Mon Voyageur Doux

I thought with such a nice photo of David in front of this year's Canadian Christmas Revels set that I should tell something of the story of how we met.

For the past 21 December's this local Oakland organization has been producing the Christmas Revels- a winter solstice celebration of song, dance and stories of a particular culture and geography of the world. For many years it has taken place at the Scottish Rite Temple in Oakland. In this photo he's on part of this year's set wearing part of his costume which we used for our photo shoot. We were trying to get a good one of me doing his makeup for use on the label of the Jones Soda wedding favors we are producing for the day.

I participated in the show in 2002 and in 2003, I was a volunteer doing makeup when I found myself making up David. A cast party and an email later, he was scoping out apartments in Oakland where he ended up moving a few months later. Thus started us out as dating neighbors.

Oh yeah, right the Revels. Chad Jones at ANG Newspapers likes the show this year- it's about the songs, dances, fairytales and folklore of early 19th century French Canada. Most fun thing is every year, the audience comes out into the audience to dance around the theater as they sing Lord of the Dance. Photo of that above.

Roses and Cabbages

I don't follow fashion. I'm an atheist. But because of the 'tude that exudes from this takeoff blog, Project Rungay (which taglines itself as "Project Runway from a VERY gay perspective") I do find myself tuning in on occasion. Aha! Wedding stuff.

I've never seen Bravo's Project Runway. I'm convinced I'm not missing anything because the only future reality shows have to look forward to is in the blogosphere. Yeah, the show's judge's each have their own blog, but in this case, the shows producers can fall helplessly into the arms of two wonderfully outspoken and gay fashion critics--probably amateur-- they're too right on about most fashion things to be paid professionals. I've no doubt when this reality show's time is over, these Gayboys will be holding its head in the bathroom. Their other blog, Project: Gay, carries the tagline: We're gay. We judge. It's what we do. Divoon, boys!

I bet these guys will end up being the dear Abbott's (male version- at least for now- of Dear Abby) for fashion long after Project Runway is dead and gone. I liked what the Gayboys said about this wedding dress with the dried brussel sprouts uhm, , I mean roses at the bottom. In fact their whole post is about Nora's reality show struggles with this wedding dress.

I feel her pain. Help me out Gayboys! I'm worried the design I'm adapting for my wedding dress will come out too simple. Except that simple is beautiful. The bridal store (Margene's in Oakland) recommended I dye the shoes silver to play off the lavender of the dress with the white fabric addition to it (you'll see, you'll see!! have patience! can't hurry the harvest...).

For now, I'd have to say: Live gay, as gay as the wind blows, as gay as your heart knows...he's too fine...to be straight.