under the
directorship of Ybor City's 1st Mama
Miss Joey Brooks! Starring
Melanie Minyon, Crystal Chambers and Daphne
Ferraro this weeks special guest will
be Stephanie Shippe.
Tea Cup & Carrie at Wrangler's
One Love
Across the street from Wrangler's
is a new club, One Love.
Located on the second floor above the former
Blues Ship Cafe. The
club is open Fri, Sat & Sunday now, but the
owners are thinking of expanding the days. On
Fri & Sunday the club is mostly guys and on
Saturday Night it is mostly women There was
definitely a mixed crowd on the Saturday Night
we visited. The club promoters for Women's
night, every Saturday, is the very popular
"Twirl Girl Productions."
We were warmly greeted at the door by
Monica and at the top of the stairs
just as warmly greeted. This night there were
not one but two live groups performing!
Red Boy & opening
act by Marce. The
whole club has a warm, friendly New Orleans
atmosphere. Out side there is balcony that we
were having just too much fun on! Being across
from Wrangler's you
can check out who is going into
Wrangler's and with whom! We
meet the owners Karen & Chris.
OK, just for the record ... Karen
has a beautiful & Fab over the top,
crazy fun lesbian lover Bettina and
listen up guys Chris is a
hottie & single! They were all fun party
people. We could have easily spent the whole
evening at this club, but we were off on our
mission! On your next visit to Ybor
be sure and check out
"One Love", We just Loved It!
One Love's balcony
is just too much Fun!
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ONE LOVE in
Ybor City
Monica with
TEACUP
4th New Gay Bar now in Ybor City
on 7th Ave
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A warm reception as you enter.
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A night out to just have fun!
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ONE LOVE
owner, Karen with
TEACUP
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Monica of
Twirl Girl Productions
and a close secretive conversation
with the bartender
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And the drinks were delish!!!!!!!!
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Owner Karen, Carrie and
Pamela from
Twirl Girl
Productions
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The popular band
REDBOY on the upper
terrace balcony before they
started
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Having fun in Ybor City at
ONE LOVE.
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Karen, Michael and Bettina
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Not your typical, Well, oh yes it
is, attire.
Check out the new red teapot
purse!
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Stephen and
friends on the balcony over
looking 7th Ave in Ybor
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Partners of ONE LOVE
Chris Newton and Karen
with TEACUP
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Girlfriends, Karen and
Bettina
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TIGLFF
Marketing Director Hallie
Whittaker with
Pamela from
Twirl Girl Productions.
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TEACUP and
Hallie from
Tampa Intl. Gay &
Lesbian Film
Festival
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Love the glasses !!!!
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Guest singing performing artist,
MARCE warming up
the crowd
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Robin behind the
Bud's
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DJ 'ing and MC 'ing at the same
time
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G. Bar
Leaving One Love it
was a short walk up 7th Ave., in cha cha heels
of course, to G. Bar.
The theme that night was "Night of
a 100 Strippers." Well, let me
tell you it was more like a "Night of a 1,000
Stripers." Everywhere you looked there were
dozens of hot guys dancing. It is very easy to
see how G. Bar has
become so very popular. Owner, Steve
Donahue said that G. Bars
Lesbian Night on Fridays is just
as packed! The clubs new sound & light show
are the best we have ever seen in Florida!
What's coming up next????? Steve &
Stephen have planned some over the
top fun events. Just as Carrie
was getting ready to go up on stage & ????? it
was off to Flirt!
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Steve & Stephen of
G. Bar
"Night of 100
Strippers"
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It starts with 1 stripper than
its 1,000!!!
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Around the bar
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Ybor Bed & Breakfast owner,
Dan Snow with
G. Bar, Steve Donahue
looking over the huge number of
strippers
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Some of the fantastic bar staff
taking that photo moment.
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Scene Around the bar and there
were thousands
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Some people have been working
out
at the gym? Oh hi
Matt!!
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That photo moment with the
TEACUP!!
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It is New York City's
Miracle
visiting
G. Bar
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Fireman...Whewwwww!!!!
And the bar was jammin'.
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And on this stage......
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Isn't that Sal???
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It is someone Birthday????
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MIKKA on center
stage
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In the middle of the bar........
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At the center of the bar........
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Friendship in No Other way....
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Yup, its MY BIRTHDAY!!!!
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Seen at the Boys Cage Stage....
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And that parting shot !!!
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Flirt Night Club & Show
Bar
Just 2 blocks from G. Bar
at 1909 N 15th St. is Flirt Night
Club & Show Bar. Darlene
has been in the GLBT club business in Tampa
for years and does she know how to throw a
Weekend Wild Party! The show starred our
favorite Miss Amy Demilo
www.myspace.com/amydemilo
and Tasha Long, special guests &
The Flirt Dancers!
Flirt now has a New Web
site that is one of the best we have ever seen
be sure and check it out. OK, I will admit
it.... things were getting a little fuzzy at
this time!!! But! we still had a GREAT
TIME at FLIRT!
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It is party time
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And the Flirt Show begins...
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Amy Demilo
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Tasha Long
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Darlene & Stephen
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Flirt Dancers
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A Group Flirt shot
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Pics of friends getting together
in the crowd
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It is all Amy!
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Carrie & the Mystery Girl?
Great Hats Kids!
Good Night Ybor
Ybor City has gone from one
club, Flirt , last
several years, to a total of 4 fun clubs all
in just one year! Definitely the
Gay & Lesbian Night Life in Ybor is Back!
After 4 incredibly fun and diverse hours of
clubbing, from Cowboys at
Wrangler's, to friendly
lesbian's on balconies at One
Love, to Bois'' & Men dancing
at G.bar, to an
incredible show at Flirt, we
sure were glad that Carrie
was our designated driver! We are already
looking forward to our next trip to
Ybor!
Barack Obama
A Sunday afternoon with over 2000 people
wanting to hear Democratic Candidate
Barack Obama speak at the
Cuban Club in Ybor
City. A lively warm up by the
FAMU Marching Band out of
Tallahassee excited the energetic crowd. Tampa
will be having a lot of candidates in the
Tampa Bay area very soon. Both Democrats and
Republicans look toward the support of the
Florida Corridor Area.
(photos by Rex Maniscalco)
Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
in Ybor City.
This Week in Ybor
City
April 19-22
2007
in Historic
Ybor City
Many of
you know local film maker and my friend
Victoria Jorgensen, who will appear with other
artists at the festival. Check the web site
above for schedules as they are subject to
change.
Namaste, Kim Ann Callan
KAC Promotions
 Victoria
Jorgensen
Screening: Sunday 4/22 1:30 PM @
Cuban
Club Theater Tickets:
$5.00
"A
Moving Feast" is a documentary
about the infancy, development and
influence of independent filmmaking in the
Tampa Bay area. This documentary explores
the earliest days of cinema in Tampa which
radiated from the hub of the
Cinematography Department at the
University of South Florida in the late
70's and early 80's to the technology
revolution. This was a magical period of
collaboration and experimentation that
spawned numerous works and talent that
spread across the country from San
Francisco to Miami to Maine.
The Chinsegut
Film/Video Conference (USF) was funded by the
National Endowment for the Arts and the State
of Florida. The festival was a hot bed of
fearless experimentation and discovery that
brought scores of important and developing
filmmakers, such as Les Blank, Will Hindle,
Harry Horowitz, Stan Brakhage, Pat Oleszko,
Charles and Ted Lyman, Nancy Cervanka, Peter
Hutton and others to Tampa.
Students of the
era spread the magic of cinema through
independent documentaries, features and
multi-media works provided to a world-wide
spectrum of festivals, educational and art
institutions, and major media such as
Discovery Channel, Nova, National Geographic,
Imax, TBS and PBS.
Victoria
Jorgensen is a Tampa based filmmaker,
writer, film festival organizer and business
owner. She has attended the Berlin and Toronto
Film Festivals annually since 1999 returning
to Tampa with programming suggestions for
local area film festivals.
Victoria earned
a B.A. in Arts and Letters and studied post
graduate Cinematography at the University of
South Florida Department of Fine Arts.
Gypsy
Productions Inc. in "Playbill News!"
CONGRATULATIONS!
Gypsy
Productions Inc.
“The
Theatrical Alternative”
at the
Suncoast
Theatre
Artistic
Director Trevor Keller
Two Spoons
Finalist for the
5th Annual Saints and Sinners Literary
Festival in New Orleans
A New
Comedy
by Peter Mercurio
Directed
by Trevor Keller
Gypsy Productions
Inc. at the Suncoast Theater will open the
World Premiere of Two Spoons a new
edgy, heartfelt comedy by New York Playwright
Peter Mercurio on April 27, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
Following the opening night performance will
be a Champagne Reception with special guest
Peter Mercurio, the Director and the Cast.
Two
Spoons will run thru May 20, 2007 with
performances Thursday (2-4-1), Friday and
Saturday evenings at 8:00 P.M. and Sunday
Matinees at 1:30 P.M. Hospitality Night
(for fellow artists and those in the
hospitality industry that can not make a
weekend show)
is
set for Monday, May 07, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
Two
Spoons
is about how unexpected turns can shift the
direction of a relationship by either, pulling
you closer, pushing you apart, or driving you
crazy. All they had planned on was a few days
of rest and relaxation alone. No child. No
tantrums. No toys or games to pick up. But on
their last night in Philadelphia, when another
hotel guest cruises them, Steve and Larry
engage in a different kind of pick up game—one
they had never played before. With their
relationship now off-balance, Steve and Larry
are in uncharted territory. They must decide
to either “hang together” to negotiate a “bill
of rights” for themselves or “hang separately”
and put the state of their union in
jeopardy—all the while considering how it will
affect their son, their family, and their
future.
“Old boys have
their playthings as do young ones; the only
difference is the price.”
— Benjamin
Franklin
Warning: Two
Spoons contains brief nudity and adult
situations!
The Suncoast Theatre is
located on the property of The Suncoast Resort
at, 3000 34th Street South, St.
Petersburg.
Tickets may be purchased with a MasterCard or
Visa by calling the Suncoast Theatre Box
Office at 727-456-0500. Tickets are $20.00
with group rates available.
F.M.I.
visit
www.gypsyproductions.org
ALL ARE
WELCOME! State Law requires Photo ID on the
Property of the Suncoast Resort.
The Suncoast Theater is Handicap Accessible.
More on
Peter Mercurio...
Peter Mercurio’s credits
include Off-Off Broadway productions of ANDREW
REACHES THE OTHER SIDE, RED & TAN LINE, and
YESTERDAY’S NEWS--all presented by Other Side
Productions at the Bank Street Theatre in
New York City. In addition to this
world premiere with Gypsy Productions, TWO
SPOONS was named as a Finalist for the 5th
Annual Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in
New Orleans. His play REFRESHMENTS,
staged in a festival of short plays called
UnityFest, was singled-out in a
New York Times review as one “good
reason to attend UnityFest.” A member of the
Dramatists Guild, his work has been developed
with Rattlestick Theatre and Playwrights
Gallery. Peter has a BA in Speech and Theatre
from Montclair State University. He has
attended BROWN, NYU, JUILLIARD, and CARNEGIE
MELLON while in a state of REM and has earned
an MFA (Masters in False Advertising) from
various advertising agencies in
New York City. Peter’s family has been
featured in magazine articles for And Baby
and Parents. He would like to thank
Trevor for this opportunity as well as the
entire cast and crew for lending their talents
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