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by Miss Priscilla Pride

Priscilla's Back In Town! -- February 2000

Happy Millennium to all you Fabulous Long Island GLBTs! Priscilla Pride is back in town after what proved to be the most successful and ultra chic Y2K tour of the holiday season. Darlings, I went Island hopping (Staten, Manhattan and of course Long) from one exciting adventure to another ringing in the new century.

All the Long Island bars hosted such FABOOOO party celebrations. Of course, Priscilla traveled incognito so no one had a clue she was there. Let me tell you the soirees were a hit judging by the fun Priscilla witnessed first hand. So congrats to all the bar owners for starting the new century with fun, frivolity and making the festivities very GAY!

I traveled to the East End and the North Fork, through the South Fork and Montauk. My limo went from the North Shore to the South Shore. I was famished from all the party hopping, since like any dainty lady I never ate more than a cracker. I told Fabrizio, my 6' tall rugged Italian chauffeur, to stop at that quaint restaurant in Smithtown, Close To Home. The food is fabulous and dining is always a pleasure. Of course you all know that Close To Home made Newsday's Top 10 List of Long Island Restaurants. Call now for your reservations darlings, Close To Home is fast becoming the place to dine.

I whizzed to the South Shore, stopping into the Community House of Long Island to tinkle, since a building was recently purchased. The things one hears in restrooms these days... my, my! Anyway, reliable sources tell me that there is a big to-do planned March 19 to celebrate the Community House Grand Opening. So spread the word as only you Pride People can and put those party togs and clogs back on kiddies, and toast their efforts in supplying a haven for the Long Island Community!

Once back in the limo, Fabrizio reminded me to call Marcia Namowitz from American Express Financial Advisors. I whipped out that cell phone and dialed 228-0100. Yes dearies Priscilla is satellite linked to sources everywhere, now that Fabrizio taught me about global connectivity. ANYWAY... once Marcia picked up the call I heard shouting and party noises. Moi was jealous. A party without Priscilla, quelle damage! It seems American Express Financial Advisors awarded our own Marcia Namowitz with the President's Recognition Award. This is a national award for quality of Financial Planning Advice. Priscilla can attest to Marcia's skills. It was only six months ago that Marcia invested my inheritance from Giacomo after his untimely demise in that ski accident in the Alps. I can still hear his voice echo away as I pushed, ummmm, tried to pull him to safety.

I bumped into several couples about to celebrate anniversaries this year. That's right kiddies, we have several newly wedded couples, committed (oops), devoted to one another. I ran into Barbara and Claire about to celebrate their first anniversary. I'm teary and weepy... please pass me the hankie darlings! Claire already took the Modern approach and presented Barbara with a watch (for all of you not in the know kinda gals... 1^st Anniversary Modern Gifts are clocks while those Traditional gals give Paper), so Barbara what's in store for Claire? I see something chic in colored paper by that famous designer Origami. According to the two lovebirds, their biggest challenge this year was not killing each other but their greatest joy is knowing it's forever. I heard that collective sigh from all of you in love out there. What's even sweeter is the way they look at each other. Priscilla is green with envy!

I had to stop into my favorite lesbian bar on Long Island, in fact it's the only lesbian bar but who's keeping track, Forever Green. I sat down and took a load off these pumps and guess who jumped onto the stool next to me? None other than that Hot, Latin couple Eva and Rosie. Those two could Lambada and Samba, Rumba and Cha-Cha like no one can. Priscilla knows darlings; I attended their wedding two years ago. You doubt me? Moi? Honey, Priscilla is everywhere. The Chateau Le Mer never threw a wilder party, well... not exactly true. Priscilla attended another ceremony last year that rivaled Eva and Rosie's. The ceremony that rocked August 1999 was Pat and Janelle's. I hear tell that Priscilla is caught on video doing the hustle with Pat and putting the sizzle moves on Janelle. Anyone who is anyone knows Priscilla loves to dance and if you need proof just look at Pat and Janelle's wedding video. I am blowing kisses to these three fabulous, loving couples... smooch, smooch!

Now before we move on, we have one more bit of wedding bell news to announce. This holiday season another fabulous couple announced their lifetime intentions to one another. John and Russ proclaimed their plans to spend their lives together and the party that followed made headlines across the globe. Well, maybe not the globe but certainly within their own sphere of influence. Friends and family celebrated this momentous occasion and nothing but love and joy is wished for what will prove to be a lifetime filled with happiness.

Oh my stars... I can't believe it... the news wire is just ticking off this hot story... ooooohh, and it's a juicy one boys and girls. It's a beauty pageant scandal that will erase Vanessa and Miss America right out of the record books. What recent winner of the Miss Long Island Gay Pride pageant fell off her pedestal so hard, that she ripped her hose, chipped a nail and lost her wig (tiara and all)? Well, we all know Priscilla never kicks a gal when she's down on her knee, coal dust blowing in her face. So with no one to represent them this year, the Long Island Pride Parade Committee unanimously voted Eva the Diva, Miss Long Island Gay Pride once again. Eva is stepping in to help the Parade Committee make this year's 10^th Anniversary celebration the best ever! The scoop is that Eva's successor, crowned September 1999, never honored her commitments to date and the committee needed the 10^th Anniversary year to be graced by someone with style and class. So of course they asked Eva the Diva to represent them once again. The Bunkhouse hosted a crowning ceremony January 24. Priscilla just confirmed through sources unnamed that it was a night filled with gaiety, laughter and a possible scandal or two! This is definitely one event that will live on forever in pageant history.

More pageant news... I've never seen so much hairspray and tiaras since Sotheby's handled the Suzanne Sugarbaker auction last fall. Miss Auntie M's 2000 was crowned on January 16 at Auntie M's. The second runner-up was Eva the Diva while TYRA ALLURE came in first. The judging was unanimous and Priscilla only hopes the year 2000 will allow a healing within the Long Island Drag Queen community. Come on girls, let's all kiss, kiss and wish these gals lots of love. More on any juicy pageant scandals in our next issue after Priscilla checks a fact or two!

Toodles darlings! Fabrizio and I are mapping our route to cover all those Valentine's Day celebrations.

Priscilla Pride is always on the prowl... so beware!

Ciao bellas!

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