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He Returns

Ok… So first… A HUGE apology to the Alternative Sides Guys… I had really wanted to meet up with them but my trip turned into a whirl wind and the times when we were supposed to hook up I wound up on fire island… I’m SO SORRY..

But MAN… I had a FANTASTIC time in NYC while I was there… My friends Clayton and Christopher were SO wonderful and let me crash at their place while I was in town. I got in Friday night the 4th at like 9pm so I got to see the fire works all around new york as I landed… When i got in the fireworks were just starting over the east river so I got to watch them as the cab took me to their place…

When I got in Christopher and I went out to meet my friend Scott at a place called 1984. Bar was totally fun and played 80s music. Also got to meet Scott’s friends Ellis and Danny and two Lesbians whose names I’m not remembering.. After that Chris and I went over to Splash Bar which was packed and pretty fun.. Splash bar, for those who haven’t heard of it, is kind of a NYC gay mainstay… little cheesey (ok.. A LOT cheesey)… but hunkey bartenders half naked and good cocktails… The funny part of it is they decided to re-brand the place… its now SBNY (Splash Bar New York).. How goofey is that? At any rate – we had fun..

Saturday I walked around Battery Park City where C&C live and then went out with scott and Possy that night and had fun… Went to XL first and saw this funkey stage show with Amanda Lepore which was kind of a trip and then went to the Roxy.. Stayed out WAY too late but thats OK..

Sunday was Lazy. Spent the afternoon on the Pier with Scott and Jason and then went to see T3 which I didn’t hate as much as Ray did – but they could have used a few less quips on “I’ll be back”…

Monday was my Birthday and my other friend Scott (my carpool buddy) turned up in NYC for a buisiness trip… So we hung out (so the Scotts could meet) and then we went out to dinner and out on the town.. Was a fantastic birthday…

The rest of the week was spent buzzing around the city trying to track down friends, see things I hadn’t in the city, and other random nonsense… In retrospect it seems like I didn’t do much but I was running all over the place..

However…

My favorite…

part..

of the trip…

Was my Weekend on Fire Island. My friend Craig from San Francisco has rented a house on Fire Island for the summer and was sweet enough to invite me to spend the weekend out there with him… Not only THAT but he gave up his room for me… Doesn’t get sweeter than that.. So I hopped on the subway and trains and ferries to get out to Fire Island Pines Friday morning and Stayed until Monday noonish..

Turned out his friends Eric and Jessica were out there too so we all had a great lazy weekend.. Was SO NICE… flipped between hanging out at the beach and their pool…

The funniest thing is there is a whole ritual on the island that the boys seem to follow (did I mention that Fire Island Pines is a section of the island that is pretty much all HOT gay boys and their friends and family)… In the early evening (6pm or so) everyone migrates from the beach over to low tea and sit outside and have cocktails and chat and dance.. Then at 8pm the music shuts off there and everyone migrates down to the next building for High Tea and more of the same.. After that, around 10pm, folks migrate back to their houses and have house dinners. We had two WONDEFUL meals – first night with Eric, Jessica, Craig, and I – and the second David (a friend of Craig’s), David’s mom, and Scott (yeats) joined.. was SO NICE… Hung out – chatted – ate – Craig even had a B-Day cake for me… Then, round midnight or so, people migrate over to the ‘Sip and Twirl’ which is the local cocktail bar and then on to the dance club downstairs… After that I’ll let your imaginations run wild!

I had SUCH a great time while I was there.. Both with Clayton and Chris, and on Fire Island with Craig and the folks…. I’m SERIOUSLY thinking about arranging something for next summer… The only really crappy part of the whole thing was that Kevin couldn’t join me… :(:(:(

So here are the pictures I took:

New York City

Fire Island

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