After North Carolina’s same-sex marriage ban was approved many LGBT folks declared that they’d never vacation there again. (The Outer Banks have long been a favorite summertime gay destination.) The city of Durham thinks you should still visit and has launched a new website promoting itself as a gay-friendly place. Via press release: Durham is widely known as an open …
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Evening View – Ferry Parade
Afternoon View – Retail Bears
Outside the Marc Jacobs store. Note the harnesses.
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I love these little houses.
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For Your PTown Tattoo Emergency
If you have a tattoo emergency, rub-on armbands are available in the Boatslip men’s room for 75 cents. (Condoms are free at the bar.)
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Evening View – Lobster pot
Father Tony On Bear Week
“How you structure your Provincetown days and nights is telling. During Bear Week, I tried to do too much. I loved the people-watching from the chairs in front of Joe’s coffee shop, in the crowd at Tea Dance, or over a burger at Bubala’s. I loved the music at Bob Mould’s Blowoff party at the Boatslip, I loved my boat …
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Open Thread Thursday
What’s your favorite summer getaway?
Read More »Provincetown’s Hat Sisters
Late yesterday afternoon I ran into Provincetown’s legendary Hat Sisters on Commercial Street. People were mobbing them before they could even get out of their car. I first heard about the Hat Sisters many years ago when they made regular appearances in the comic strip The Most Unfabulous Social Life Of Ethan Green.
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Morning View – Provincetown
Evening View – The Boatslip
Afternoon View – PTown City Hall
Provincetown Low Tide
The tides in Provincetown are rather dramatic. It was a bit of an exhausting slog to muck back in from way out there.
Read More »Armistead Maupin Speaks In P-Town
Today I attended Tea With Armistead Maupin, where the famed author entertained a standing-room only crowd with anecdotes from the history of his legendary Tales Of The City series. One highlight was his reading of a chapter from the upcoming The Days Of Anna Madrigal, which traces the history of one of his most beloved characters. The following Q&A from …
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Afternoon View – PTown To-Do List
I’m attending the Armistead Maupin talk later today and will take in one of Matt Alber’s shows later this week. I’m still cracking up over Bearilyn Monroe.
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