There's a new drinking game that's to
be played only through the November presidential election. Keep a
bottle of your favorite booze near the TV and every time you hear
the word "maverick"
from Palin or McCain everyone gets a shot. Be prepared to
spend the night passed out wherever you are drinking and don't
drive! BTW... this is great fun during debates.
New York Times: Gov.
Sarah Palin made it through the vice-presidential debate on
Thursday without doing any obvious damage to the Republican
presidential ticket. By surviving her encounter with Senator
Joseph R. Biden Jr. and quelling some of the talk about her
basic qualifications for high office, she may even have done Senator
John McCain a bit of good, freeing him to focus on the other
troubles shadowing his campaign.
In Debate, G.O.P. Ticket Survives a Test
Beautiful Mag: Art, sculpture,
music, literature. While growing up
David Vance was surrounded by the atmosphere of his
Italian origin. Which taught him at early age already to see beauty
through the eyes of his ancestors and helped him to shape his vision
for his art creations. David’s art photography resonates with a
dynamic tranquility. His work is sensual and strong, haunting and
inspiring. And at the same time show a great control and knowledge
of the medium he choose to express himself. More photos after the
jump:
David Vance's Timeless Imagination
Miami Herald:
A handful of church leaders gathered Tuesday outside the
Miami-Dade County Courthouse in a show of solidarity for
Amendment 2, saying it is needed to save the institution of
marriage. ''We're here united to define marriage as
one man and one woman,'' said Mark Gonzales, a Texas
pastor and founder of Es Tiempo De Votar 2008, a nonpartisan
group aimed at boosting voter turnout among Hispanics nationwide.
Church leaders unite to back gay-marriage ban
CBS News: Forty-six
percent of the uncommitted voters surveyed say Democrat Joe Biden
won the [vice-presidential] debate, compared to 21 percent for
Republican Sarah Palin. Thirty-three percent said it was a tie.
Eighteen percent of previously uncommitted [voters] say they are now
committed to the Obama-Biden ticket. Ten percent say they are
now committed to McCain-Palin. Seventy-one percent are still
uncommitted.
CBS Poll: More Uncommitted Voters Saw Biden As Winner
GrrlPlanet:
According to Usmagazine.com,Audrina Patridge, who
does nothing, is buying a 1.2 million dollar home. I went to school,
I write for a web page, I have a hot girlfriend, and I even look
great in a bikini and what does it get me? A nice loft in a dirty
city where there are periodic mice sightings, and people walking by
outside who think the street alleys are their personal toilet. ps.
Why does she always look drunk? Maybe it’s that she’s “high on
life.” Another way Audrina Patridge screws me everyday.
Audrina Patridge gets a home: It’s official, the world is not fair.
Jossip: 'First "Rent,"
then "Legally Blonde" and now "Hairspray." The show is
closing its curtains on Broadway, with a final performance January
18. The producers say the closing has nothing to do with last year's
strike, which put so many long-running shows in jeopardy. Instead, a
rep for the production noted, "The show is six and a half years old,
and the producers have decided it's the right time.
All The Broadway Shows You Wanted to Shut Down … Are
The New Yorker:
[ML editors note: This 4000+ word endorsement of Barack
Obama and Joe Biden is from the same magazine that ran a
cover a few months ago with the Obamas in Muslim garb that many
proclaimed to be racist. If you are an Obama-Biden supporter this
will turn you into an Obama-Biden fanatic. If you're on the fence
this may help you make up your mind.]
Never in living memory has an election been more critical than
the one fast approaching—that’s the quadrennial cliché, as expected
as the balloons and the bombast. And yet when has it ever felt so
urgently true? When have so many Americans had so clear a
sense that a Presidency has—at the levels of competence,
vision, and integrity—undermined the country and its ideals?
The incumbent Administration has distinguished itself for the ages.
The Presidency of George W. Bush is the worst since
Reconstruction, so there is no mystery about why the
Republican Party—which has held dominion over the executive
branch of the federal government for the past eight years and the
legislative branch for most of that time—has little desire to defend
its record, domestic or foreign. The only speaker at the Convention
in St. Paul who uttered more than a sentence or two in support of
the President was his wife, Laura. Meanwhile, the nominee, John
McCain, played the part of a vaudeville illusionist, asking to
be regarded as an apostle of change after years of embracing the
essentials of the Bush agenda with ever-increasing ardor. Continue
Reading after the jump:
The Choice
Just Jared:
Jennifer Aniston [was] spotted in Beverly Hills after
picking up a new Blackberry smartphone. The
39-year-old actress recently defended herself saying she has never
used romances in her life to further her own career, and that being
in love is more important to her than fame.
“It’s been incorrectly
alleged that I’d abuse a romantic attachment as a publicity stunt,”
the former Friends star said. “That’s below the belt.”
Jennifer Aniston: Blackberry Upgrade!
Us Magazine: "This is the first healthy relationship Lindsay has
ever had," a friend of the actress confesses to
OK!. Life couldn’t be sweeter for the twosome [Lohan, Ronson],
whose romance Lindsay finally confirmed during a Sept. 21 interview on the radio
show Loveline. When asked how long the women
have been dating, Lindsay – who had previously played coy on the topic – told
host Ted Stryker, “a very long time.” Cover Story: Lindsay & Sam's Love
Just one more dumbass:
L.A. Rag Mag: Steven Chalem and
Victoria Miranda, former employees of a Neiman Marcus
department store in Northbrook, Illinois, filed a
lawsuit against the company on October 1, 2008, alleging that
they were videotaped having sex. Chalem and Miranda allege that
their superior installed hidden cameras and secretly videotaped them
and other employees. The two were fired in October 2007 for
“engaging in sexual activity with each other in the loss prevention
office.
Ex Employees Sue Neiman Marcus for Videotaping Sex Romps
Mollygood: An “expressionless” seven-year-old boy broke into a zoo,
bludgeoned to death giant lizards and fed them – and other live animals - to a
crocodile named Terry in Outback Australia this week.
The blank-faced boy, who had evaded security cameras because of his
slight size, then began his deadly rampage, smashing rocks on the heads of the
reptiles and throwing them and other live animals into the crocodile enclosure,
according to the zoo’s director Rex Neindorf.
More Evidence of Our Rapid, Rapid Decline
The Bilerico Project: According
to Immigration Equality, more than 36,000 same-sex couples
include a partner who is a non-citizen. And, at long last, at least
a few members of Congress are stepping up to the plate to try
and make life a little easier for them. In September, 4 more
Senators and 18 Representatives signed on to co-sponsor the
Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a legislative proposal to
finally level the playing field for lesbian and gay couples when it
comes to U.S. immigration policy.
"What's become normal now is really absurd."
Suburban Guerilla: [This is
written by Senator Bernie Sanders] If we are going to bail
out Wall Street, it should be those people who have caused
the problem, those people who have benefited from Bush’s tax breaks
for millionaires and billionaires, those people who have taken
advantage of deregulation, those people are the people who should
pick up the tab, and not ordinary working people. I introduced an
amendment which gave the Senate a very clear choice. We can pay for
this bailout of Wall Street by asking people all across this
country, small businesses on Main Street, homeowners on Maple
Street, elderly couples on Oak Street, college students on Campus
Avenue, working families on Sunrise Lane, we can ask them to pay for
this bailout. That is one way we can go. Or, we can ask the people
who have gained the most from the spasm of greed, the people whose
incomes have been soaring under president bush, to pick up the tab.
The senator explains his tax proposal to pay for this after the
jump:
Who Should Pay
Alternet: Early on in Thursday's debate,
moderator Gwen Ifill asked vice presidential candidates
Joe Biden and Sarah Palin a question about
bipartisanship: "Would you work to shrink this gap of polarization
which has sprung up in Washington?" In response, Joe Biden
painted McCain as a flip-flopper, and Sarah Palin attacked Obama. To
which Ifill replied, "Neither of you really answered that." Gotcha.
Or did she?
Biden vs. Palin -- Who Won? 6 Short Takes on the VP Debate
Friday, October 3rd, Gary Santis and
JetSet Nightclubhas the grand premiere of Genderfukt
with Mizz Cori. Enjoy free drinks 10 PM to midnight. Party all night
with DJ Daniel Kristopherre. Enjoy shows by The Pussy Cats: Daisy D,
Mizz Cori, Gina D’Angelo, Vegas Dion, Erika Norell, and TP Lords all beginning
at 2 AM. For Star Treatment and VIP Room with Table Service call 954-513-8958.
Valet Parking available $10.
On
Friday, October 3rd,
Georgie’s Alibi Wilton Manorswill have CD Release Party for Robin
Thicke’s latest album Something Else.
On
Friday, October 3rd, enjoy Vernessa Mitchell live in
concert at
Georgie’s Alibi St Petersburg
beginning at 9:30 PM. She will be singing her smash hit This Joy as well
as Took My Life, Accept Me, Issues, and many more. Enjoy $3.75
Stoli cocktails all night long.
On
Friday, October 3rd,
Score will presents their
Evolution Fridays
and will host DJ Bill Hallquist. Enjoy Vodka Open Bar from 10 PM to 11
PM.
On
Friday, October 3rd, Boom
will have an Underwear Party with optional Clothing Check-In in the Love
Lounge. Enjoy ½ price drinks all night long for everyone in their underwear.
Never a cover.
Sawmill Camping Resort
in Dade City, FL (between Tampa & Orlando) presents "A Taste Of Sawmill"
weekend 10/3 - 10/5. Chef Thomas will be previewing items from his "soon to be
released" Dinner Menu and Doug, Sawmill's Bar Manager, will be sampling
accompanying wines. Art, Jewelry and Crafts Vendors will display their wares
all weekend long!
The
Backwoods Bears Club Secretary, Brian D., an excellent pianist who has
played at many venues, will perform during this event. The Fun Never Stops at
Sawmill with DJ Rob's high energy dance hits, country music in the courtyard,
T-Dances, pool games, Sawmill's clothing optional pool, karaoke, drink specials,
etc. Reserve Now or visit on a day/evening pass.
Tru Loved-Tru Loved
is a wonderfully inclusive, unconventional romantic comedy with a twist on the
usual coming-out story. Biracial lesbian mom couple, gay dads, a sassy grandma
and a host of charming characters represent every point on the LGBT spectrum.
Tru is straight, but just about the only character that is! A feast of
performers not to be missed; Alexandra Paul, Jane Lynch, Alec Mapa, Marcia
Wallace, Jasmine Guy, Nichelle Williams (yes Star Trek’s Uhura), Dave
Kopay and Bruce Vilanch to name but a few. You don’t have to be going
to the Gala to attend!
The Gala Party!-
at the Don Vicente de Ybor featuring food, drinks and music and dancing
with
Lounge Catand DJ Andy all included!
The
Best of Womyn’s Shorts- High end film values, top-notch writing and
professional budgets make these award winning lesbian themed films a must-see
treat not to be missed!
Arts NightOUT at the Art & Culture Center of Hollywood Features
artist Alex Heria
The
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood will be hosting Arts NightOUT for
ArtsUnited members and their friends, this Friday, October 3, from 6 -
8:30pm. This private reception at the Center will feature local gay artist Alex
Heria, whose exhibition " Alex Heria: Photographs 2000 -2008 " is on view
in the Center's main galleries.
Heria is
one of the winners of the 2007 South Florida Cultural Consortium in the Visual
Arts. His exhibition is comprised of several bodies of photographic work made
over the last five years depicting abstracted landscapes. He has as also done
extensive portraiture of his partner and he, as well as other gay couples in
intimate settings.
The
Center's "Focus South Florida" project room will feature new work by critically
acclaimed Miami based artist Julie Davidow, and the Center's Curator of
Exhibitions, Jane Hart, and Executive Director, Joy Satterlee,
will be on hand to discuss upcoming exhibitions and artist opportunities.
The
reception with Heria includes beer, wine, a special signature cocktail, and
light hors d’oeuvres. The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is located at 1650
Harrison Street in Hollywood, Florida. RSVP to
Keith Clark at
keith@artsunitedonline.org or call 954.568.1154 by Wed., Oct. 1st.
The event is $10 with RSVP; $12 at door.
Arts
NightOUT is a new program of the LGBT arts non-profit organization ArtsUnited,
Inc. Arts NightOUT was created to work with area art and cultural institutions
to highlight and promote LGBT programming. For more information about upcoming
Art NightOUT event and ArtsUnited programs go to
www.artsunitedonline.org
Banker’s Club of Miami, 2 South Biscayne Blvd.,
14th Floor Candace Bushnell’s Sex
and the City tapped into a zeitgeist about New York and its
denizens. With each of her three subsequent novels she has continued to explore
the lives of women as they navigated the city—from their halcyon days through
careers and family. Now she has broadened her canvas and conjured up men and
women who are all part of the dazzling panoply of this famed address. One
Fifth Avenue
(Voice/Hyperion, $25.95) is a mordantly observed novel of manners seen through
the lens—or room with a view—of New York’s
real estate anxiety. It’s a story of old and new money, that same combustible
mix that Edith Wharton chronicled in her novels about New York’s Gilded Age.
More than a century later, Bushnell’s New Yorkers have changed in the details,
but not the essentials: the thirst for power, social prominence, and successful
marriages that matter, at least in public. Here, in Miami, where the desire for
love, for success and its baubles, and for the right address, keeps pace with
the Big Apple – we’ll be hosting a luncheon to celebrate Candace and her new
novel. Books & Books, The Women’s
Chamber of Miami-Dade, The Florida Association for Women Lawyers and the 20/30
Group of the Coral Gables Chamber, have joined forces to bring
you this wonderful opportunity. Lunch
at the Banker’s Club with Candace Bushnell: The $60 ticket includes lecture,
lunch and a signed copy of the book. Seating is limited and assigned on a
first-come, first serve basis. Please RSVP to
www.JBGevents.com Seating begins at 11:30am.
Saks Fifth
Avenue, Level 3, Bal Harbour Shops Come frolic among
the frocks with the famed and acclaimed author of Sex and the City and
Lipstick Jungle. Candace
Bushnell brings us her latest novel – One Fifth Avenue
(Voice/Hyperion, $25.95) – for an event tailor-made for Saks Fifth Avenue. With
her astute observations and laugh-out-loud humor, Bushnell captures life in
Manhattan, the women who live there and the fashion they wear. With that same
pitch-perfect tone you adore from Sex and
the City, Bushnell brings us One Fifth Avenue,
a one-of-a-kind address. It’s the sort of building you have to earn your way
into — and it defines the lives of the women within. From the hedge fund king’s
wife to the aging gossip columnist to the free-spirited actress, each person’s
game plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark
building. Tickets are required for
this event. Pick up complimentary tickets at Saks Fifth Avenue
in the Bal Harbour Shops and all Books & Books locations, while supplies last.
Limit two per person. Cocktail reception at 6:30 PM, followed by talk and
booksigning at 7:30 PM.
Books & Books Coral GablesIn Witness Number 4 ($40),
Eduardo del Valle and
Mirta Gómez present
photographs taken in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico where for over twenty years
they have focused on the metamorphosis of the vernacular domestic architecture
of the region. The husband and wife team’s selection for this volume is
comprised of “Sections of Time,” a voluminous on-going project where the same
dwellings are photographed from the same spot over a number of years, bearing
witness to how the structures are affected by seasonal changes and the passage
of time. The fascination that del Valle and Gómez have with these houses has
come to epitomize their own transformation as first generation immigrants – and
like the houses they photograph, they, too, have had to adapt, change and evolve
in order to survive. 8 PM
Books & Books Coral GablesCoral Gables
Gallery Night: Exhibit
of behind-the-scenes field portraits from the award-winning film, The Sugar Babies: The Plight of Children of
Agricultural Workers in the Sugar Industry of the Dominican Republic,
www.sugarbabiesfilm.com Still photographs by Tico Pujals and Cynthia Hernandez-Cassano,
music in courtyard by film's composer, Bill Cruz. Also present,
Amy Serrano, director, writer, cinematographer and
Salvador Longoria, Associate Producer. 7-10 PM
Live Music in the Courtyard: Rose Max
& Ramatis, 7-11 PM
Boylesque with Rico’s Men and Go-Go Girls
Stilettos
Nightclub
and Showbar offers
Boylesque Rico’s Men and Go-Go Girls at 10 PM. Enjoy Hims & Heels Show at 11 PM
and 12:30 AM and DJ Brianna Lee.
Fridays at Twist
Twist Miami BeachResident star
DJ Mika spins tribal and energy to a capacity crowd. Hot Gaiety dancers take
it off in the Bungalow Bar. Complimentary BBQ in the garden during Happy Hour.
Underground Fridays at the Jackhammer
Jackhammer
will host the all new Locker Room Underwear Dance Party. Enjoy $3 well &
domestics all night long as well as Underwear Contest at 1 AM with $100 cash
prize! No Cover and plenty of free parking.
Fierce
Fridays
Johnny’spresents Fierce
Fridays with music by DJ Miik. This 18 & over party features hot Go-Go boys
and $5 Blue Ice Teas all night long for 21 and over and $4 soda/water/RedBulls
for under 21. Never a cover.
International Hot Fridays
At The Boulevard Miami
has Marytrini and her Gang for International Hot Fridays.
DJ George Ferrero and Resident DJ Carlos G spins. $5 Valet
parking available.
Use your mouse to rollover the club
names for general info. Click the underlined link for map
& address. Some events may change. To insure you have a good
time we recommend that you be prepared to 'go with the flow'.
Most recent update:
January 06, 2009 12:09 PM.
South Florida
(Includes
Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Miami, Naples, Fort Myers and the Palm Beaches) Bill's2-4-1 2 PM - 9 PM
Growl Fridays
with a sexy man contest at midnight that has a $100 cash prize and
Midnight madness with 2-4-1 drinks from Midnight to close.
Boardwalk
Latino night with emcee Justice Royale
Boom,
DJ Richie Rich spinning your favorite tunes
Cloud
9 Hottest ladies Night with
$5 Jager bombsDolcheGeorgie’s Alibi
Happy hour until 9 PM
Halo LoungeHappy Hour
with Edison Farrow'sSoBe Social Club
4 PM to 9 PM.
1/2 price drinks 1:30 AM to 3 AM
Jackhammersee
long description aboveJetSet
Rock Star Fridays hostessed by Mizz Cori, Free drinks 10 PM to
Midnight Johnny’s
Latin obsession $5 you call it Bacardi drinks with emcee Sol DelightLips Drag Dining
Glamour Girls Hosted by Diva Matty’s
½ price happy hour 11 AM to 9 PM. Shot Specials all nightNew
Moon,
Dance
the night away; DJ Rae Rae spinning to a packed house.The
PalaceQueen Cabaret //
Geraldine and Fernan-D-Cute host drag
shows beginning at 9:30PM
Ramrod,
Fetish FridayRosie's Bar and Grill
Happy
hour
2 to 8 PM.
Noche
Latina Fridays at
Sea Monster
weekly Latin event with free well and domestic 9 to 11 PM.
Scandals SaloonDancing
with the Outlawz DJs Score,
Evolution Fridays with DJ TBA (click the underlined link for more info).
Sea
Monster NightclubNoche Latina Fridays
Sidelines Sports Bar2-4-1 Happy
Hour 2 to 9, Late Night Happy Hour 2-4-1 on Well & Draft Midnight to
Close
The LoungeTorpedo, DJ
Paulie spins beef Fridays 4 AM.
Twist
see long description above
Central Florida (Includes Tampa, St Petersburg,
Orlando, Daytona)
City Side Lounge TGIF!
Happy hour 'til 10 PM with $2.50 well drinks. Patio bar open.
Latest and hottest dance music and videos with DJ David Jay.
North Florida (Includes Gainesville,
Tallahassee, Jacksonville and Pensacola Beach)
University Club Gainesville: $2.50 Single
liquor wells and domestic beers from 9 PM - 2 AM.
Emerald City
Pensacola,
Strip Off Contest at 1:00 am hosted by Lauren Mitchell with DJ Jay-R. The Other Side Pensacola
has Friday Night Drag Bingo starting at 8 PM. And hosted by Lauren
Mitchell and sponsored by The Roundup.
The New Yorker:
[ML editors note: This 4000+ word endorsement of Barack
Obama and Joe Biden is from the same magazine that ran a
cover a few months ago with the Obamas in Muslim garb that many
proclaimed to be racist. If you are an Obama-Biden supporter this
will turn you into an Obama-Biden fanatic. If you're on the fence
this may help you make up your mind.]
