Start of Festival Season
It's Here, Finally... Back when I lived in Baltimore's queer hub, the Mt Vernon community, the Flower Mart was hailed as the official start of festival season. One weekend in May, Mt Vernon place/Washington Monument exploded in plants, music, and food. A view of the Washington Monument from our seat in the grass, at the 2023 Flower Mart. Friends and I would walk over from my apartment, usually hungover, to enjoy Flower Mart. It was the gateway...afterward we could then look forward to: the Pow wow (now being re-tooled as a better…
It's February..How are those Resolutions?
2021 Resolution: Wear more Clothes with Fringes, and Play more Didgeridoo...easy In the early aughts, I took my good SLR camera to the bar, on a routine night out, for a special art project. In my oversized purse I packed a ream of colored paper and a few kiddie markers. Between drinks with the usual suspects, I asked everyone to write down a resolution for me. I started at the Mafia table, in Dougherty’s Irish Pub, continued at the Club Charles further uptown, and wrapped up while dancing at the Depot. It all got a bit blurry by the time ou…
On Socials