We head back to Virginia this evening and it’s been a truly great trip. Yesterday we saw “Promises, Promises” and Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenowitz were each great in their roles. After the show we stopped for cocktails at the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis Hotel - originally owned by John Jacob Astor – and it’s mural by Maxwell Parrish which depicts flatulence. The mural (at far bottom of post) is said the be the result of a bet where Astor challenged Parrish that he could not paint a picture of the indicated subject. The faces of the guards - which feature Parrish's own face - indicate that he won the bet.*
Later after a light dinner we went to the Monster Bar where there was a party called the "Glitter Ball" the proceeds of which were to benefit the American Foundation for Equal Rights – the organization funding the plaintiffs’ case in Perry v. Schwarzenegger. Please consider going to AFER's webpage and making a donation. There were a number of show business people in the crowd and a number of them sang some of the disco themed songs of the evening. And there was definitely some major league eye candy (see photo below). Among the show business crowd was Randy Jones (pictured above), one of the original Village People who sang, as one might expect, "YMCA."
Later after a light dinner we went to the Monster Bar where there was a party called the "Glitter Ball" the proceeds of which were to benefit the American Foundation for Equal Rights – the organization funding the plaintiffs’ case in Perry v. Schwarzenegger. Please consider going to AFER's webpage and making a donation. There were a number of show business people in the crowd and a number of them sang some of the disco themed songs of the evening. And there was definitely some major league eye candy (see photo below). Among the show business crowd was Randy Jones (pictured above), one of the original Village People who sang, as one might expect, "YMCA."
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It will most definitely be dull and depressing to be back in Tidewater Virginia with its all too prevailing backwardness, religious based ignorance and prejudice. We are lucky that the boyfriend’s client base and our friends and neighbors do not fit the norm for the area, but I nonetheless have to wonder how long we will want to stay in the area once we lose our elderly parents. Life is too short to live it surrounded by ignorance and bigotry.
It will most definitely be dull and depressing to be back in Tidewater Virginia with its all too prevailing backwardness, religious based ignorance and prejudice. We are lucky that the boyfriend’s client base and our friends and neighbors do not fit the norm for the area, but I nonetheless have to wonder how long we will want to stay in the area once we lose our elderly parents. Life is too short to live it surrounded by ignorance and bigotry.
Glitter Ball eye candy.
King Cole mural
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