# 1-3 If it's true that one never dies as long as their memory lives on, Miss Bernice Frankel ( Bea Arthur, to the woefully uneducated among you ) will live to about 500 years or so. The key to her spiritual longevity: gays.
The "Love and Let Bea" bar crawl culminated with a stop at Mary's Attic, where I encountered the rare baby blue version of my favorite T-shirt. It was like when Milhouse met the Shelbyville Milhouse. "So this is what it fells like... when doves cry."
Then at Scot's I ran into these hansome gentlemen perusing the Bea issue of Nightspots. I had no idea what I had started.
# 4 The evening ended surprisingly appropriately, as I ran into none other than local graphic guru Scott Nash, the designer of the very same Bea Is For Butch T-shirt at Jackhammer. And you'll never guess what he had on! OK, you don't have to guess as he is clearly pictured to the left, but you get my excitement level.
It was with a similar amount of excitement that I helped accept the Michael Leppen Award bestowed upon Windy City Media Group by About Face Theatre at this year's Wonka Ball. Thanks so much for the honor! Photo by Kat Fitzgerald,
MysticImagesPhotography.com
# 5 And if Bea were here right now, she would almost certainly tell you all to play safe this big, big party weekend!
# 6 Leave it to local photographer Chester Munro to turn out a top-notch leather cover. This being his second year, he is our official Memorial Day cover guy. He sure has the eye for it.
#7 This photo of Mr. Heart of America Continental Michael J. Valentine inspired some sublime stupidity. And it's this stupidity I bring to each and every issue of Nightspots magazine!