City is full of shoulders to lean on during rough times
Ramadan, the month long period of fasting and the holiest month in the Islamic religion ended about three weeks ago. The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur... Read more →
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Come on out and change an opinion
This next Sunday is National Coming Out Day (NCOD). It is a day set aside to publicize awareness, promote acceptance and put a human face on the vast... Read more →
Stop the tie-dyed cows
I like to think of myself as an open-minded person. After all, I went to an elite, effete, east coast college where we were trained to look at things... Read more →
Ketchup and chocolate cake don’t mix
Today is the first day of fall. There are officially 100 days left in calendar year 2009. This means that any day now there will be Christmas music... Read more →
Knowing where you stand
Good fences make good neighbors is a time worn phrase. Taken literally, it doesn’t make much sense. Why would something that keeps people apart... Read more →
Honor the worker and the boss
For most of us, Labor Day means the end of the summer, time to pack up the barbecue and the pool toys, put the tiki lamps in storage and break out... Read more →
Ham hock happiness
It’s the end of the summer season. Seriously. We are at the last two weeks before summer is unofficially over and we begin the speed trials to... Read more →
Hard times teach good lessons
Saturday I was meeting some friends for lunch on the Third Street Promenade and I took the wrong exit from the freeway. Instead of the Fifth Street... Read more →
Fish don’t fear fire
This past Memorial Day I was at a men’s retreat in the Malibu mountains. It’s 320 gay men running around the forest, well, decorating it... Read more →
Playing the role of a lifetime
Summer is in full swing, the tourists are here and far from their home, but some things just don’t change. I was walking through the lobby of... Read more →
