Finally

We got our internet hooked up on Friday. But the wireless card I bought for my computer caused it to not work, so it took a little more time to get myself up and running.

So, Friday's hottie is a little late. But this should make up for it:

All Kinds 'o Yumm

Today I picked up the keys to the apartment, and dropped off a car-load of stuff. Nauber seems excited about some aspects, and not excited about others. He said he is going to miss all of his "people" in Worcester. Mind you, he's been prattling on about moving to Boston since I met him (and was moving to CA at the time, sigh).

And technically, I am "moving in" with my boyfriend. This is a first for me. We will have separate bedrooms, of course. We kind of need the closet space, anyway!

Stade

Three more cheers for Dieux du Stade!

Saddle Up

Strings

And her intent is to do what, again??

I forgot to mention that while I was at the Wave Bar at the Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, a Lady Gaga video came on. I actually overheard someone say:

"She's not that attractive. If her songs weren't so good, she wouldn't be as popular."

So, how you do YOU pick your favorite singers??

Go Mass!

Massachusetts is gonna try to get rid of DoMA!
I'm just glad they waited until there were no major elections in the pipeline!

Boom Boom Ptown

This past weekend was the 4th of July holiday. Brazil's independence is celebrated on September 7. Nauber said he had never missed a parade for Brazil independence, so while in the USA, he seems to celebrate ours as a proxy. Of the myriad places he wanted to go (NYC, DC, Philly, Vegas) we ended up in Provincetown.

We left about 9:30 Friday (7/3/09) morning, so traffic was pretty decent all the way out. Slowdown leading to the Bourne bridge, and lots of stopping for left-turners along Rte 6 along the outer cape - which is to be expected - but pretty light yet.

Mykael was following separately because he had an allergist appointment. It was after 7pm when he showed up, because he hit heavy traffic. We had brought a mountain of food, most of which was 'donated' by Panera Bread. Between the free breakfast at the hotel and the snacks, fruit, sandwiches, etc. that we had brought along, we rarely ate out, other than ice cream. That saved us a huge chunk of money. But Nauber and I did go out for lunch on Friday afternoon. Since Mykael (severely seafood allergic) was not there yet, we got some calamari. Lunch itself was a avocado/caramelized onion burger with a side of fries, split between us. All a bit on the pricey side (The Patio, in PTown - I was expecting food choices to be pricey). The waiter followed the burger with a second batch of calamari. Somebody made a mistake. The waiter checked, and asked if we wanted him to take it away. I said what else would they do with it, so he let us keep it free. He even apologized! No apology needed for free calamari!

Nauber and I then wandered town a bit. Stopped at WA. Went to the serenity garden in the back. We were sitting on the center bench for a bit, then wandered over into the corner. As we headed out, my sensor went off, and I saw a cute dark-skinned guy on the bench with a couple friends. As I began to recognize the face, he spoke, and the voice confirmed it quickly. It was Sergio. He didn't see us, and Nauber does not know him, so we just left. I went the rest of Friday and Saturday without seeing him. Sunday night we stopped in at the Wave Bar again. (It was free, compared to $25 for the Paramount bar on the other side of the pool on Saturday, and $20 on Sunday.) After entering, Mykael wanted to pee, and I kind of did, too. I followed him into the bathroom. He was first, so got the (only) urinal. The (only) stall was occupied, as well, so I waited. The stall-user finished first, so the door opens, and I turn to go in. The person exiting the stall was Sergio. No avoidance possible here. Mild "how are you" and "are you here with anyone" chatter, and he left. I don't think Mykael was even paying attention, because he didn't ask about it.

The parade was quite short, and was mostly fire trucks blasting their sirens. The fireworks started promptly and 9, and were actually quite impressive. They did it in four little 5-minute 'waves', so it was single-fire for a bit, then a grand-finale style flourish. The first time through, I thought it WAS the grand finale, after a mere 5 minutes. But they kept going! There must have been a technical glitch as well, because about 15 or 20 minutes after they ended, there was another 3 minutes or so of single-fire launched.

Nauber and Mykael spent a couple hours on both Saturday and Sunday lounging poolside or sand-side. Both times it was at the hotel, Provincetown Inn. We were very happy with the place, and pleased to find a fridge in the room, too. With all the food we had brought along, it saved us from raiding the ice machine all weekend. The pool was big enough to swim in, so Nauber got a little swimming in, as well. More on Sunday when the crowd was a bit thinner. Did a lot of walking, some shopping (mostly looking), and went to the Pilgrim Monument. They apparently stopped doing the free Sunday morning entrance a couple seasons ago, so I paid the $7 each for Nauber and I to go. The $10/ea pirate museum on the wharf, tho, we skipped.

The Varla Jean show was on Mykael's to-do list, until he found out there is a new theater, so tickets are now $30 instead of reasonably priced, so we didn't go. He was also chattering about getting a tattoo (to cover up the 'stains' left by an afternoon of goofing around with a needle and ink with alchie/felon Jason) but didn't end up doing that either. We did get ice cream a couple times. Not surprisingly, the Lewis Bros (site under development) was better than at Spiritus.

I do not know why, but straight people apparently LOVE going to Provincetown for the 4th. Of course, shortly after the fireworks ended, the buses started hauling them back to Wellfleet or Orleans or wherever they were seeping in from. Of course, it is just that style of cross-cultural blending that helps build the tolerance we are looking for. Gay/lesbian couples acting all coupley in the company of straights doing the same thing is not common outside the gay enclaves, so it is encouraging to see that many straight couples and families that don't mind.

Party Animal

This weekend we are heading to Provincetown to celebrate early July. PTown has fireworks of its own, even! We are planning to leave early Friday morning to beat the heavy traffic (hopefully) out Route 6. Which means my usual Friday post of hot guys will have to come a little early this week! Below is a widely circulating pic from the Borat sequel Bruno promo tour. This was in Spain. Mr Cohen is not my type, but the matadors are kinda hot!

Dark Lady

Last weekend was Providence pride. We made it to the parade, stayed by the mall. It was a SHORT parade, so we had dinner afterwards. Ducked into the Napa Grille; I do not recommend it. The food was Okay. And expensive. I like okay and cheap or expensive and fantastic. We then walked over to Dark Lady for the block party. Had a nice time. Said hi to Kendall - who was bartending, and gave us a discount. Chatted with Jean (Dennison's roomie) for a bit. Bumped into Narrin; I said Hi. He was all Heyyyy! and then flitted off, never to be spotted again. There was this hot black guy there, who seemed to be standing in front of me the entire night. If I wasn't happily coupled, I'd have definitely approached him. He had big dark sunglasses on the whole time, so I didn't actually see his face, but he Totally looked like Darryl Stephens, with maybe a 5-year lead. He even had this hairdo! In lieu of a shirt, he was wearing a black vest. What you could see was quite similar, as well.

OMG

I think this was an underwear ad or something. That is one hell of a nice bum.

Waving Little Flags

This weekend was Boston Pride. It was Sao Paulo pride, too, incidentally. So, Nauber was a little discontented to begin with. He had been trying to gather a big group of people to all go to Boston together. That failed miserably. Ronny and Andre got there well after the parade ended, and Nauber was clamoring for lunch. Mykael was also running late - as always. Brad and Cris skipped Pride and came into town late at night to see Rocky Horror. I passed on that since the last time I went it was broing as hell, now that the staff does all the interacting and the audience just watches the staff watch the show.

Mykael did join us briefly while we had a spot of lunch. Nauber got distracted by the A|X, so we got to the block party about 45 minutes before it ended. They were still charging cover, so we headed to Club Cafe instead. Mykael and Ronny/Andre said they were coming to join us. None of them did. Got tired, and went home instead.

So, Nauber and I walked to JP Licks (didn't realize they had 8 locations) on Newbury to get ice cream, then wandered around the BU campus area, and I pointed out my college spots. All in all, he was bored. He wanted the crazy excitement that any party in Brazil seems to attract, but got more of a typical New England ho-hum. He wanted to go to Roxy, as well, but I refused to go because the $40 cover seemed excessive. Which means I was partly to blame for the boringness.

He seems to want to go to Providence next weekend. We'll see how that turns out. Providence Pride tends to be more boring than Boston, and if Boston fizzled this year, I'm not sure how good Providence will be. The following weekend will be NYC Pride. He hasn't clearly stated his desires for that weekend, though I did point out he'd want to take Friday night and Saturday off from work, and that seemed to get a "can't do that" sort of reaction.

Meanwhile, Ronny found a 5 bedroom house for rent in Allston, nowhere near a T-stop, that he is insisting would be a GREAT place to move. Nauber keeps saying he wants to move to Cambridge. The red-line access would be better there, but I keep telling him we can't afford the rent there.

Underoos

Instead of a photo, how about an ad for some AussieBum.

35 - and So What

Another year older, and another year where nobody cares that it is my birthday. My BF planned to spend tonight with Mykael because he "hasn't seen him in a while". I got a little testy. Didn't say why. Don't know if he'll change plans because I asked to spend time together tonight. All my friends (local) seem to throw BD parties for each other every single year, but never have I had one. I realize I'm being whiny and petty and complaining, but I guess the cold rainy day that nobody notices is just getting me down. So, here's a little present to myself.

Give Good Face

As Madonna would say...

Fun Weekend

Saturday afternoon I was over at Brad's house, playing silly board games again. In the evening, I picked up Nauber and we headed to Framingham to pick up Geremias. He had agreed to come back to town with us, so I asked Russell if he could crash at the house, and we were all set.

We grabbed dinner in Framingham. For those of you not local, Framingham is an epicenter of Brazilian settlement. Look up the province of Minas on a map of Brazil. Then picture that territory devoid of people because they all live in Massachusetts. That's the joke, but it's based on reality. Geremias guided us to a churrascaria ('zilian BBQ), but Nauber got all pouty and said he wanted to go to Ruby Tuesday instead. He loves their salad bar... Geremias said fine, and that's where we went. We all got the combos, which are like $9 and include the salad bar ($8.50 on its own).

Nauber slept at his house, and went to church in the morning. He said he'd call when he got back. Geremias and I drove around town for a little while in the morning, and I showed him the mansions on Salisbury hill, and picked up some a bunch of berries at the produce stand. Nauber was running a little late because he had decided to do LAUNDRY. So, grabbed Ronny instead, and ran to the store to pick up soda. When Nauber was finally ready we stopped in at the Brazilian bakery for a little bite to eat (breakfast at noon!) and some coffee - I had chocolate milk. Stopped at the liquor store and bought Smirnoff's (strawberry acai is excellent, and we tried the mango, which is also very good) and Brazilian beer (cerveja).

There was big party to go to at Rick and Andre's. Their birthdays are about the same time, so they have a joint party. A gay couple inviting all their friends and family to one big party. You may recall one of these from a while ago, when cutie Junior was still around, and HERE are the details. No pictures this time around, though. Nauber and Geremias were surprised how many people there were, and what a total mixed crowd it was. There was some self-segregating, but everybody got along well. The gays were mostly American/Brazilian couples (Nauber&I, Brad&Cris, Rick&Andre, plus a couple others whose names I don't know) and their friends, so that was culturally mixed. The straights further split off into the Americans over by the beer cooler and the Brazilians over by the grill. They love churrasco, so gladly ran the grill all day long. No hotdogs this year, tho.

Nauber actually knew a couple people there, including this lady who had bought some chicken at KFC a couple weeks ago. She is American but has lived in Brazil her whole life, has been here a couple months to take care of some things, and was at the party with one of her sons. Turns out they run a small intra-Americas business, and are looking for people in their USA/LatinAmerica operations, as well as their Central/SouthAmerica operations. Geremias speaks Portuguese and Spanish (not much English yet, so Nauber's one up on him there) so spent a fair amount of time talking with them, and exchanged contact info. Nauber and Geremias were both very excited to meet so many new people, though mostly they met more Brazilians, and primarily the gay ones at that. Nauber was also excited to meet Rick's chickens and rabbits!

Psycho-ex was there, too. And being civil. We actually conversed briefly, and he gets along with Ronny now, too.

One of the Brazilian gays was bartending. The drink of choice was caipirinha, though the fruit and cream version (I saw strawberry or pineapple) was big, too. I don't like cachaca (with a tail on that last 'c' like the french, which makes it sound like an 's') because it tastes like tequila, so I didn't have any. Nauber, however, had several. Possibly too many. He got rather drunk. At one point, I'm holding him in the bathroom as he starts crying and says he misses all his old friends. He also said "I love you" which I should have been excited about, since it was the first time, but since he was really drunk, and I don't think he even remembers saying it, I'm letting it wash over me. Mykael ended up taking Geremias back home, and I just brought Nauber back to my place. He immediately plopped down on the bed, and started making gurgly noises. I suggested he go to the bathroom, but he grunted, and stayed there. For about 10 seconds. Until the vomit sprayed out across his clothes and my blanket. Guess who did a special load of laundry the next day!

Not the most auspicious ending, but overall a great day. The chocolate dipped strawberries were especially worth it!

Own a Piece of History

For $2.3M, you could own the house used in Ferris Bueller's Day Off as his friend Cameron's home (garage included!) And it's being listed by John Hughes sister!! (Not really - I made that up, but her name IS Hughes...)

Without Pretense

His name is Thiago, which is a variation on Tiago. Both of which are very indicative of Brazilian, but the "misspelling" with the 'h' is especially so.

Make you Sweat

We're having another blast of summer. About 90 yesterday, probably about 95 today. Tomorrow will be like 70 and raining, so it's not permanent heat. And of course, Nauber wanted to go to "the beach" last night. Where we could go at 6:30pm from here, to find a beach, I don't know. Maybe I should have just hosed him down in the back yard!

Hottie of the Week