May
2002
Get
the Dish with Miss Priscilla Pride!
by Miss
Priscilla Pride
"Oh
Mary We Crown Thee With Blossoms Today! Queen of the Angels,
Queen of the May!"
Priscilla
is back and the title of this month's article comes from my
Catholic schoolgirl days. The lyric is from the May crowning
ceremonies of Mary, the mother of all mothers! I love her
so much and think back fondly to those crowing ceremonies
with such joy, I still get teary, weepy. I remember in 2nd
grade Sr. Antoinette Marie picked me to crown
Mary and I hate myself now for not wearing the fabulous sky
blue gown mama picked; I chose my basic white instead. For
the upcoming LONG ISLAND PRIDE DAY festivities this coming
June 9th, I think it's time I rewrite the above
lyric... here it goes... "All Homos caught wearing PRIDE
COLORS that day! Linked to my heart, You're Queen of PRIDE
DAY!" I should become a songwriter; damn I'm good!
My
PRIDE gown this year is by twin gay/lesbian designers SEW
& sew. They created a special ensemble that looks
different from either profile... one side is by SEW
and the other is sew's, and it definitely is not just
so/so, but it's SO fabulous! If you can guess which profile
belongs to which SEW & sew, you'll win a special
SOHO dinner with Priscilla... Sooo... look for me June 9th!
Lots
of things going on this month... first and foremost... Mother's
Day! Send those cards and flowers and for those like me
who lost my dear mom 9 years ago, remember our moms in a special
way today. My sisters, Misty Blue and SinDi Saratoga, and
I head out to the east end and have a brunch every year. While
we sing ‘Here's to the ladies who lunch... " we
toast back a few to those big shoulder broads we call mom
with love and kisses!
REVISIOSN
TO MY REPORT IN MAY PARLEE...
May 10th the Long
Island Pride Parade Committee is hosting 2 fundraising
events... CORRECTION - Friday, May 10th
the committee is hosting a fundraising event at LIGALY
with those cute kids. MIRKALA CRYSTAL plans to wow
the kids with a drag show extravaganza! The kids want to raise
some money and show the community that the youth too support
and understand the importance of Long Island PRIDE!
May
11th -- Saturday night at Blanche
at 8 PM the Parade Committee will feature Raffle Mania.
Buy your tickets early and often, I hear the prizes are simply
FABOOOO!
Other
noteworthy Long Island groups (those who can march June 9th
better sign up) holding May events:
Marriage
Equality New York Long Island Chapter (MELI) -- an organization
solely devoted to securing the right for same-sex couples
to enter into legally recognized CIVIL marriages. For more
information about this group, call Harlan Pruden at (631)
334-5406 or Robert Lassegue at (631) 431-3814. If only I had
a group supporting me when I broke up with my 5 husbands...
well, not really husbands, that's why we need to get them
all the support we can, I can only call them husband in name
only. And before the emails fly back... no I am not making
fun of the group... I do believe in same sex CIVIL marriages,
I just haven't found Mr. Right, instead I always seem to find
Mr. ‘LEFT ‘CAUSE I CAN'T COMMIT'.
That
cute new age group TRAGIC SENSE that I previously reported
about in LICKtheWeb performed Thursday, April 18th,
at ZEN DEN (a Babylon coffee house by the RR tracks). Who
knew Babylon was so chic to have a coffee house? Hell, I figured
the place to be a seedy dive and instead it's so chi-chi and
the coffees ain't bad either. Jordan Durante, leader
of the group, is so cute when playing keyboards and the singer
is to die for. Visit www.tragicsense.com
and hear some of their stuff, you'll never want to turn it
off and can contact them for future performance dates through
the site.
Stony Brook Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Alliance,
the oldest of its kind on Long Island founded in 1974,
caters
to the growing population of LGBT students, faculty, and
staff on the campus of Stony Brook University. This year
the LGBTA
constructed a twenty-foot long wall celebrating the
diversity that exists within our community. They highlighted
about 50
LGBT individuals from the present and the past, gave out
information about the group, and handed out surveys pertaining
to queer
life on campus. LGBTA works along with the graduate
group called Queer Alliance in organizing the annual "Sit OUT," where
they take over a section of grass and make it a Safe Space
for everyone to
listen to music, have fun, play Frisbee, and just hang
out with friends. Contact either of two co-presidents,
Lowell
Kane and Matthew Napolitano, at (631) 632-6469 or by email
at SBLGBTA@AOL.COM for
more info... they are so cute and so committed to perpetuating
PRIDE, that Priscilla gets all weepy when she sees good
work
in action!
I
visited Cherry Grove April 20th to give you some
of the pre-season buzz! It felt weird seeing the shell of
Michael's old haunt still there, realizing that nothing will
be built on that site this season once again! What's a hungry
gal to do??? Well, let me tell you... Rachel's is still
in business and Priscilla told them to make sure they serve
it hot and serve it fast. There is nothing worse than a starving
Drag Queen honey... feed me, get me a cocktail, help dress
me and don't write me any bad checks... that's one of the
many ways to keep me smilin'! Cherry Pit will reopen
and they serve a fabulous lunch and dinner menu for those
wanting to dine al fresco on the Bay. The boats that moor
will find a surprise this year. Cherry's is built out
and is all one level now so those who used to sit and watch
the crowd on the dock, have to do so on the boats... quelle
damage for them, quelle joy for us since now we have more
room to dance and make merry! Top of the Bay is planning
to open once again and those boys know how to treat a lady
with style and class! I love the sunset views and the food...
yummy with a spoon... now they have to take my advice as well!
Listen up owners, hire more help and have them all be a teensy
bit more service oriented... again, hot and fast like my men
is what I like... and not fast in the flat bed sense if you
catch my drift, but someone who can keep up with me... WHAT???
I meant the wait staff as I husk those mussels and peel them
shrimp, what did you think I meant? In between Cherry's and
the Cherry Pit we have a new option for breakfast kiddies
and he's yummy too... no... not for breakfast but then again
Priscilla has made her moves! I don't know his name or the
name of the place but I did meet this man of mystery and let
me tell you he is "yummy-licious!" He said the place
will be open at 7 AM every day for breakfast and I know where
I will be, do you?
Barry
Jones and Jim Coppola, of GALFOLI
& Dock of the Bay 2002 which is set for Sunday-August
18th, took me to a faboo new restaurant... Meritage...
in Bellport, 14 Station Road to be exact. Call and reserve
immediately... (631) 286-3300 and you will find yourself licking
your fingers and the plates as they get cleared from the table.
We took along Lady Ashley Brooke, my soul sister who writes
La Vue with Ivana Adulation.
Well Lady Ashley embarrassed me once again by reaching for
that final dip of sauce with her last piece of bread and you
guessed it... crash... she fell off her chair. The entire
restaurant went so quiet that one could hear a pin drop, and
then they saw who it was and sure enough the buzz was, "Oh,
it's poor Lady Ashley, she don't get out much these days"
and everyone went about their business as usual. Gay and straight
owned, the 2 owner couples are simply divine. You must book
soon and tell them... Priscilla sent you!
So
that's all for now! There are some wonderful events coming
in June: the (Community House of Long Island) Unity Picnic;
OUTLOOK-LI is hosting their pre-parade breakfast once again
and all
proceeds from the $15 in advance price/$18 at the door
benefits the
L.I.
Ravens
Charity Fund while the 50/50 Raffle proceeds benefit Marriage
and Equality (MELI). So sign up quick and for more information
or directions call 631-968-7780, ext. 1.
I
expect to see you all on June 9th in Huntington
for LONG
ISLAND PRIDE DAY! There are no excuses this year.
The committee is working their tooshies off for all of us
so we MUST show them we appreciate it by showing up... you
hear me! With PRIDE and love and all them good things in between...
xoxoxo, this is Priscilla signing off till next month! Kisses
and HUGS!
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