Friday, August 24, 2007

An august August

It promises to be another BIG weekend for IJS.

Tonight I really wanted to go to the Shawn Ryan show, but there is just too much going on and I don't think I can commit to being anywhere at any specific time.

The venerable and sunny Metro is closing this weekend (sad!) so many are meeting for happy hour on the deck and toasting a farewell martini. Rumor is that the bar will be relocating to what is now the Expansion Bar on Market at Church. But the lure of the Metro isn't the bar, but the sunshine and the deck.

Coco Flores, Shilpa Patel, Jim Myers

Amy Day and visitors are joining us. She has some good friends in town from Washington state who need some prodding. A night in the Castro should do it.

After that there is the 2-4-1 fun that is Friday at the Sadlands Badlands.

Sundance Saloon is not getting the attendance they need for their expanded Friday nights, so they are having a big promotional push with lots of advertising, free passes, and coupons. I'd love to support it again tonight, but getting there with all the other things going on would be problematic. There is a benefit at Marlena's starting at 8, show at 9, starring the lovely talented Miss Winnie Bego. I am friends with Winnie's alter ego via the Rodeo and these shows never fail to entertain. From there it's later night fun/show at StarF*cker at Deco.

And speaking of the Rodeo, Sunday is a "Cowboys and Cowhide" beer bust a the Eagle.

It's also the beginning of Bear Week, so there are parties and promotions all over town tonight, tomorrow, and ongoing.

And tomorrow we will be celebrating my birthday (observed)! Woo hoo! Drinks at Club Jackson, followed by Thai dinner on Polk Street, and then an intimate evening (11:00) with Joan Rivers in the Plush Room.

So much fun!

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