Polk Pride 2015

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Polk Pride 2015
    The First Outdoor Pride event for Polk Pride 2015 was a huge success. Scott Guira, Lakeland Youth Alliance coordinator for the weekend Pride event and Pride committee leaders were given a commendation by Lakeland City Commissioners James Malless and Justin “Coach” Troller on stage at the beginning of the Pride In the Park that was set in Munn Park in downtown Lakeland.
    Friday kicked off the weekend fest with flamboyant movie and TV star from “Will & Grace”, comedic Leslie Jordan performed to a packed crowd at the Polk Theater.
    Saturday’s festival, Pride in the Park had a large number of business and Non Profit vendors from around Central Florida. Along with a long list of entertainers, musical groups and a side street full of Food Trucks.
    Congratulations to Polk County millennial youth groups showing and demonstrating GLBT diversity in smaller communities.

Happy 40th Birthday, ‘Oeil de Perdrix’, (White Zinfandel)
    The French name “Oeil de Perdrix” ( French for ‘eye of the partridge’) was the original name to the most popular wine of our times, “White Zinfandel.” Created by accident in 1972 by Bob Trinchero, Trinchero Family Estate owner and winemaker and bottled in 1975 from the Nappa County California famed wine country estate of Sutter Home Winery. Thus White Zinfandel is an American born favored dry wine. 
    White Zinfandel is not a grape variety but a method of processing grapes. It was one of the greatest contributors to wine enthusiasts and non wine drinkers in establishing a palate for an increase in wine drinking in the 1980s thru 2000’s.
    So we salute a Great 40th Birthday wish to White Zinfandel
 

Play Ball at 1st TB Ray’s PRIDE Night Out

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    The First Tampa Bay Ray’s Pride Night Out at Tropicana Field was a big hit and success. An invite from the Tampa Bay Ray’s showing their Diversity in the region for the LGBT community. A portion of the nights ticket sales will be given back to the area LGBT community groups.
    It was a big hit with almost 800 LGBT and families attending the MLB Rays vs Chicago White Sox game. Special baseball hats were given to the gay baseball watchers.
    Nadine Smith, Exec Director of Equality Florida threw out the opening pitch. Crescendo’s Women’s Chorus sang the National Anthem. Sally Phillips, Ercillia, Judy B. Good, Mark Earym Brad, Mike & Scott, Carrie West were in one of many locations watching the game. It was a great night out. The Rays won!!!
    LGBT Community organizations attending included TAMPA PRIDE, Equality Florida, Metro Wellness and Community Centers, Manatee Pride, Crescendo and St. Pete Pride.

Southern Nights Opens in GaYBOR

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    The soft opening was Thursday June 25, 2015. It looked like everybody in Tampa Bay showed up to be the first to see the new remodeled club. New Windows open to 7th Ave & 14th Street. All we can say is WOW!!! It’s beautiful.
    The following Friday and Saturday nights were also packed. The new club owners and manager are promising a fun new and exciting party experience for everyone!
    Now open Tuesday thru Saturdays, 4pm-3am. Click here to check out all our photos NOW.

 
Tampa Bay Krewe presenting league trophies from 2014-15 at Hamburger Mary’s
2 New Happy Hours
    Welcome to Hamburger Mary’s balcony Mark Eary!! Every Wednesday Mark will be hosting a very special Happy Hour. Teacup still on the balcony Fri- Sunday, 11am til.
Southern Nights Tampa will be open every Tuesday – Saturday 4-9 for Happy Hour. Be sure to check out this fun new space & party.
 

Mark & Carrie Nephieu/Niece of the Week

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Christi van Os-Ghey
    Meet Christi a community activist who leads by example. Active in GaYBOR, Tampa Pride, Girls in Wonderland and currently working at Channelside Entertainment. When she asks you for community support give it to her. She really understands out community.

You Can Not make this Up.

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    We were on a trip to New Orleans. Carrie found a small hotel in a great location in the French Quarter. As we were checking in a guest  walked up and said, “Excuse me there is somebodies having sex in our room.”
    The clerk smiled and said, “Oopps I must have given you the wrong room.”
    When we checked into our walk up the stairs room, the first thing we noticed was how over sized the furniture was for such a small room. The door to the bathroom hit the bed and only opened 1/2 way. LOL
    The bathroom had some water problems. Parts of the dry wall had been replaced and not re painted. LOL Then we noticed the chain on the door. It was broken off. LOL
    The next day we were looking for a place to charge our cell phone when we made a very usually discovery. There were 2 passports tucked in at the foot of the bed??? They looked like and were the same person with different names & dates of births. Most unusual was the hundreds of countries she had been to in both passports.
    After much advice as what to do with them… We gave them to the hotels clerks desk and had them be turned over to the authorities.

Southern Nights Opens in GaYBOR

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The soft opening was Thursday June 25, 2015. It looked like everybody in Tampa bay showed up to be the first to see the new club. All we can say is WOW!!! It’s beautiful. The next Friday and Saturday nights were also packed. The club owners and manager are promising a fun new and exciting party experience for everyone! Now open Tuesday thru Saturdays. Click here to check out all our photos NOW.