Delores T Van Cartier
Getting to know Delores has truly been such a pleasure. With a great sense of humor combined with an even greater sense of REALITY she is truly a wonderful person. Stop by Hamburger Mary’s GaYBOR to meet her today.
Caught @ Bradley’s on 7th
Caught @ Hamburger Mary’s
Caught @ Steam Fridays
Photos of the Week
Blast from the past.
Carrie’s photo shoot at the old Green Iguana Pool on Dale Mabry in the rain.
GaYBOR Shows Support
Carnie’s
Tea Cup at Premier Beverage After Party
Parking Garage should win a prize!!
Stone Soup Company
R Bar
The Reservoir
Holidays GaYBOR Style
Love’n us some Kelly & Kevin
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Caught @ Steam Fridays
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Dishing with Mark & Carrie 12-11-13
This Saturday, December 14th
Snow on 7th Parade
Dear salvation army,
Instead of worrying about putting Christ back into Christmas, maybe you should worry about putting Christ back into Christianity.
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Charities Need Your Help
Just a moment to remember the many local non profit charities including Metro Wellness & Community Centers, ASAP, GaYBOR District Coalition Food Drive, Francis House, Ybor Youth Clinic,and many local church pantries.
All they need is a little help. Please give what you can including volunteering.
Greeting Cards, Gifts, Shirts and Trees
MC Film in GaYBOR/ Ybor City has new Holiday Christmas Cards, Pop Up Silver or Gold 4′ Christmas Trees, 2014 Colt Calendars, Music Boxes and new clothing lines On SALE. New Ajaxx, Black Web, DC Jean and HRC (Human Rights Campaign) shirts and hoodies.
Make your stop in GaYBOR/ Ybor City at MC FILM this holiday season.
See you at this weekends “Snow on 7th Parade”, 6pm!
OH, La Cage Aux Folles!
Edouard Molinaro, nominated for an Oscar for directing “La Cage aux Folles,” a French farce about a gay couple that struck a chord with a broad range of audiences, has died at 85.
French President Francois Hollande’s office confirmed the death in a statement of condolence Saturday, praising Molinaro as “great, appealing and original” and a director who “conquered the public and the admiration of his peers at the same time.”
Molinaro’s career spanned six decades, including crime films and historical adaptations. He was best known for 1978’s “La Cage aux Folles,” which was nominated for several Oscars. The movie, about two men with a transvestite club in St. Tropez who try to temporarily pretend they’re straight, was remade as “The Birdcage” in 1996.
This was a favorite movie that we shared with countless friends. It was one of the first positive and humorous GLBT movies to go mainstream across the country. A representation of our lifestyle so many of our straight friends couldn’t understand. We first saw the movie in Elkhart, IN in 1978.
Wow, what a great movie to revisit and watch!
Mary’s Turn-A-Bout Benefit.
This years charity event at Hamburger Mary’s Ybor City had all the staff changing to a gender bender! All in a benefit for Mary Care’s Charity. Can you recognize the staff in their gender change benefit roll? Many special guests included co-owner Katrina (Kurt King), It was a very uplifting holiday anniversary show generating $1000 for many local children’s charities.
Congrats Mary’s Guys & Gals for a wonderful show!
Ybor City’s Molly Ferrara Historical Dedication.
I was told that Molly would of really liked us. Molly Ferrara was elected Alcaldesa (Spanish Municipal Magistrate) of Ybor City in 1954. She was a proud Yborite business woman and political activist and spokesperson for over 40 years. She passed away in 1979.
The Distinguished Dedication Historical Marker is in Centro Ybor on 7th Ave. Her lists of accomplishments were brought to the Hillsborough County Historical Advisory Council by family members, in which I am a board member back in August. She is the first woman to have this historic distinction on a marker in Tampa. She was Tampa’s first woman tax collector besides running her 40 year old Columbia Music & Appliance Store which was next to Czar’s on 7th is on her list of achievements.
Ybor City Chamber of Commerce’s Anna Ramos told us that she had worked all through high school for Molly Ferrara at the Music store. ” She was a very good friend and boss.” she said. Stop by and read all of her Ybor City initiatives.
In attendance and speaking was a very impressive line-up of Tampa leaders speaking. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, Attorney Barry Cohen, retired Appellate Judge E.J. Salcines, YCDC Manager Vince Pardo, retired Tampa Tribune Photographer Tony Zappone (who also took the famous pictures of President John F. Kennedy in Tampa November, 1963), Tampa City Council Woman Mary Mulhern, Tampa City Clerk & HCHAC Chair Shirley Foxx-Knowles and family members.
I love historic preservation and she was truly a historic preservationist, community friend and Tampa Bay leader.
Annual GaYBOR Chili Cook-Off
The 3rd Annual GaYBOR Chili Cook-Off Contest had 13 entries vying for Tampa Bay bragging rights. The assortment of chili’s entered had chocolate, coffee, hot and spicy and had the packed Bradley’s on 7th customers be the judges. Chili chief GaYBOR comrads Mike Olds, Mark Eary, Scott W and Rich Kerin had the task of moving the taster crowd along.
Winners were Jane, Jake Zils, and Brad Hadfield. And Thanks to the other 10 inspired contestants.
Holiday Party in GaYBOR/Ybor City
It is always fun seeing the holiday activities and parties. Architect Elliott Wheeler and Interior Designer Karla Atkinson had a special soiree for friends and clients above us at MC FILM!
As we ask of everyone…. Party & Safety First!!!
