birthday in plume

Wow. Even a week later I feel that was one wild birthday night.

Bar AIDS. Obama. Truck. Poser.

A rare hot summer night in San Francisco.

And fabulous friends in feathers and fringe.

First off there was Oklahoma Jon, a wholesome country boy of the cloth who doesn't like drag, and does not have much a wild side, showed me up by showing up like this:


Jon totally stepped up. Now he just has to develop the persona to go with the drag. So far, he's just a little latin boy in a dress.



He didn't understand why strangers wanted to talk to him and take his picture. My only advice: Dream it, live it, be it. He did come up with a great name: Anita Himalaya.

Now Kevin... ah, Kevin... Kevin can always be counted on to be a capital-P Participant. We've seen the headdress before, but I could only hope it would make another outing.

We were not disappointed. He even brought the flag from the front his house. Coco captioned this one "Gayest Indian Ever:"


You know, except for this one.


While most boys and girls managed a boa here and there, or stuck a feather in a cap (but did not call it macaroni), the big F&F prize goes to Michael Smith who showed up as a Vegas Showgirl.

Oh My Fucking God.


Whose red carpet is it now Bitches?

Special love to Coco (Co-Captain, Team Wilson), who brought feathers and a little magic potion for the birthday boy.

And special love to the fabulous Original Fag Hag Suzan Revah. This girl is a one-woman whirlwind of party.

And I was especially flattered that she included this birthday event in her weekly newsletter of must-see parties around town (the Original Fag Hag's Cruise Alert).

I was very flattered.

When RMJ emerged from his cab, I berated him for lack of costume. Of all of my friends, RMJ is the one most able to dress for feathers and fringe out of his closet. He then did a 180...


...and showed off the red, white and blue sequined fringe he made just for tonight-combining the theme for me and the Obama speech.

It was also "Poser" night at Truck so there was a red carpet and professional photographer. Special thanks to the very special photographer for the night: Matt Colagiuri (friend from Martuni's and The Barber Lounge). Matt: you really made our night.

Because we are all such posers:






Love to my dedicated crew.

AKA: Team America!



Final note: I love that in every photo, Kevin strikes and "Indian" pose.

And how.

All photos on Flickr.