Feeling a little Green

Hey gays,

Well of course you are! March is upon us and I'm feeling Green, anxiously awaiting spring to start..It can't get here fast enough.

I'm Irish and St. Patrick's was always a big time in our house. Even before my parents had their Irish pub and restaurant we always had a party. St. Patrick's day is also my mothers birthday so a Keg of Green beer always was tapped at our house. The Shea's was the place to be....Corned Beef and cabbage for everyone...

When they opened the restaurant it turned into more of a nightmare. It was the busiest day of the year until it closed. If you went to visit you usually were put to work in some way, kind of taking the fun of it out of the mix. Though I have to say in a way I miss it a bit because I know how much my mother enjoyed it. They would always have a huge cake and sing happy birthday at the end of the evening and a dance with her kids or father. Everyone would be sloppy drunk by the end and singing or something......

That's the luck of the Irish after all....

XO, BT

Someone to Admire

Hey gays,

I have to tell you after watching some of the Oscars and seeing Red Carpet photo's, etc. I was pleased to see a few older women that are letting themselves age gracefully and not with much plastic surgery. I don't think Meryl Streep has had much work done if any and Sophia Loren looks fabulous though I think she's no stranger to the knife. The actress Melissa Leo nominated for Frozen river is also someone to note.

The stand out here though is Angelica Houston. One time i did drag and wore a long black bob and all I got all night was you look just like Angelica Houston, not that I took it as a insult, I never wore that wig again.

She is actually a gorgeous woman, more sophisticated than most, she is not a classic beauty but more of a unique one. I just like the fact that she is who she is and doesn't really change. I don't think she has had a lot of work done and it shows in these pics but she still has a great body and look.

Oh, someone to admire, I think. Maybe I'll pick up another black bob!!




XO, BT

The Chunky Fabulous

Hey gays,

When i was driving to RI last week I was listening to Sirius/XM and I was listening to Keith Price and then Frank Decaro and it dawned on me that they are both fatee gays...

Then I started to think of all the chunkies out there that are huge in both stature and fame. We have Rosie, Bruce Vilanch

Harvey Fierstein

Oh , yes and Chastity Bono, Poor Cher still doesn't know where she went wrong

I'm pretty sure Clay Aiken is on the road to the chunk and so is Lance bass if he doesn't watch it...no eclairs for him....

I don't even know why I wrote this post..LOL. I guess there are a lot of chunky gays having successful and fun lives....

XO, BT

MargOH! in the The Village Voice

Hey gays,

I'm part of a fun show next week and it has been chosen as a voice choice by
the village voice. The show is called Tribute to the Golden girls 2 .

Its taken a while but old MargOH! got her name in the voice!!....thanks to the Victoria Party for having me in this show!! At last I feel a little sigh of relief...

XO, BT

MargOH! and the Twink

Hey gays,

So this weekend I went to my old stomping ground Providence to visit my friends and have a little fun. I also wanted to perform a number I've been working on. It is Liza's version of "What makes a man a man". Its one of those songs that is very dramatic but a little long to keep a crowds attention.

I was testing it out to see what the reaction was even though I wasn't adding all the idea's I had for my NYC performance of the song. I'm going to make a huge cock and balls under my outfit to expose at the end of the song. Anyway, I did the song but more copying her performance on the GLAAD media awards a couple of years ago. I feel the performance went well especially when I removed my wig toward the end of the song. It is a good song to act to and I tried to do that....

Well when I walked off the stage after taking bows etc. this guy grabbed my face and kissed me hard and long on the lips, mind you i still had no wig on, it happened so fast that I was taken a back and kind of pushed him away gently and went backstage. I put my wig back on and gathered myself, etc. and went back out and the guy was still standing there, he grabbed me again and said that he fell in love with me and wanted to go home with MargOH!... I guess I did a good job with that song...LOL.

Let me tell you though, MargOH! and sex do not mix.. I of course explained to him that I was married and MargOH! was too old for him, he was 20. The boy wouldn't let up though and when i went back to my friends , etc. was very persistant..

In the end he got my point and though I was flattered the boy had to be turned away..LOL. In all of my years of performing this has never happened to me and it made me wonder what the attraction was..as a side note about 3 or 4 other younger gay men approached me and were applauding my performance as touching, etc. It really hit a chord with the young ones, interesting....

I told Jeff all about this as soon as I got home and I'm glad i did because some aquaintences that were there told other aquaintences and described me as "She was having a lot of fun".....

To me, it was innocent and not something I meant to have happen or invited, the whole experience was really funny to me and interesting how a performance can affect someone....

XO, BT

Was Joan right?

Hey gays,

I think so, Joan Crawford that is. She always said she would dip her face in ice baths to keep the sking taught and soft. I always would wash my face in luke warm water but I decided to give it a try after Jeff told me the woman who cut his hair said the same thing. The past few days I've tried washing my face in ice cold water and it works, My skin is so soft and i'm much more refreshed looking....Hopefully it is not a short effect!

Thanks Joan!!

XO, BT

Blossom Dearie

Hey gays,

We lost another fabulous performer Blossom Dearie

She is one of those performers you may hear as part of a jazz channel or in the supermarket over their music intercom but you may not know exactly who she is.

Blossom was another great reason to live in NY. She performed for several years at Danny's skylight room and Jeff and I went to see her a couple of times. Her shows were so fun and for someone well into her 70's her voice was very good, she sang in this sugary sweet voice but a lot of the songs she sang were hysterical or had a zing to them. I guess you would call her a performers performer... Here is a clip from you tube.

I sang this song in one of my shows because I just loved the way she did it! If you don't own a Blossom Dearie cd, go get one. She is perfect to listen to on a Sunday morning with your coffee.



XO, BT

I is Poor

Hey gays,

I read this article about the cost of living in NYC. I've always known that living in the city is expensive but to be honest with you I didn't think it was this bad. When you are living something every day I guess you lose sight of certain things.

Recently though I've started to see differences. The supermarket across the street which was pretty reasonable compared to suburb supermarkets was bought out by Shop rite and the prices have went way up. A block of Cracker barrel cheese is 6.99, that is outrageous compared to the 4.59 it was when it was morton williams. On the average everything in that store is 50 cents more and it makes a huge difference. Also our landlord raised our rent 6 % this year, ouch...So we have to move because we are paying over market now for this apartment.

According to this article I'm not even middle class...I guess I is poor...

Providence is looking good at the moment. I would love to move back but I will miss the city and all it has to offer even if we are barely getting by...

XO, BT

Madonna's Hot new man

Hey gays,

I want a piece of her new man, he's a hotty at 22. Good for her. She has to keep up with the young ones...LOL

I wonder how long this will last...I'll have to give her a call and ask for his number when she is done...LOL

XO, BT

A poem; The past

Father’s infidelity
Mother’s stubborn weakness
I’m the significant other
Sleepless nights
Secrets
Lies
No way out
Somebody help please, Nana, Papa, Auntie can’t know
Sworn secrecy, the good son, where do you go
Anywhere but there
Unhappiness rules
Alcohol, Drugs and sex
Save the rainy days
Like him, I’m a father now, just like him
Sweep it under the rug, just like her
Innocence lost, Caps and gowns tossed to the air, sigh, I’m free

By BT Shea