Saturday, February 28, 2009

Jack Mackenroth Fingers Karl LagerFELT


Former Project Runway designer Jack Mackenroth blogged about Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week here in NYC for Logo last week. One of the cute things Jack did was carry around a "Karl Lagerfelt" finger puppet for various celebs to take pictures with. Here is Jack himself fingering Karl...



Model, total hottie, and former Daddy of the Day Chad White also got a finger up in there...


Christian "Mango" Siriano joined in on the fun...


But Nina Garcia decided not to stick a finger up in Karl Lagerfelt - she obviously didn't want to upset a Marie Claire advertiser...



See the whole post, with MANY more celebrity pics, HERE.

Hotties In Calvins


Hmmmm... Calvin Klein? ... Didn't I write about him recently?...






For Stefan...

Daddy Of The Day - Ramirez Allender


Ramirez Allender is a 27-year-old former footballer turned model. And yet another impossible gorgeous Brazilian man...






Friday, February 27, 2009

Gay Bookstores Keep Closing

And NO, I'm not talking about THOSE bookstores (they seem to be doing just fine - not that I would know...)


Towleroad reported this week that A Different Light bookstore (above) in Los Angeles will close after 30 years. Two weeks earlier, Towleroad reported that the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in NYC (the nation's oldest operating GLBT bookstore) will close it's doors on March 29.

This is so sad. When I first came out of the closet I loved going to gay bookstores (read my post about Philadelphia's Giovanni's Room - which is still in business - HERE). Gay bookstores always seemed like such a positive environment (as opposed to the bars) - and you never woke up with a hangover after visiting one. You could cruise for hot smarties (or smart hotties) and didn't have to buy expensive cocktails. Oh ... and there were BOOKS there too!!!

There used to be a Different Light branch in NYC - and when I was young I went there all the time. It closed a few years ago, and soon their San Francisco store (and their website) will be the only locations left.

I walked into Oscar Wilde (below) recently and nothing had changed. It was still small, and some of the same books I bought at gay bookstores in the past (Faggot by Larry Kramer, Dancer From The Dance by Andrew Holleran, and Best Little Boy In The World by Andrew Tobias) still line those shelves today. Back when I was young, you could ONLY find these books at a gay bookstore.


Nowadays, everyone buys everything online or at some Supercenter, so bookstores of all persuasions have been dropping like flies. It's just so sad that the bookstores that helped gay boys like me feel better about themselves have to meet the same fate.

Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other







Now Casey Thompson Blames The Messenger


I LOVE the last paragraph - CASEY feels "hurt and compromised". Poor baby. Why doesn't she just apologize to Carla for being so stank and quit blaming others for her bad behavior?


From Casey's blog - via Amuse-Biatch.

GROSS


From Amuse-Biatch. Now we all know that both Hosea and Leah broke up with their pieces after they bumped uglies onscreen. Does this mean these two bitches are humping on the regular?? I guess they had to keep it secret until The Hose was announced the winner. Gross.

Ongina Delivers


RuPaul's Drag Racer Ongina delivered a $25,000 check from M.A.C. Cosmetics to the Harvey Milk High School on Wednesday - according to the New York Times.

The New York City school was established for GLBT children who have had trouble in traditional schools due to sexuality/gender issues. The Hetrick-Martin Institute, which provides many services for the school, has recently suffered cutbacks in funding, and the M.A.C. donation was intended to help fill the budget gap.

The New York Times article had this to say about Ongina:

Ryan Ong Palao, who revealed that he was H.I.V. positive on television, is a contestant in the RuPaul Drag Race. He started suffering harassment when he first became more flamboyant after coming out in high school in a small town in Washington State. He would have appreciated a “school that provided me as much of an education as a comfort zone.” His drag identity is Ongina, a play off his middle name.

At least some of the students could relate to being a drag queen. Among the questions they peppered him with: what were his favorite makeup products (C-Thru is his favorite lip gloss) and how long it takes to get into drag (two hours).

I LOVE it that the kids wanted to know about lip gloss and drag - and those questions were from the BOYS!



Thursday, February 26, 2009

Papi Of The Day - Raymundo Diaz







David Dust Does Drag!

Months ago I posted about THIS fantastic free avatar-generator - where I created this version of myself (back when I had hair) ...


Yesterday our darling Grand Duchess of Dust Bunnies - Joy - POSTED some new avatars that she had done. This prompted me to doll myself up and do some virtual drag...

Night Out On The Town Drag...


Business Woman Drag...


Take Me Out To The Ball Game Drag...


Peace, Bitch Drag...


It seems that Dust Bunny Bob had the same idea I did - and the bitch even stole one of my wigs!

Show Us Those Abs!