B-more black pride what?
I began my journey from Chi-town on Friday morning, October 5th. Destination: B-more Black Pride. Did I have any prior information on where to go in time for this event? NO. I should have taken that as a hint that I was in for a real treat. Back to the long car ride. Road Karaoke ensued and I was singing my way to Baltimore. I am starting to develop a list of songs to sing at future Karaoke nights. Yes, "Just a Gigolo" isn't enough anymore. I need to branch out. Yes, I sing Karaoke and I am damn proud of it. In addition to that, every song on the radio begins to remind me of my ex girlfriend. I mean every song from Elliot Yamen to Journey to ZZ tops. WTF? Road trips do this to me every time. And I am on the road constantly. Time to get out of my head, but looking at trees for 12 hours doesn't cut it. I know you can relate. So anyway, with no sleep the night before I am dosing on Sobe energy drinks to make it to Baltimore in time for the first Black Pride event. I finally arrive in Baltimore and have to call Jacq from "Sugar" to tell me where the hell the event is located. Amazing! Totally disorganized. So I arrive to the Sheraton Hotel downtown starving and shaking with hunger but I wanted to get there on time. I have to say, that this was a meet and greet type event with maybe 50 people tops. And when i say people, I just mean gay dudes. No dykes whatsoever. And in this light it was fine because the men were into the ditc hats, but come on Baltimore. What happened? Where was the support for this event? You go to Chi-town black pride, D.C. Black Pride, Atlanta Black pride, it is teaming with Black Pride and lots of it. Atlanta may have been one of the most amazing events of this summer. But to have absolutely minimal support in my home town makes me sad! I know you are out there black dykes and homos. But that display was poor and it made me want to talk to someone about who they have on the board!
I needed a drink so badly after that show that I called Jacq again for her to tell me where to go have a drink. She decided that I go to Club Charles. It was a fun little excursion. I spent time hanging out with my new friend Zach who had a thing for boyish looking dykes like me. I was slightly intrigued by this and slightly grossed out. But he was cool and we had fun talking about girls including the sexy bartender that I tried to make non-monogamous from her boyfriend by the end of the evening. She wasn't having it unfortunately but I really wasn't trying too hard. It was helping me pass the time to flirt. Personally I think she was scared, but that is just me. Perhaps I will go back again on Tuesday night when she is working again, but I doubt it.
As far as Black Pride day 2 goes, I was hoping for a different story, but the same thing occurred the next day at the vendor expo/workshops. It was basically the same attendance and the same people as the night before. So you might realize that rushing to get into Baltimore was pretty pointless. Perhaps the nighttime parties created by my girl Dale were in much better attendance. I am not sure, but i will never do that event again. Not until something changes to draw in more people. I would like to give props to my girl Fahtima, a beautiful artist, and my pseudo date for the evening. As well as my boy Keith who basically supported dykesinthecity that weekend. Perhaps the outdoor event on Sunday was where it was at for B-more Black pride but unfortunately I could not do that portion because i would be on my way to Philly Outfest!
As far as Saturday night goes, I had the pleasure of attending the Charm City Kitty Club performance in Baltimore's Patterson Park area. It brought back old memories to be passing the house where Erin and I spent several nights in before moving to Ithaca, NY. Erin would be my 2nd to last ex just so you know she wasn't the one I was spending time thinking about on the road. No that is someone entirely different and I am sure these blogs will clue you in on my incredibly cray cray life. But perhaps being single will make things a lot more interesting in the future. So back to what I was saying, the performances were witty and really fun. The crowd was totally supportive and into it. It was the first time I was able to attend one of those events and it was well worth it. It was organized, exciting, lengthy, and I saw half of the people I once knew in Charm City. I love to come back to my old stomping ground. So the night ended with Bop Pizza and Sappho for a drink. Off to bed for my next journey, Philly Outfest!
I needed a drink so badly after that show that I called Jacq again for her to tell me where to go have a drink. She decided that I go to Club Charles. It was a fun little excursion. I spent time hanging out with my new friend Zach who had a thing for boyish looking dykes like me. I was slightly intrigued by this and slightly grossed out. But he was cool and we had fun talking about girls including the sexy bartender that I tried to make non-monogamous from her boyfriend by the end of the evening. She wasn't having it unfortunately but I really wasn't trying too hard. It was helping me pass the time to flirt. Personally I think she was scared, but that is just me. Perhaps I will go back again on Tuesday night when she is working again, but I doubt it.
As far as Black Pride day 2 goes, I was hoping for a different story, but the same thing occurred the next day at the vendor expo/workshops. It was basically the same attendance and the same people as the night before. So you might realize that rushing to get into Baltimore was pretty pointless. Perhaps the nighttime parties created by my girl Dale were in much better attendance. I am not sure, but i will never do that event again. Not until something changes to draw in more people. I would like to give props to my girl Fahtima, a beautiful artist, and my pseudo date for the evening. As well as my boy Keith who basically supported dykesinthecity that weekend. Perhaps the outdoor event on Sunday was where it was at for B-more Black pride but unfortunately I could not do that portion because i would be on my way to Philly Outfest!
As far as Saturday night goes, I had the pleasure of attending the Charm City Kitty Club performance in Baltimore's Patterson Park area. It brought back old memories to be passing the house where Erin and I spent several nights in before moving to Ithaca, NY. Erin would be my 2nd to last ex just so you know she wasn't the one I was spending time thinking about on the road. No that is someone entirely different and I am sure these blogs will clue you in on my incredibly cray cray life. But perhaps being single will make things a lot more interesting in the future. So back to what I was saying, the performances were witty and really fun. The crowd was totally supportive and into it. It was the first time I was able to attend one of those events and it was well worth it. It was organized, exciting, lengthy, and I saw half of the people I once knew in Charm City. I love to come back to my old stomping ground. So the night ended with Bop Pizza and Sappho for a drink. Off to bed for my next journey, Philly Outfest!
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