Damian and I caught a screening of "
Plainclothes," Carmen Emmi's romantic thriller starring Tom Blyth as an undercover cop charged with cleaning up a cruisy men's bathroom at a local mall in Syracuse back in the late '90s. Things get complicated when the closeted plainclothes detective feels a connection with a would-be mark, played by Russell Tovey. As is my standard practice, I won't say much beyond that the film is gripping and never goes where you think it will -- and real reminder to even those of us who lived through that era just how different things are for gay people now.
Keep up with the release schedule
HERE.
We also spent the day strolling through Damian's old college campus -- aka NYU -- before getting dinner at Veselka and then heading home to catch the end of Laver Cup.
The Empire State Building showing off
On Saturday we celebrated our friends Chris and Brian's 100th birthday -- 55 for the former and 45 for the latter -- at a soiree held at Ascent Lounge in Columbus Circle, overlooking Central Park. As promised, drinking, dinner and dancing ensued -- along with hundreds of their loved ones. So happy to be a part of this great couple's big day! xo
The birthday boys
On Friday I joined a new gym ...
And on Thursday, Damian and I met up with a colleague of mine for one of his salon gatherings at the Joyce House, just a stone's throw away from my Gray Lady ex. (He knows everyone!) All in all a great four days in a row. Now all I need is another weekend to recover, because Monday night we're headed out again for dinner with a couple Damian is friends with visiting from the U.K. 😜
UPDATE: Matt and Liz were great fun! We're all caught up on our social calendar ... for now!
Click to revisit the heyday of Chelsea's 8th Avenue
My blog is featured in Susan Olsen's tell-all about the ill-fated "Brady Bunch Variety Hour"!
Growing up in Madison Heights, Mich.
The Web leads to an unexpected return to a house I grew up in.
Carlsbad, Calif. (2008)
Go Behind the Music of my high-school band, A La Plage
Little Larry left us too soon.
With Debbie Harry
With Robert Buckley
With Roger Federer
With Ed Burns
With Thomas Roberts
You've read the blog -- now read the book!
My memoir is available at Three Lives & Co. in the West Village
Like my book on Facebook here.
