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GaYBOR Member of the Week
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Dishing with Mark & Carrie 7/25/2012
The Must Do Events this Week
Be sure to eat your Wheaties this week!!!
TONIGHT
Tonight at Mary’s play BINGO for the family of Ryan Michael Fujiki-Hastings. After his tragic accident, he leaves behind a wife and new daughter.. Come play and support and celebrate Ryan!!
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Wednesday
This Wednesday is the awesome Bingo Night at Hamburger Mary’s to raise money for the “Holiday Spirit in Ybor City”. There will be ten bingo games each with prizes for winners worth over $250 or more! Along with that they are raffling off the infamous Wheel Barrell Full of Booze with over 75 variety liquor bottles! Make sure to call and reserve your table for this amazing event 241-MARY!!!
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Thursday
Named the Top Restaurant in Tampa Bay by Trip Advisor, The Laughing Cat Restaurant has a secret. Did you know that weekdays there is an out of this world Fantastic luncheon buffet??? Thursday is the unofficial GaYBOR members day. 11:30AM to 2:30 PM you just never know who will stop by. See you there this Thursday!!
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Friday
El Goya Reunion Party at Bradley’s on 7th
Miss Gilda Golden will be there with her new book “Life Outside the Line”
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Saturday
Come Out With Pride
Orlando Gay Pride Celebration
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Sunday
Grand Opening of
Lucky Sundays @ AJA
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FOAM Parties GaYBOR Style
Not one but 2 Wild Foam parties this past week in GaYBOR. Saturday night Tease Saturday @ the Honey Pot packed the foam with wild party girls!!! Sunday @ Barbarella’s the foam was the biggest we have every seen! At times it was reaching the second floor 20 feet up!!!! Then at another point the foam almost over took DJ Kuhmeleon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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New at Hamburger Mary’s
1st there was a new chef. Now there is a new menu at Hamburger Mary’s. For people like us who love to just order appeteasers you are going to love ht new additions. Dirty Bag-O-Chips, Italian Stallion Flatbeard, Mary’s Pretzel Rods are just a few of the new addition. There are also New Salads, new Hamburgers & Sandwishes too. Under new Special-Tease Entrees you are going to love the Tuscan-Style Chicken, “Muffin Top” meatloaf and the Fantastic Fish & Chips. New at LUNCH is the Mary’s :Pick 2″ Lunch. there are 100’s of fun combinations all for $6.95 & FAST. BINGO is now every Mon, Tue & wed. All ways a good time for a good cause! Sunday FUNdays with New Brunch & Drag Shows. As the sunset the party kicks into high gear with Naughty Drink Special & Guest stars. Life’s a Drag with 2 shows every Friday & Saturday featuring the Hottest local and Divas from across the country. But wait there’s even more. every Friday 7 Saturday night on the Only balcony in Ybor City with a bar you will find the legendary “Tea Cup” behind the bar. See you all at Hamburger Mary’s this week where you can “EAT. DRINK AND BE…MARY!!!!”
Miss Arica Love Sighting….
You just never know where she will turn up!?!?! She is hosting parties popping bottles at G.BAR Saturdays. Sundays she is busy with Drag Queen Brunch at The Boulevard Grills at 7081 Guld Blvd in St. Pete . The Sunday FunDay continues with Arica at Barbarella’s. COINGRATULATION to Arica & Josh Beadle. Their very popular “Cretan Thursday Party” @ The Ivory Lounge in Sarasota turns 1 years this week!!!
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Register For Upcoming Florida Election By October 9th
The last day to register to vote in the upcoming Florida General Election is October 9th. The General election is November 6th.
Go to the Supervisor of Elections office in your county to register and get more information on the early voting, mail ballots and absentee ballots.
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Hillsborough County Candidates / Precinct Leaders Summit
Over 100 Hillsborough County Democrats and candidates came together at the West Tampa Library for an informative seminar on local political points of view. Heading up the pep rally was Democratic activist Jacquelyn Beiro. Some of Florida’s top ranking members included Former Florida Governor Democratic candidate Alex Sink, Florida State Representative Janet Cruz, U.S. House of Representatives, District 17 candidate Will Bronson and local Hillsborough County Democrat Precinct Committee Members.
Hot topics were; Voter suppression, Tolls to help organize precincts and district, Identifying leaders precincts/ districts, How to steer volunteers to specific campaigns and organizations and VOTE “NO” on ALL the 11 proposed amendments.
“Alex spoke and looks so relaxed and informative.” said an East Tampa precinct leader. “She is so polished and down to earth. I think she is more governortorial now than 2 years ago!”
That was an undertone subtle message observed by all the attendees. She was articulate, calm and very down to earth speaking. It was a very different Alex Sink! Just saying.
“Did you see Rachael Maddows Show on MSNBC. She held up Hillsborough County ballot with 6 voter pages for the upcoming election.” said Sink. “It is going to be a huge voters headache.”
Florida Rep Janet Cruz said that in a lot of political races Republicans put in ” Nuisance Candidate” with no desire to campaign but just to have their names on the ballot!
The long list of 11 proposed Florida amendments is long and gibberish in language. What one might think they are voting for could be just the opposite.
That is why we are also saying…. VOTE “NO” on ALL the ballot amendments!
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People R Talking
Buffalo Wild Wings is coming to Ybor. Chicken Wings, beer and Sports on TV is the success that the new anchor eatery taut. The new chicken bar will be at the corner of 7th Ave and 17th Street ( the old Platforms & Shine Bar). Their success story in 5 years in remarkable. The remodel is happening now and they hope to open in November! www.buffalowildwings.com .
We are sorry to report that the all so popular diner, Fresh Mouth Restaurant in Centro Ybor closed its doors Sunday night. It had the best burgers and cheese steaks. The other operations associated with Fresh Mouth are still open. JJ’s Cafe and Centro Cantina in Centro Ybor. Look forward to the opening of the new wine bar in Centro Ybor in the old Wear Me Out store. Another new opening digs is opening Sunday nights at AJA in Channelside and called Lucky Sunday !
A new 70’s night is starting at City Side with new VJ/DJ Greg Anderson. More people have stopped us to tell us of their disappointment in the cutting down of trees in Ybor. Most recently Tampa Tribune columnist, Steve Otto said in his column to stop the murder of trees in Ybor City! Well, Tampa Parks Dept have contracted out to start replacing the 110 cut down trees with new Crape Myrtles on 13th Street by the Noriega Parking Garage. A large group from Bradley’s on 7th charted a bus and are off to Busch Garden’s Howl-O-Scream. It will be a scary transformed terrorizing gruesome night. The fright night experience is weekends thru out October at the amusement park. Hey guys … BOO!
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Tampa Streetcar Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
The TECO Line Streetcar System will be celebrating October 20, its 10th Anniversay Tampa Streetcar Celebration with 10 cent rides ALL Day! Special entertainment will be all along the streetcar line from Downtown Tampa to Ybor City. Bands, performers and a great decade of branding Tampa in celebration. Come early and stay late!
You Can Not make This Stuff Up!!
“Chocolate Meat Balls”
We were at this very fancy Gay Holiday Party. There was a very elegant buffet set up with the finest crystals & silver. Then the host announced everybody to the buffet and said “Let the children go first” We looked around & the host was pointing toward us!!! OMG!!! To be fair there were people in their 90’s at the party.
I was in a very festive mood aka cocktailed. So I put a couple meat balls on my plate. Then turn to talk with somebody when the meat balls rolled off the plate and into the chocolate fondue. Very gracefully I reached for a spoon an scoped the meatballs out of the chocolate. The caterer saw it and his eyes looked like dear in headlights. Wouldn’t you know it the snoopy queen behind me also saw everything.
He said “Why, I have never thought of dipping meatballs into chocolate.” Then proceed to do it too as then did everybody else in the line behind me. OMG LOL LOL. The next year at the same party there was a huge chaffing dish with meatballs covered in chocolate sauce. You just can not make this up!!!
Mark & Carrie’s Nephew/Niece of the Week
DJ Kuhmeleon Vinny Schram
https://www.facebook.com/kuhmeleon.schram?fref=pb
Baltimore’s #1 REMIX MASTER and most diverse DJ for over 28 years!
The nation’s PREMIERE Horror DJ! We are very lucky to have him now in Tampa Bay!!! Spinning 3-4 nights a week for Florida Entertainment! Besides being a very talented artist Vinny is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet!
Baltimore’s #1 REMIX MASTER and most diverse DJ for over 28 years!
The nation’s PREMIERE Horror DJ! We are very lucky to have him now in Tampa Bay!!! Spinning 3-4 nights a week for Florida Entertainment! Besides being a very talented artist Vinny is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet!
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How much is that Hot Guy in the Window?
Oopps… I meant pizza at NY NY
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Crowds Wrapped the Block at Cuban Club.
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Deserts @ the Row Boat
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Welcome to R BAR
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Frank Sinatra at Carne
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Best Cigars at GaYBOR Member King Corona
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Coffee with a SMILE @ King Corona
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Proud GaYBOR Members
Skye
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Caught @ Steam Fridays
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Caught @ G.BAR
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Happy Birthday Mike!!!
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Caught @ Bradley’s on 7th
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Caught @ Hamburger Mary’s
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Caught @The Social
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Caught @ Barbarella’s
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Caught @ JJ’s Cafe & Bar
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Caught @ Centro Cantina
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Caught @ MC Film
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Caught @ GaYBOR/Ybor City
You Can Not make This Stuff Up!!
“Chocolate Meat Balls”
We were at this very fancy Gay Holiday Party. There was a very elegant buffet set up with the finest crystals & silver. Then the host announced everybody to the buffet and said “Let the children go first” We looked around & the host was pointing toward us!!! OMG!!! To be fair there were people in their 90’s at the party.
I was in a very festive mood aka cocktailed. So I put a couple meat balls on my plate. Then turn to talk with somebody when the meat balls rolled off the plate and into the chocolate fondue. Very gracefully I reached for a spoon an scoped the meatballs out of the chocolate. The caterer saw it and his eyes looked like dear in headlights. Wouldn’t you know it the snoopy queen behind me also saw everything.
He said “Why, I have never thought of dipping meatballs into chocolate.” Then proceed to do it too as then did everybody else in the line behind me. OMG LOL LOL. The next year at the same party there was a huge chaffing dish with meatballs covered in chocolate sauce. You just can not make this up!!!
Mark & Carrie’s Nephew / Niece of the Week
Kuhmeleon Vinny Schram
https://www.facebook.com/kuhmeleon.schram?fref=pb
Baltimore’s #1 REMIX MASTER and most diverse DJ for over 28 years!
The nation’s PREMIERE Horror DJ! We are very lucky to have him now in Tampa Bay!!! Spinning 3-4 nights a week for Florida Entertainment! Besides being a very talented artist Vinny is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet!
Baltimore’s #1 REMIX MASTER and most diverse DJ for over 28 years!
The nation’s PREMIERE Horror DJ! We are very lucky to have him now in Tampa Bay!!! Spinning 3-4 nights a week for Florida Entertainment! Besides being a very talented artist Vinny is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet!
From the MC Film Mail Bag
Henri Cartier-Bresson Exhibition at Tampa Museum of Art
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Please join us this Friday evening (Oct.5) for a members-only reception to kick off our 2012-13 special exhibition season with the U.S. premiere of The Man, The Image and the World: Henri Cartier-Bresson, A Retrospective.
This exhibition showcases more than 300 photographs by one of the art form’s most accomplished geniuses. Tampa is joining the ranks of Zurich, Seoul and Brisbane as cities playing host to this extraordinary international exhibition.
The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday morning, but members will have the first opportunity to see it. The opening reception will feature food by Mise en Place, cash bar, and a conversation between Museum Executive Director Todd Smith and Andrea Holzherr from Magnum Photos, Paris.
“This exhibition allows the Museum to return to our roots: collecting and exhibiting 20th century photography,” Smith recently noted. “From its earliest days more than 33 years ago, the Museum has been active in encouraging the appreciation of photography.”
Please respond to Jeff Stewart at 813-421-8371 by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
Image Credit:
Copyright Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos
Brussels, 1932
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“Saturday Night Gecko” Voted As 2013 Gecko Ball Theme
GULFPORT, FL: After four weeks of online public voting, organizers of the Fifth Annual Gecko Ball have announced that the overwhelming choice of voters for next year’s theme is “Saturday Night Gecko.” “Saturday Night Gecko” will evoke the 1970s disco era, including the music, dance moves, outfits, hair and fads of the 70s. Other themes up for consideration were “Gecko Rouge” (Cabaret) and “The Masked Gecko” (a Masquerade Ball), but “Saturday Night Gecko” was the voters choice by a landslide. August 24th will be the date of Gecko Ball 2013. The event gets larger and more popular each year, including costumes, over the top décor, cocktail specials, dinner buffet, silent auctions, and the popular live auction of geckos created by local artists. For more information and updates on the Gecko Ball, go to the facebook page at: www.facebook.com/geckoball.
The Gecko Ball occurs one week prior to the Gecko Fest street festival each year. The two events benefit a local cause or charity each year. Proceeds from 2012’s Gecko Ball, “Hooray for Geckowood!” and Gecko Fest will fund the creation and installation of public art in the Gulfport Waterfront District.
Did you know? Gulfport was named one of six national small-town finalists in the “Best For Food” category during the 2011 Rand McNally/USA Today Road Rally.
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“Faith and the LGBT Community “
Thursday, November 1st
7:00-9:00 PM
USF Marshall Student Center
Oval Theater
4202 E Fowler Ave, MSC 2100
Tampa, FL, 33620
EQFL, USF Libraries, and USF Pride
Alliance are sponsoring a “Faith
and the LGBT Community “
presentation and book signing by
Robert V. Taylor, the highest ranking
openly gay priest in the Episcopal
Church prior to Bishop Gene Robinson.
Robert’s newly released book, A New
Way to be Human, has been highly
acclaimed by such notables as Arch
Bishop Desmond Tutu, Deepak Chopra,
Bernie Siegel, MD and others.
7:00-9:00 PM
USF Marshall Student Center
Oval Theater
4202 E Fowler Ave, MSC 2100
Tampa, FL, 33620
EQFL, USF Libraries, and USF Pride
Alliance are sponsoring a “Faith
and the LGBT Community “
presentation and book signing by
Robert V. Taylor, the highest ranking
openly gay priest in the Episcopal
Church prior to Bishop Gene Robinson.
Robert’s newly released book, A New
Way to be Human, has been highly
acclaimed by such notables as Arch
Bishop Desmond Tutu, Deepak Chopra,
Bernie Siegel, MD and others.
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Heritage and Cigar Festival — November 17, 2012
Dear Vendors, Sponsors and Volunteers:
Thank you for supporting the Heritage and Cigar Festival 2012. Check out www.celebrateybor.com for the most up to date information. As you know, the Heritage and Cigar Festival benefits the Ybor City Museum. All proceeds generated from the event go directly to the Museum and your participation supports the mission of the Ybor City Museum Society and ensures sustainability in providing exhibits, programming and educational activities.
If you have any questions or concerns considering this year’s event, please feel free to contact me directly via email or on my cell phone listed below.
Sincerely,
James Howard | Board Member | Ybor City Museum
813-956-4428
www.celebrateybor.com
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