I got myself into a bit of a pickle this week.  I wanted to catch up on the fabulous new HBO show “Boardwalk Empire,” and all you want to do when you watch that Prohibition Porn is fix yourself a drink and unwind.  But I was unable to watch it Sunday night and had no [...]

Dan Savage is an amazing writer, a gifted debater, and a marvelous human being.  You’ve heard me talk about him before, from his weekly sex advice podcast “Savage Love,” to his brilliant books, specifically “The Kid,” the memoir of how him and his boyfriend Terry adopted their son, D.J., as a baby.  It is my [...]

I’m going to say this once.  You can be a bigot without the word “faggot” ever leaving your lips.  Let me get back to this. This world is changing, with or without you.  Change isn’t looking for friends. My grandparents, like many Americans, have run aground hard financial times in the past few years.  Like [...]

In LA, during the summer months, film preservers Cinespia screen a movie on the side of a Hollywood Forever cemetery mausoleum every Saturday night. Bring ten bucks cash for the door “donation” (they say donation, but it’s a fee– my friend was turned away for only having 8 bucks).  Get there early!  These picnic-like events [...]

Just past San Vicente on SanMonBul is a little french bakery called Champagne.  It’s a quiet, fast, delicious alternative to larger chain coffee stores.  In fact, Champagne rests in West Hollywood smack dab between two Starbuckses and a Coffee Bean. My God!  The pastries there are so incredibly fresh and light, and you don’t leave [...]

Hypnotic, gay & beautiful.  Vincent Minor’s “The Trap”

Sometimes, you just gotta go with a classic.  Two fingers of gin over ice, fill with Tonic Water.  Although, “Drink This Not That” tells me that I should pick Club Soda over Tonic Water.  Tonic has a whopping amount of sugar in it.  Tonic water?! I can’t even drink Tonic Water now without thinking of [...]

Labor Day, I was slammed with the realization that my walkable 24-Hr. Fitness would be closing at the end of the month for massive remodeling.  I could use the 24-Hr. Fitnesseses in the area, but those are all reachable by car.  And I’m currently in a bad relationship with my car, factoring in the hassle [...]

TYLER FLORENCE: Celebrity Chef, Mr. September Please accept this gift from Adam Sass of the Husband of the Month Club. Here is Adam’s answers to the common questions that will be brought up by our nosy family and friends.  Feel free to invent your own. What Does the Man Do? HA! He only has a [...]

There’s talk from a lot of people about an LGBT march on Washington, with the supposed purpose of fast-tracking President Obama’s action on his promised changes to LGBT rights, mainly repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act.  A lot of people, myself included, have shouted them selves hoarse and become exhausted [...]

In 1993, I went to Universal Studios Florida for the first time with my family.  It was a glorious moment, as I was at this time knee-deep in my growing love of non-Disney movies.  Funnily enough, the attraction I was most eager to get into was not the Back to the Future Ride or the [...]

Today is a very special day for me.  Two years ago, I moved my first box into this condo in West Hollywood.  My beautiful home in the most beautiful city I’ve ever lived in.  Nothing has given me more joy than planning the remodel of this place, bit by bit.  Swapping out carpet for laminate, [...]

“If You Should Ever Leave Me” by Julie Driscoll Julie Driscoll came to epitomize the psychadelic 60′s era of British music.  Everything she sings sounds like it belongs on the Austin Powers soundtrack.  She’s also known primarily for covers, such as “Wheel’s on Fire” and “Season of the Witch.” As well as today’s item “If [...]

Those of you who know me at all are probably already sick of hearing about this.  September 1st for me is the beginning of Fall.  It’s not that I can’t wait for Summer to be over, I just can’t wait to get a move on with the Autumn.  Living in Southern California, it’s technically “Summer” [...]