UPCOMING EVENTS
- The Eagle's own
Dutch is hosting a
Fourth of July BBQ at the
Eagle today from 4PM to 7PM, with Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Spam Burgers and fresh corn on the cob. Josh will be inside making yummy drinks.
- Thursday is the Yellow Hankies Social Night at the Eagle, from 9PM to midnight.
NEWS FLASHES
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San Diego Pride is coming up FAST. It's only two weeks away! If you're not familiar with the
Leather Realm, then it's time to study up. If you want to march with the Leather Contingent, reply to this message and say so. I want to see a LOT of us marching... out, proud and powerful! There is a special call for Active Duty members to march along.
This year, we are fortunate to be joined in the parade and in the Leather Realm at the Pride festival grounds by an active duty Army National Guard unit to honor and recognize all branches of the military for their service to our County...the repeal of DADT...and the shared diversity in us all!
- Incidentally, I will be giving a talk on the topic of "
HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TOP" at the
Leather Realm during the Pride Festival at 4PM on Saturday July 21st. This will be my thirteenth time giving that talk in the last twenty or so years. A lot of guys send their boyfriends over, saying "GO LEARN!" :->
- There will be TWO porn actors featured at the
Stud Night at the Eagle during Pride Weekend on Friday the 20th of July.
- If you want to see a
whole bunch of photos from the BELT Party on Saturday, check out
Photos by Cali - She tended to focus on the youngsters and club kids, which is dandy.
My own crowd photos (which I will be posting more of, later) tend to show more of the big picture, the diversity and the overall vibe. Together, we tell a very powerful story through our pictures! I will be following up later with a lot of words on the topic of the BELT Party, which was the largest gathering of men in gear in San Diego in anyone's memory, including mine, which goes back a long, long way.
- The BELT Party (or a variation of it) will be going monthly, starting in August. To get ready for it, I'm asking everybody to send in their reviews of this last Saturday's BELT party… Complaints, praise, ideas, feedback of ANY kind. This event is becoming more and more crowdsourced as a team effort, and that's a very good thing.
- There is very good news on the horizon for the Red Hankies crowd coming up. I want to spill the beans right now, but I will wait until all of the details are in place.
FIVE WEEKS AWAY
On Wednesday, August 15th,
FilmOut San Diego is going to host a special, just-for-us showing of
KINK CRUSADERS at the North Park Birch Theater, which is the story of the International Mr. Leather contest in Chicago.
This is a rare opportunity to see this film in a theater in San Diego - No other theaters in town will show it. How do I know? The movie's producers told me so. It's a great gesture of support for FilmOut to reach out to us this way. Let's reward their efforts!
If you have even the slightest interest in our sub-culture's history and what drives us along, this is an essential movie. It's best appreciated in a rowdy, lusty and LARGE group of like-minded men. The last time that we had a special Movie Night, the organizers sold 150% more tickets than they had predicted (
check out the photo showing just 1/4 of the men who turned out for the movie), and we can EASILY fill the theater...
