Hey y'all, finally rested enough to post after about 48 hours of transitional time and rest. NOLA is as sleepy and cold as I've ever seen it, but today the temperatures finally broke 50 and everyone's coming back out.

The social center of Marigny (or "The Marigny" as peeps call it here,)is the alt coffee shop Flora's. When Johnny went over for our morning coffee today he reported that the counter was being womanned our favorite employee - a bearded, mustached lesbian, who was serving a fully tattooed man (including face) while nearby a thalidomide guy with the flippers was sipping his.

Other social center is Frenchmen Street, where at the veggie cafe we just stumbled in on a liquor licensing class being given to the staff, which included every permutation of the rather amazing Louisiana liquor laws. These included -

Liquor can be sold 24 hours including Sundays.

Liquor can be carried in anything but glass within the quarter at any hour on the street, or in a car, including by the driver. Rock on!

Bars may not employ "b-girls" to hustle customers into buying them drinks.

The guy teaching the class was hilarious as he added his own commentary to each letter of the law, and even included some tip freak admonitions like
"Don't rush at the end of your shift to close out an obviously wasted customer's tab, leave with your tip, and leave him to vomit on the bar for the next shift. Offer to get him a cab instead."

Tomorrow night Sylvain is playing here so we'll probably do our first late night in his honor.

more reports soon - love to all-

We will be here in NY waiting for the next iteration.

by the way "Low Life" is excellent!! I am devouring it right now. Thanks for the suggestion!

Just goes to show you everyting is cyclical!

T

Mommy & I having a ball. Temp today in the 70's! So many freaky people here. What is it? Hattie?

discovered yesterday way uptown-
a dance/yoga studio with total black and purple goth decor. If vampyres do yoga, they must do it here.

sighted today at Dauphine Street-

a new hybrid -
goth with mullet!

only in NOLA, kids...

PLUS

Drag report:

Best drag queen names so far-
Blanche Debris
Hattie OneTooMany (look out hatches!!!)

Best bartender names-
Pitty Pat
Negligee
(both work at Big Daddy's -the bar on our corner)

[This message was edited by Chi Chi on 01-12-02 at 12:46 AM.]

hope your enjoying the gay mecca as much as I have. When do you come back and what's going on in NY?

Well, don't really know what's going on in NY as we've been here. Are you still out West? We'll be coming back in a few days and then returning here for the last week of Mardi Gras (Feb. 5) through mid-late February.

The next Factory event is Betty Page on March 9 at CBGB gallery space. See mothernyc website for details.

And yes, it really is a gay mecca - they even still have a proper bathhouse which is also the only gym in the Quarter.

Back in NYC from PPTown..Nice to be home. The only thing missing is you and Daddy.Hurry back soon..

Before I forget, we went to the most divine bar last night and it is about four doors from our house. It's called The Queen's Pub and its a good thing we just discovered it because I might have become a fixture there and an alky during our stay. Old school does not begin to define it - the bartender is absolutely the sweetest queen of a certain age (55+) even in this city of sweet older queens who all call you darlin'. Natch there is a piano bar scene there, and interestingly, a very mixed crowd.

Over our three dollar drinks that were about the same size and twice as strong as NY equivalent, Billy the bartender (or Chardonnay Chartres his drag name) gave us a total rundown of must-attend drag events during Mardi Gras - including MISS LYDIA THOMPSON'S HOOKER'S BALL on Lundi Gras at legendary drag club The Mint. Meanwhile, a song came on the jukebox and the queen next to me said - "I came out in 1958 and this song was playing everywhere!"

Like most of NO, the Christmas decor has been left up and the Mardi Gras decor (in this case white plumes) just added to it. Divine!

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And of course-
Hi Bobby, welcome home! See you soon..

If you see a drucken Englishman staggering in the st in New Orleans-take a second look-it may be my brother!!!!!He left today for a shoot down there-hope your both having a great time-Whitney sends a kiss!
love boots

See today's NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/national/15FLOW.html?homepageinsidebox

I'm so jealous! I hope you make time to check out her act.

xo
MM

How funny! I was just reading about the Gennifer Flowers act earlier this morning! Mother and Daddy, you really MUST go and see her perform and give us highlights. I wonder if at any time during her act she parts her legs to give her audience a viewing of her historically significant vagina, that pink Southern Rose that Bill Clinton plucked again and again.

And her club used to be a Lucky Chengs?
'nuf said.

We walked by but didn't go in. Sorry boys.

Mommy and Daddy, I sure do mis y'all. Between the (temporary, I hope) demise of my iMac and frequent trips to CT, I have been a bit out of the loop. I do so love NO, even when it's cold and grey. I guess I will try to go down sometime during Lent. Save me something Cajun!

Hurry back safely. And be back in time to see me at Cheez Whiz . I miss you both.LOVE BMXXX

I'll be there Bobby as long as you promise to do another interpretive dance in your undies to "I Am What I Am". I'm also bringing Sweetie a little "sumthin' Cajin". Maybe there will be a little left over for you Hatch.

moving outta lisa's room...

i would GLADLY come over for a visit. i had talked to my friend nick -who i stayed with last time - when i saw him in n.y.c. about coming over for a good carnival party. if sammy and glammy came too, well... look out, mon chere.

think about a good weekend and let's do it.

And certainly not in my underwear. That space is too small to accomadate both my dick and my ego.

But I hope you'll enjoy the alternative.

Let 'er rip!

Would that be a gullet?

what's next Ache breaky goth?

only in NOLA!

Hurry back!

T&D

My dear empress, how could you be absent for the Superbowl?