tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50302852011-04-21T17:39:54.193-04:00A Capital LifeMy New Life Inside the BeltwayGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1085619902244401202004-05-26T20:48:00.000-04:002004-05-26T21:26:47.066-04:00Tomorrow I am doing my very first solo interview and it happens to be with Brian Stokes Mitchell, the Tony Award winning actor, singer and star of 'Ragtime', 'Kiss Me Kate' and 'Man of La Mancha'. Mr. Mitchell is singing at the National Memorial Day Concert this weekend on the Capitol Mall (that I will be attending) and I am interviewing him not only for his thoughts on the concert but also as Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1084247545938248192004-05-10T23:51:00.000-04:002004-05-26T21:25:12.396-04:00Tonight I attended a cookout on the rooftop of my friend Matt's apartment on New Hampshire Avenue in Dupont Circle. The party was quintissential Washington as we sat around eating hamburgers, talking politics and watching planes land over the District at National Airport. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1084129345028430212004-05-09T15:02:00.000-04:002004-05-18T23:43:47.136-04:00Last night after a lovely dinner at Mercury Grill on 17th Street in Dupont Circle, I went on the most amazing evening tour of the major DC monuments including the newly opened World War II Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the statue of Albert Einstein at the National Institute of Science, the Iwo Jima Memorial and a landscape view of the eternal Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1083888784062869252004-05-06T20:13:00.000-04:002004-05-18T23:41:19.636-04:00Today I had lunch at an Indian Restaurant on M Street in Georgetown called TAJ. It was a working lunch with my boss and two colleagues. Georgetown is a very interesting DC neighborhood. There are the Georgetown University preppy types, the ultra-rich, townhouse living socialites, the old money Washington types and the random out-of-place people who wander into the area to shop, eat or work. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1083755225986525032004-05-05T07:07:00.000-04:002004-05-18T23:39:08.780-04:00Yesterday I got my first DC haircut from a man named Diego D'Ambrosio. It turns out that Mr. Diego (as he is known around town) is one of the most famous barbers in the District and has cut the hair of every President since Nixon, Supreme Court Justices including Chief Justice Earl Warren, several European Ambassadors and many Senators and Congressmen. He keeps a photo of every client on the Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1083534624812047832004-05-02T17:50:00.000-04:002004-05-18T23:48:02.686-04:00Last night's White House Correspondent's Dinner was amazing! The pre-party that I managed was a huge success according to my own standards as well as the people who actually came up and congratulated me on the festivities. The food, the lighting design and the open bar were all great and it was a rush to be in charge of a party in one of the most famous hotels in Washington during one of the Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1083281353468465932004-04-29T19:29:00.000-04:002004-05-18T23:50:19.140-04:00Today we submitted the heart disease special for the Carter Center Journalism Fellowship. We will find out in a few months if our application wins one of the highly coveted awards. I am thrilled to have co-produced this project. If we win, in addition to monetary gain, I will be an award-winning producer. If we do not win, my first serious producing project could not have been a better Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1083118666203106122004-04-27T22:17:00.000-04:002004-05-18T23:55:22.493-04:00Tonight I had dinner with a few of my colleagues from the public relations part of my new job. We went to Lauriol Plaza, a great pan-Latin/Tex Mex restaurant in a DC neighborhood called Adams Morgan. In rejecting all Tex Mex food that is not found within the Texas state boundaries, I had a delicious Cuban chuleta with the requisite plantain chips and black beans. The restaurant had a beautiful Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1082924918557471372004-04-25T16:28:00.000-04:002004-04-25T19:56:01.060-04:00I saw Kill Bill, Volume 2 on Saturday night. I liked Volume 1 a bit better but overall, I LOVED the movie and think that Uma Thurman is the coolest ass-kicker on the planet. Today I continued cleaning and organizing my apartment by doing the dishes, filling my ample kitchen cabinets and taking clothes to the dry cleaners. Tomorrow I return to work for the last week before the White House Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1082690535924823192004-04-22T23:22:00.000-04:002004-04-25T19:58:04.000-04:00Today I returned to the National Press Club (see below) for an Earth Day event on Eco-Imperialism. The event included a press conference, a 7-member panel discussion and a Q&A session on topics that included the ban on DDT, future nuclear power plant building and native crop destruction across the Third World. I covered the event today to track the current state of the environmental movement inGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1082516783187552992004-04-20T23:06:00.000-04:002004-04-25T16:59:23.763-04:00This afternoon I produced the second interview for the women's heart disease special that is being submitted for a Carter Center Fellowship Award. I booked, produced and edited the interview with the head of the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute which took place at the National Institute of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. So far, the interviews have been fantastic and we have reallyGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1082425652214051022004-04-19T21:47:00.000-04:002004-04-25T16:51:52.450-04:00Tonight I attended my first DC cocktail party, a event given by the Center for Constitutional Rights celebrating the legal team (one of whom is the brother of my boss) arguing the case of the foreign-national detainees being held without access to the American court system in Guantanamo, Cuba. The case is being argued tomorrow morning in front of the Supreme Court and the cocktail party was heldGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1082341683576326232004-04-18T22:28:00.000-04:002004-04-20T23:11:43.216-04:00My best friend came to DC on Friday for a weekend shopping extravaganza. I now own a very cool couch, an oversized ottoman and a 1950's retro table which I will use for a desk. The weather was so fantastic yesterday and today that it made erranding a dream. I usually hate feeling that I HAVE to do something on Saturdays and Sundays but piling into a new car on an 80 degree day with the radio Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1081989638836619902004-04-14T20:40:00.000-04:002004-04-18T22:50:47.640-04:00Today I was asked to begin working as a co-producer on my first big project. Our bureau chief is applying for a Carter Center Journalism Fellowship and I am producing an hour-long news segment which will comprise one component of the application package. If we are chosen for the Fellowship, I will also be co-producing the actual project, a series of 10 news programs which will air across the Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1081900851876396632004-04-13T20:00:00.000-04:002004-04-18T23:27:39.763-04:00This morning I went to the White House for the first time to attend the White House Gaggle and to see our recording booth, which is located in the basement of the press briefing room. I made it all the way to the press gate but almost walked directly into the Oval Office accidently before arriving at the correct location. Luckily, the Marine standing at the Oval Office door (which indicates Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1081821520797016872004-04-12T21:58:00.000-04:002004-04-12T22:25:41.340-04:00After a quick round trip to New York for another carload of my stuff, I had a very busy weekend trying to settle into a new apartment. The nice thing about DC so far is that I have more living space than is possible within the confines of Manhattan unless your name is Leona Helmsley or Donald Trump. My new apartment is a one-BR with a large kitchen, tons of cabinet space, two closets, wood Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1081515770190101852004-04-09T09:02:00.000-04:002004-04-09T18:21:59.920-04:00I finally got the high speed internet connection in my apartment. It has been so difficult living without a high-speed connection this week but at least now I can get back to my e-life.
Today I found out that I am going to be working on our pre- and post-parties for the annual White House Correspondent's Dinner on May 1st. The WHC Dinner is Washington's answer to the Academy Awards. EveryoneGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1081429802863062372004-04-08T09:10:00.000-04:002004-04-09T18:17:19.716-04:00This morning I covered my first media event, a press conference on Sierra Club's environmental activitives celebrating Earth Month. Sierra Club is taking a very anti-Bush administration stance on environmental policy. The event was in the Howard Room at the Willard Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue a few blocks from the White House. I covered the event along with print reporters from ABC and NBC. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1081268022892640192004-04-06T12:13:00.000-04:002004-04-09T17:44:57.060-04:00I got my Capitol Hill credentials today and got a tour of the Senate Press Galeries, Senate and House office buildings and several news organizations' press booths. I also got to ride the private train that shuttles Senators, their staffs and the press from Capitol office buildings to the Senate floor. Apparently there is something called the 5-minute rule which states that Senators have to be Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1081171256340107462004-04-05T09:20:00.000-04:002004-04-06T12:15:56.170-04:00Today is my first day as a member of the Washington Press corps. I arrived to the office early this morning and jumped right into Day One. The office is a townhouse in the tony Washington neighborhood called Georgetown. I had a 20 minute commute on the Metro then a lovely 10 minute walk from Dupont Circle through Embassy Row to the townhouse. The morning was slow but I think it had more to Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1080856411989141022004-04-01T16:53:00.000-05:002004-04-01T16:57:05.106-05:00Finally, an answer to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and G. Gordon Liddy. If you are a proud liberal and do not live in New York, Portland, Minneapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles or San Francisco, stream Air America Radio here. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1080846726811340502004-04-01T14:12:00.000-05:002004-04-01T17:32:36.420-05:00Last night I had the first of two goodbye dinners with my closest friends here in New York. Tonight will be the second. Last night was a civilized dinner at a lovely Italian bistro in Greenwich Village. Tonight will be a gossip party with vodka and take-out. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1080777179185988402004-03-31T18:52:00.000-05:002004-04-01T03:11:36.903-05:00Today I became the proud owner of a 2003 Honda Accord Coupe. The car registered only 6 miles upon purchase and it is the first new car that I have purchased since 1992. The car is my first Washington DC accessory with a new apartment sure to become the second later this week. Check out a picture of my new car and go to my Photos page often for updated pictures from A Capital Life.Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1080703416665186212004-03-30T22:23:00.000-05:002004-04-01T02:28:39.903-05:00I just got home from an event at the Asprey store on 5th Avenue sponsored by Vanity Fair Magazine during which I met another of the heroes on my Heroes To Meet List. The event was part of a monthly series of famous authors reading excerpts from classic novels. Tonight's program included a short story by Edith Wharton read by Dominick Dunne, the author, Vanity Fair contributor and the third Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1080677173925119862004-03-30T15:06:00.000-05:002004-04-01T02:33:38.700-05:00Six days from today I will be living in the Washington DC Metropolitan area as I begin my new job. I am moving to DC after having lived in Manhattan for six years. I am excited by the thought of change and the opportunity to experience new people, places and things but for now, I am dealing with an interruption to my life in New York City. I am almost certain to return to New York one day, Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1080618251342265762004-03-29T22:44:00.000-05:002004-04-01T14:40:52.250-05:00A Capital Life -- March 29, 2004 -- Gregory Gorman, a founding partner of Tex in the City, LLC, a successful production and promotion company based in New York City, has accepted a full-time position with a Washington media company as well as an ongoing assisgnment with a leading public affairs/PR agency beginning in April of this year. Mr. Gorman has lived in Manhattan for six years after Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1069179859228696842003-11-18T13:24:00.000-05:002004-03-23T22:32:56.373-05:00I saw the 50th Anniversary Screening of Roman Holiday last night at a program called Monday Nights with Oscar sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Joel Siegel from Good Morning America was the evening's host and did a great job introducing background and relating the history of one of my all-time favorite movies. The granddaughter of director William Wyler was also in Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1068851200318411752003-11-14T18:06:00.000-05:002003-11-18T14:18:58.513-05:00Updated: Saturday, November 15, 2003 -- Last night me, Kambri, my Sister-in-Law and her visiting friends saw Lance's show Reddy or Not at Mama Rose's on 2nd Avenue at 13th Street. After the show, the out-of-town contingency and I left downtown for the Theater District where we had dinner at John's Pizzeria on 44th Street followed by dancing at Whiskey Bar below the W Times Square on 47th Street.Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1068655141009621022003-11-12T11:39:00.000-05:002003-11-18T14:03:47.246-05:00My Sister-in-Law is here tomorrow for a big weekend of sightseeing, dining and shopping. She is visiting with her best friend and her sister along with two good friends who will not be staying with me but will be accompanying us on our daily activities. I love having people visit me in The Big Apple but the pressure of planning and executing a good trip for visitors while managing the exhaustionGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1068409782771627492003-11-09T15:29:00.000-05:002003-11-18T14:17:19.700-05:00This weekend I saw a very disappointing screening of Alien: The Directors Cut, which in my opinion does not hold up well after almost twenty years. The effects were hokey and the aliens look like big metal boxes of teeth. The cast is still pretty decent but science fiction from the 80's is just too full of cliche's to be enjoyable in 2003.
Friday night I met Lance for a night out at Phoenix Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1068183962709626392003-11-07T00:46:00.000-05:002003-11-07T18:35:04.293-05:00Last Saturday night I went to a birthday party at Prohibition, a bar on the Upper West Side, where I partied with hundreds of thousands of straight people. The place was crowded, and I mean crowded to the point of inciting thoughts of fire code violations. Man, I had no idea that heterosexual society had regressed to its current state. How do straight women put up with cretans like straight Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1068013474186632942003-11-05T01:24:00.000-05:002003-11-07T18:34:03.560-05:00If the Republican Party believes in a smaller government, why did Jed Bush intervene on the issue of Terry Shiavo's right to die? Governor Bush's brother had to come out in support of the decree to keep Ms. Shiavo alive attached to artificial breathing machines and feeding tubes and all of this made me wonder about the state of the Republican Party's political platform. I mean, interfering in Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1067799904676971132003-11-02T14:05:00.000-05:002003-11-02T14:41:09.186-05:00I received this from my politically active friend Mike. This was an actual obituary published in The Times-Picayune, New Orleans on October 2nd, 2003. Like I have always suspected, political affiliations never die.
Word has been received that Gertrude M. Jones, 81, passed away on
August 25, 2003, under the loving care of the nursing aides of Heritage
Manor of Manville, Louisiana. She was aGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1067724057709239952003-11-01T17:00:00.000-05:002003-11-02T14:47:25.436-05:00Last night I went to a great Halloween party at Ike on 2nd Avenue at 6th Street in the East Village. Lance and I started the evening at his apartment with a few Vodka Red Bulls and then hung around chatting for a while before we hit the outside world with our loveliness. Lance's costume as Lord Carnarvon, who funded the 1923 Tutankhamun expedition, was a big hit with the East Village crowd. I Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1067629091758736232003-10-31T14:38:00.000-05:002003-11-01T12:05:55.903-05:00Last night I saw The Retreat from Moscow at the Booth Theater. The new Broadway play stars Eileen Atkins, John Lithgow and Ben Chaplin and recounts the death of a marriage and how divorce and its process can affect and change the family dynamic. I attended the play to see Eileen Atkins who has a long and distinguished stage and television career in Britain and the United States. She co-createdGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1067388311393738452003-10-28T19:45:00.000-05:002003-10-31T03:39:19.046-05:00I feel a political rant welling up inside of me that may explode any time between tonight and the first Tuesday in November, 2004. There are a lot of things happening just below my radar screen and I do not feel comfortable with any of them. These include but are not limited to President Bush's eager excitement over signing the first abortion rights reduction law since 1973, Justice Scalia's Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1066847098407757882003-10-22T14:24:00.000-04:002003-10-31T03:33:18.950-05:00I took my third full length LSAT this week. Tonight is the last formal prep class before the workshops and practice tests begin next week. If I blow the test on December 5th can I blame it on the fake flu that I am sure to have the first week of December?Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1066706936218770892003-10-20T23:28:00.000-04:002003-10-31T03:33:28.390-05:00I have seen so many movies lately that I feel like I should be getting paid by Ebert and Roeper. In the past few weeks I have seen (rated with stars 5-best, 1-worst): Runaway Jury (2.5) and Veronica Guerin (3) at Union Square 14th Street, Sylvia (3.5) and Elephant (3.5) at the Angelika in Greenwich Village, Kill Bill: Volume I (4) and Mystic River (4) at the Loews Village VII on Third Avenue. I Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1066496485011181682003-10-18T13:01:00.000-04:002003-11-07T17:47:51.043-05:00I had drinks with Josie last night to catch up and get the latest gossip from the straight world. Her best friend had just been broken up with by her fiancee six weeks before the wedding and Josie had the terrible job of notifying the bridal party that the shindig was off. Dresses and dyed shoes were all for naught. At least until gay people have the right to marry, we can't ruin our friends Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1066250934669355702003-10-15T16:48:00.000-04:002003-10-31T03:34:08.153-05:00I came across The Christine Jorgensen Story on some random cable channel and watched the entire trashy movie. I then came across one of the funniest things I have read in my life and had to include it for posterity. This is courtesy of best selling author Augusten Burroughs. Enjoy...
"When I was in the third grade all the girls wore Calvin Klein corduroy jeans and wanted to be psychologists. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1066176516995426022003-10-14T20:08:00.000-04:002003-10-14T20:24:48.280-04:00Tivo Shmivo...today I got Time Warner's new DVR (Digital Video Recorder) service and my life is finally complete. I don't have a boyfriend, a career, children and I don't own my own home but I can now record every episode of Golden Girls, Designing Women, Law & Order:SVU and Will & Grace so who needs those other things. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1066079222448606642003-10-13T17:07:00.000-04:002003-10-14T20:20:27.520-04:00I saw Kill Bill Volume I with my friends Lance and Anthony on Saturday night at the Loews Theater on 3rd Avenue after a fantastic dinner at a communal seating restaurant called Supper on East 2nd Street at Avenue A. I love a good night out with friends. By the way, Kill Bill rocked my world!Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1065835444606862792003-10-10T21:24:00.000-04:002003-10-14T20:21:53.846-04:00I saw Luther at the Empire Theater in Times Square tonight. The film starred Joseph Fiennes as Martin Luther and it was pretty much a Discovery Channel documentary with less narration and similar production values to that of a typical cable biography show. I hate paying $10 for what I can see for free on TV. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1065712800757964042003-10-09T11:20:00.000-04:002003-10-14T20:19:02.160-04:00Tonight I attended a Tex in the City business meeting in Midtown (including a nice social time afterwards with two of my three business partners) after a long and necessary break. It was great getting back into the swing of Tex in the City and to planning our next venture. Stay tuned to www.texinthecity.com for all the latest news!Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1065586346682846182003-10-08T00:12:00.000-04:002003-10-13T17:06:13.310-04:00After watching the initial exit polls tonight for the California Governor Recall Vote (as well as the two months of coverage leading up to the election), I have to wonder what happens now to the old saying, "Politics is show business for ugly people." Except for Ronald Reagan, Jesse Ventura and a few mayoral races that I can, pardon the pun, recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger is the most famous Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1065551960136215302003-10-07T14:39:00.000-04:002003-10-08T00:36:15.540-04:00The Pope is ill but still got up this morning at 9 AM and flew three hours in a helicopter from Vatican City in Rome to Pompei for a planned trip. I have not been in agreement with Pope John Paul II on many issues but I have to give him credit for keeping up the work that has been designated for him. I have a feeling that the world is going to change drastically when John Paul II dies and Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1065384156103081942003-10-05T16:02:00.000-04:002003-10-07T01:37:35.263-04:00I went to a new Downtown hotspot this weekend in the far East Village called ClubHouse on Ave C (aka Loisaida Avenue) at East 9th Street. All the rumors you have heard about Alphabet City being hip, clean, cool and one of the hottest neighborhoods in New York City are all true. ClubHouse is owned and operated by the same people that ran the classic East Village haunts Starlight (now closed) andGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1065207759241647042003-10-03T15:02:00.000-04:002003-10-03T15:06:14.113-04:00Tonight after a Logic Games Workshop I am going out for a drink with an old friend. Which old friend you ask? Let's just say he has been mentioned here before and may be mentioned here again tomorrow. We'll see!Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1065112889112160412003-10-02T12:41:00.000-04:002003-10-02T12:41:28.910-04:00Last night was my LSAT Midterm Test. The class is halfway over and there are eight weeks, four days to go until T-day! Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1064869940521339052003-09-29T17:12:00.000-04:002003-10-02T13:02:43.566-04:00Today I discovered that my long-awaited LMDC (Lower Manhattan Development Corporation) rent grant reimbursement check arrived. The monthly grant, which was awarded to people who moved to Downtown Manhattan after 9/11 and were willing to sign a two year lease, was a major factor in my decision to live below Canal Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan after moving from Midtown West in Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1064630193500159902003-09-26T22:36:00.000-04:002003-10-03T15:16:59.920-04:00I completely forgot to mention that I saw the second preview performance of The Boy from Oz before I left for Texas. You will probably hear this time and time again from now until the Tony Awards but Hugh Jackman is dynamite as Peter Allen and completely inhabits the character from the first moment on stage atop a piano through the show-stopping finale. An actor like Hugh Jackman makes a Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1064465234639771592003-09-25T00:47:00.000-04:002003-09-30T16:13:23.503-04:00I am leaving today for Texas on an unexpected long weekend out of town. The annual State Fair of Texas begins this weekend at Fair Park in Dallas. If I am lucky, I will get to make myself sick on the world's best corny dogs, funnel cakes and cotton candy. Ahh, Texas!Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1064335062563176502003-09-23T12:37:00.000-04:002003-09-23T13:25:14.693-04:00Sometimes a man is pretty and there is no other way to describe him. He is not handsome, he is not cute, he is not sexy and he is not manly. Being a pretty man probably has its benefits and drawbacks, like everything in life, but I always think a pretty man has to be either so sure of himself in every way or so oblivious to his looks that he never thinks about the stares, the gossip or the Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1064286195688314282003-09-22T23:03:00.000-04:002003-09-23T12:07:53.153-04:00I just made it back to New York from my hurricane Isabel shortened weekend in Atlanta. I took the bus and subway home from the airport for the first time in a long time (M60 to Astoria Blvd/31 Street N Train) and went straight to my Monday night LSAT class and then to dinner in Union Square. It's not so bad rolling a suitcase through the streets of Queens and Manhattan but let me just mention Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1064100023487027172003-09-20T19:20:00.000-04:002003-09-23T12:22:16.126-04:00Today I am in Atlanta doing one of my favorite things...looking at real estate. My Mom is in the initial stages of planning her impending move to Atlanta from Texas to be nearer to her first grandson. Today we all piled into the family Range Rover and set out to look at townhomes, condos and cluster homes in lovely suburban locales like Kennesaw, Towne Lake and Woodstock. The Greater Atlanta Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1063902102951839472003-09-18T12:21:00.000-04:002003-09-18T16:51:14.143-04:00Everyone within the virtual sound of my fingers typing these keys should make a reservation now for the newest show by Lance Werth and his friend Joanna Parsons, Reddy or Not, at Don't Tell Mama's. Lance and Joanna have finally put all of their freaky devotion (and creative talents) into a two-person show honoring the life and music of Helen. I saw the show on opening night and I laughed until Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1063818031350374792003-09-17T13:00:00.000-04:002003-09-17T13:02:37.836-04:00I just have to put an LSAT Logic Game on my blog so people can get a look at what kind of painful, horrible, spirit-breaking work I am doing on a regular basis. Keep in mind, this is merely a mid-level difficulty question and there are only 3 of the six questions from the original section listed below. Man, lately I feel as dumb as a rock. At least my teacher is cute!
An attorney is Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1063593416072577532003-09-14T22:36:00.000-04:002003-09-17T12:41:26.886-04:00Last night I went to see a two-person show called Guile at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater on 26th Street with my friend Lance. Guile was written and performed by Stephanie Mnookin and Eliot Laurence and consisted of the two performers, in various positions on the stage, telling stories, singing songs and presenting scenes which they read from notecards. Interesting. Not always truthful,Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1063425075183560552003-09-12T23:51:00.000-04:002003-09-17T12:42:07.590-04:00Last night I saw Little Shop of Horrors in previews at the Virginia Theater on Broadway. The show, which opens on October 2nd, is as much fun as the 1986 movie of the same name starring Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene. Hunter Foster, Broadway's original Bobby Strong from Urinetown The Musical, is a fantastic Seymour and I probably cannot write enough here about Kerry Butler as Audrey, direct fromGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1063303206383404022003-09-11T14:00:00.000-04:002003-09-11T14:00:06.230-04:009/11/01Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1063218678363243782003-09-10T14:31:00.000-04:002003-09-11T01:45:08.436-04:00I moved to the Lower East Side of Manhattan in November, 2002 making tomorrow the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center during which I have lived in Lower Manhattan. I lived on West 57th Street during the actual attacks on September 11, 2001 but my first three years in Manhattan were spent in the heart of Greenwich Village, where I developed my connection to Downtown. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1063043780941130182003-09-08T13:56:00.000-04:002003-09-10T01:27:47.440-04:00La verdad es que por mucho tiempo he querido escribir en español en mis Historias de Nueva York. A veces me sale mas fácil escribir en español que en inglés porque el idioma requiere más exactitud de mi parte con el vocabulario y con la gramática. Siempre he pensado que los mejores poetas del mundo son los latinoamericanos y los españoles por la cantidad de palabras que tienen a su alcance y Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1062985411226529592003-09-07T21:43:00.000-04:002003-09-11T02:24:28.270-04:00How about another example of a Sex and the City coincidence in my life? On tonight's episode (#85, "The Domino Effect"), Samantha and Smith are out walking after a manually stimulating round of sex when Smith tries to grab Sam's hand in a touching gesture of television intimacy. Samantha pulls away and missteps through an open sidewalk storage grate. When Samantha tells Carrie about her Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1062882028200749522003-09-06T17:00:00.000-04:002003-09-06T17:00:28.203-04:00Sweet Home New York City...where the skies are so blue! My official favorite part of the year has begun. Starting today until January 2nd, I am thrilled to be alive! The rest of the time I just cope. I am glad to be home from my extended trip to Texas and I am looking forward to a fantastic season.Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1062881803557335672003-09-06T16:56:00.000-04:002003-09-06T17:00:18.563-04:00Happy Anniversary Granny and Grandpa!Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1062469210420956512003-09-01T22:20:00.000-04:002003-09-06T17:00:42.410-04:00Who is Daniel Cooper you ask? You know, someone special who likes me! I like being liked.
PS. I am taking my first LSAT diagnostic practice test a week from Wednesday. How do you blog fear?Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1062439843887012892003-09-01T14:10:00.000-04:002003-09-01T22:20:58.080-04:00Ah, Texas! I am here on the last day of an extended vacation after spending almost a week and half in and around the Lone Star State (save the three day sojourn to Las Vegas). I have to say that I am going to miss the Great State of Texas. This trip started last week with a short stay in Dallas as a private vacation away from family and friends. I took two days to drive a rental car to all ofGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1062052031529822312003-08-28T02:27:00.000-04:002003-09-01T14:11:25.523-04:00I am back in the blogging saddle again! I just returned from Sin City (where I spent the second of 3 mini-vacations) and I have to say that I love that town!!! I took my Mom to Las Vegas for a short getaway since she had never experienced its excitement. We had an amazing time and I even won a little money...who knew that I have what it takes to be a killer at the Roulette table. There were Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1061573143046084982003-08-22T13:25:00.000-04:002003-08-22T13:25:43.063-04:00I got off the plane in Texas and who did I see to my left at the baggage claim?...Jill Cordes from The Best Of, one of my favorite shows on Food Network. I love her! She is in Big D for a show segment. I will have to keep my eyes open this fall to catch the episode.
By the way, it is 104 degrees here today but from inside my air-conditioned car, it is lovely!Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1061513474803661792003-08-21T20:51:00.001-04:002003-09-11T02:18:17.870-04:00This past Sunday, I went with my friend Lance to a very progressive theatrical experience on the roof the Holiday Inn on West 57th Street at 10th Avenue. Swim Shorts II was a series of five one-act plays which took place in and around the hotel's roof-top swimming pool. The plays were decent but the writing seemed a bit forced as each play had to be somehow relevant to the aquatic setting. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1061513498219863092003-08-21T20:51:00.000-04:002003-08-22T13:26:43.056-04:00Welcome to Texas! First class upgrades are so nice, three mushroom pizzas are not. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1061439008478460252003-08-21T00:10:00.000-04:002003-08-22T13:07:06.290-04:00Does anyone remember when DKNY, the fashion giant, sued a tiny Lower East Side electronics store, named TKNY (standing for Tokyo/New York), for trademark infringement when the latter opened a small, upscale electronics boutique in 2002? DKNY sued saying that TKNY was too similar a name and that potential customers would be confused as to product and location. DKNY also claimed that although the Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1061264166231302092003-08-18T23:36:00.000-04:002003-08-22T13:22:17.393-04:00I know I need to let the Ann Richards party go already but I just want to make sure and mark the occasion of my New York City print news debut. Now that most of the media coverage has come and gone, it turns out that the New York Sun article from August 13, 2003 was the first, and so far only, picture of me as a partner of Tex in the City. On a side note, ignore the reporter's diss of the partyGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1061145836464995662003-08-17T14:43:00.000-04:002003-08-18T03:01:25.013-04:00I just have to ask if anyone else is watching the Penn & Teller series on Showtime? If you are, let's talk genius. If not, get thee to a cable box and tune in!
How about this tidbit of news from Monday's Page Six: "Even stranger than the spectacle of seeing the Sex Pistols play Jones Beach - where the aging punkers will wear youthful images of their own faces on shirts and jackets designed Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1061074736704121142003-08-16T18:58:00.000-04:002003-08-17T15:28:57.556-04:00Thursday, August 14, 2003
4:09pm -- Wrote and sent an email to my business partners in advance of our evening business meeting.
4:10pm -- Logged on to my bank account to transfer funds for withdrawal. Failed.
4:11pm -- Computer, air conditioner, TV and all electronic clocks sputtered and flashed.
4:12pm-- Apartment went quiet and all electricity lost.
4:15pm -- Shaved and took shower as Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1060996902021102412003-08-15T21:21:00.000-04:002003-08-17T13:52:12.153-04:00Blackout 2003 -- I just got power back to my apartment at 9:18pm after 29 hours and 7 minutes. Oh the stories I could tell!Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1060878692461170502003-08-14T12:31:00.000-04:002003-08-17T01:49:48.290-04:00There is so much to say about the book launch party on Tuesday that I think I will let other people speak for me. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words, not to mention all the words that come from fantastic media coverage. Check it out all here:
Tex in the City Photos
New York Times, August 17, 2003
New York Times, August 14, 2003
New York Sun, August 13, 2003
New York Post, July 23, Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1060788946958621172003-08-13T11:35:00.000-04:002003-08-16T18:59:15.586-04:00All I can say is WOW!!! Ann Richards is the BEST, Tina Louise is FANTASTIC, Janice Combs is WONDERFUL, Maurice Dubois is ENGAGING, Alina Cho is BEAUTIFUL, Fran Weissler is POWERFUL and Tex in the City is flying high after last night's book launch party!!!Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1060712297945892912003-08-12T14:18:00.000-04:002003-08-14T12:10:13.623-04:00Today is the day of the Ann Richards book launch party co-hosted by Tex in the City, LLC at Jean-Luc Restaurant on the Upper West Side. Everything is ready and I have just returned home from a long morning of party prep at the restaurant. Who knew that gift bag assembly was such glamorous work! I feel like the weather is going to work against us tonight in that it is August and the party, Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1060619564323488252003-08-11T12:32:00.000-04:002003-08-11T19:37:19.230-04:00Exactly one year ago today, I saw Hairspray on Broadway while it was in previews. I was celebrating a very special one year anniversary and seeing the show followed by dinner at Joe Allen's was my way of celebrating. I thought I would take a stroll down memory lane and republish this entry from August 11, 2002 first published in a former version of New York Stories. I feek like Liz Smith or Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1060459953357796432003-08-09T16:12:00.000-04:002003-08-11T04:30:42.220-04:00I finally went to to the TKTS booth at South Street Seaport this afternoon for half price Broadway tickets after months of wondering about the advantages/disadvantages of the new Downtown booth versus the booth in Times Square. The Seaport TKTS booth, which finally has a permanent home at the corner of Front and John Street, is rather small and not terribly well designed for crowds or lines but Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1060391220583068602003-08-08T21:07:00.000-04:002003-08-10T11:39:20.130-04:00My Mom is visiting NYC for the impending Ann Richards party and we are living it up! Tonight we saw Seabiscuit at Empire 25 in Times Square and then really celebrated by going on a late night shopping spree at the PathMark Supercenter in Pike Slip. Try as I did, I could not get my Mom NOT to pay for all the groceries, including goodies like ice cream, popsicles, BBQ potato chips, Hershey's Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1060224389289330082003-08-06T22:46:00.000-04:002003-08-07T21:21:56.140-04:00NEW YORK, Tue Aug 5, 2003 (Seward Park Sentinel) -- Tex in the City LLC, one of the most cutting edge artistic production companies in New York received its official trademark today from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The four inventive partners of Tex in the City, friends who first met at Richland High School in Ft. Worth, Texas and accidentally happened upon each other almost fifteen Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1060141029490655392003-08-05T23:37:00.000-04:002003-08-07T16:51:02.540-04:00Today I had a follow-up visit with my family doctor after the horror of the emergency room experience on Sunday. Everything seems to be fine except for the dueling bodily effects of Vicodin, which I'm taking for pain and Cipro, which I'm taking for the urinary tract infection. Anyone who knows anything about medicine will know what I mean.
In other news, the Ann Richards book launch party Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059969046419897272003-08-03T23:50:00.000-04:002003-08-07T16:54:38.683-04:00Let me tell you a worse way to spend a Sunday afternoon in New York City than in an emergency room doubled over in agony suffering from the effects of an impending kidney stone and urinary tract infection. Oh wait, there isn't one! After experiencing the worst triage nurse in Manhattan, the joys of an IV, two shots of morphine that did not numb the pain, dry heaves and urinating into a screenedGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059796095983806742003-08-01T23:48:00.000-04:002003-08-07T13:08:35.576-04:00This morning there was an unexpected knock on the door of my apartment. I rolled over and ignored it happy with the knowledge that the lock was on and the safety bar was latched. I figured that the person would think I was not home and leave. An hour later when I woke up, I had forgotten about the knock so I was a bit surprised to see a stack of papers in my entry way, which had obviously beenGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059686554154455242003-07-31T17:22:00.000-04:002003-07-31T17:32:04.100-04:00If everyone loves Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and its ratings are through the roof, what gave way to the recent gay backlash? Since I am a tax-paying citizen and not a member of the Dixie Chicks, I am just going to say it, "I am embarrassed that the President is taking a very high-profile anti-homosexual stand on issues such as marriage, legal unions and adoption." The Pope is also jumping onGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059592571997547842003-07-30T15:16:00.000-04:002003-07-30T20:21:02.660-04:00I have to say thank you to a few people for keeping it real:
1) to Laura at Tooth and Nil Theatre for furthering the sparkling reputations of Texans in the City. Patronize Tooth and Nil whenever you can.
2) to my friend Sam for reading the NYPD Daily Blotter in the New York Post and finding a bit of closure to a grisly LES news story that kept me awake at night...New York Post, NYPD Daily Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059534325515905692003-07-29T23:05:00.000-04:002003-07-30T20:14:50.683-04:00How cool is Lifetime for rearranging their Golden Girls episode schedule to air the famous Bob Hope episode entitled, "You Gotta Have Hope" on Monday night. I like it when television stations keep up with current events. In memory of Bob Hope, 1903 -2003. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059439227676949742003-07-28T20:40:00.000-04:002003-07-29T07:16:20.876-04:00Mon Jul 28,10:05 AM ET SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An off-duty Singapore Airlines steward took off all his clothes and threw the contents of his wallet around as stunned passengers on a flight from Australia looked on, a newspaper reported. Singapore's Straits Times said Saturday the 31-year-old man had been traveling as a passenger on the flight from Perth in Australia's west to Singapore on July 11Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059366974788828292003-07-28T00:36:00.000-04:002003-07-28T01:02:56.756-04:00I saw Swimming Pool tonight at Landmark Sunshine Cinema on East Houston Street. The latest film by Francois Ozon stars Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier and tells the tale of an English mystery novelist and her sojourn to the south of France for an inspirational vacation away from London. I actually received several positive reviews from friends and since a good mystery is my favorite kind Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059329492141432562003-07-27T14:11:00.000-04:002003-07-28T01:00:04.420-04:00This afternoon I had a fantastic phone conversation with my friend Sam. I am so relieved to know that I am not the only one who thinks about JK Rowling's writing schedule, the up and down weight of Rocco DiSpirito, how Kyan is the best overall Fab Fiver on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy but that Carson is the one that you would most want as a friend, what the future holds for David Gest and Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059272556279183702003-07-26T22:22:00.000-04:002003-07-27T00:28:45.260-04:00New York Stories achieved a milestone on Friday when Lower East Side blogger-extraordinaire Lockhart Steele included a mention on his very well-known webpage. Lockhart's website has recently been mentioned in the New York Post for tracking Keith McNally's new downtown restaurant and is linked to so many websites that I cannot keep track of them all. LockhartSteele.com is the definitive source Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059188743644523622003-07-25T23:05:00.000-04:002003-07-27T00:24:26.640-04:00It can't be! I don't believe it! I never saw this coming! NEW YORK, Associated Press, Friday, July 25, 2003 -- Liza Minnelli and David Gest, who were married last year in a star-studded ceremony, have separated, Minnelli's spokesman said Friday. Spokesman Warren Cowan said he could provide no other details.
When Bobby Fine, Nathan Lane's openly ambiguous lounge singing character, divorces Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1059080856455263642003-07-24T17:07:00.000-04:002003-07-28T00:28:09.480-04:00I have to mention that my string of Amanda Lepore sightings (#1, #2, #3) continued last night in the oddest place for a post-op transexual performance diva to be spotted. As I was walking through Times Square on my way home from a business meeting, I happened to stop on the corner of 42nd Street and 7th Avenue to answer a call on my cell phone when I noticed the open door of a Lincoln Town Car Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1058991921091607522003-07-23T16:25:00.000-04:002003-07-24T08:05:59.706-04:00As I mentioned yesterday, I watched Queer Eye for the Straight Guy last night on Bravo and became a huge fan of the show. I like the idea, the set-up and the Fab Five themselves. I hope the show opens some eyes that the gay world has more to offer than night clubs, bars, drugs and indiscriminate sex. Ironically, I came across Liz Smith's column in the New York Post today and to my surprise, Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1058927171770169152003-07-22T22:26:00.000-04:002003-07-24T02:40:30.190-04:00I am home tonight and saw a commercial for Queer Eye for the Straight Guy airing this week on NBC after Will & Grace. I thought I better jump on the bandwagon while the show is still on Bravo so I am watching now. I LOVE the show already and I've only been watching for five minutes!!! The five gay guys are not as campy as I expected them to be and I love the idea of a different person Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1058858182881368632003-07-22T03:16:00.000-04:002003-07-24T02:52:20.400-04:00I have to remind myself to write about the inpromptu party on Friday night at the Upper West Side apartment of my old friend Mike and his new husband John, the illegal masseurs who took a cabbie to civil court for homophobia after the cab driver threw them out of his cab for making-out one night. I ran into Mike in the TKTS line on Friday afternoon and after we saw our respective shows, he Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1058721887892631252003-07-20T13:24:00.000-04:002003-07-24T17:05:50.490-04:00To finish out my Broadway weekend, I saw Thoroughly Modern Millie on Friday night and Take Me Out on Saturday night. I am a sucker for a big, splashy musical with lots of song-and-dance numbers and a happy ending. TMM did not disappoint. I think it deserves every one of its 6 Tony Awards, including Best Musical of 2002. I had the honor of seeing Harriet Harris in her Tony Award-winning role Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030285.post-1058550943717716612003-07-18T13:55:00.000-04:002003-07-24T08:03:33.933-04:00I intend to indulge myself over the next few days by making it an all-Broadway weekend. Last night I saw Gypsy starring the illuminating Bernadette Peters. It was truly incredible evening on Broadway. Unlike most of my gay compatriots, I had never seen or heard any version of Gypsy so the entire show was completely new to me. I was amazed at how many cultural references come from the Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565256812077513776noreply@blogger.com