Jerry Timms

Thursday I intended to get back to my workout program with Daren and Jerry, after taking a few days off after White Party to make sure my body properly recovers from the excitement of the weekend. But I decided at the last minute to take an extra day off, and instead headed out with Jerry and Daren for some drinks and adventure.

Jerry and Daren wanted to go to “The Armadillo” but I protested on account of a) that it’s a restaurant, and b) the last time I dove by the place they were advertising their “World Famous Fried Pickles.” Ha, I’m sure they’ll leave comments trying to convince me that it’s not a restaurant…but it is. The last few times they tried taking me to restaurant dive bars I have been less than pleased (yes I’m a little picky and stuck in my ways when it comes to night time drink venues), so I tried to spice things up by offering a night at Burn for the new Club Mistress event. After hearing the words “lesbian S&M” Jerry quickly agreed and we were on our way.

Upon passing Burn, we noted that there wasn’t much of a crowd yet, so we decided to go to “The Irish Bar” for a couple beers first.

Daren at Seamus McCaffrey’s pretending the stains in the ceiling aren’t there

After a couple beers and Jerry and Daren’s game of video bowling, we walked down to Burn. Burn was moderately attended for a Thursday, and after sharing some weekend stories with Angela some of the entertainment began.

See Daren, you shouldn’t have left early!

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On Friday night, Philip and Rob got in town for pride weekend. Rob is the super nice guy that I met last weekend at the White Party, known to the rest of the gang since their trip to Montreal last year, who lives in London right now. So I went out with Rob, Philip, Rich and Justin to Burn again for drinks. We met up with Bruce and Tracy, and Mike and Nate for some casual talk, dancing and drinks.

Rob and Tracy

Mike and Nate

Rich

Justin, Travis and Philip

For the After-Burn, we went to Charlie’s for some dancing and pigging out on super nachos grande delux and carne asada burritos from the taco cart. As is typical with Charlie’s, the evening was a little awkward between confrontations with drunk queens and when I was slammed in the eye by the hat bill of a drunk mess plowing into the bathroom. Odd energy lives at Charlie’s, and I have no idea why I keep going back. Eh, live and learn.

So now it’s offiicially Pride weekend in Phoenix, and we’ll be headed out to the Adonis Party tonight at the Icehouse venue in downtown Phoenix. Interesting to note that my attendance at this party last year immediately precluded a breakup with my last boyfriend. I actually went last year by myself. So I’m glad that this year things are under different curcumstances, and I know I’ll have a good time with friends.

Ok so I usually try to have a point with most of my blog posts, as I realize that this is a little more than just my personal journal and so would like to keep the interests of others. However I’m not sure what the point of today’s entry is, so I’ll just start in my usual way by giving you a rundown of recent events.

So Friday Rich, Justin and I headed down to Burn for the “White Party Fashion Show.” Last weekend while I was in Flag, Rich and Justin heard at Burn that the customers are also supposed to dress in White for event - so we did. The lighting at Burn was really cool, and they had portions of the club draped in white cloth, with a new catwalk adorning the middle of the dance floor. The show started at around 11:30, and we all thought it was a really cool event for a Phoenix club to have, save for one thing…almost none of the models were wearing white clothing! We were a little confused as to what made this a “White Party Fashion Show” other than that the fashion show was taking place in front of a little mini white party…which is fine, except that we were really hoping for some outfit ideas for the White Party!

Some of the first models take the catwalk

The audience in white

So after the fashion show, Jerry met up with us after he got off from work. I had texted him earlier to tell him to wear white, and so he kept his work shirt on for good measure.

The boys in white

After Burn, we all headed back to my place for more drinks and conversation about parties, diet, excercise, and Rich’s upcoming week in LA. I had lost my voice earlier in the evening from my lingering sinus infection, so I was barely able to croak out any words at all by the end of the night. The next morning…

I had a terrible hangover. I guess it was because I may not have been ready to start clubbing so soon after being sick. It could have also been the pint glass drinks at Burn that seem to get stronger and stronger (I’m told, anyway) and the fact that I never seem to be able to keep track of how much I drink when I’m around Jerry, Rich and Justin - we just have too good a time. Anyway, I decided to drive up to Desert Ridge for some shoppingto take my mind off my headache.

Saturday night, Justin and I went back out to Burn - Rich had left for his LA work week at Philip’s pad, and Jerry and Daren decided to go out by themselves to “the irish bar.” Chiara says I’m an official barfly now, maybe so but we always have such a great time at Burn. Bruce and Tracy were there for Bruce’s birthday, and they are always a lot of fun to dance and talk with.

Bruce and Justin - both wearing red tonight

When we got to the bar, both Justin and I were immediately welcomed in by our favorite door staff, and we quickly saw Angela and exchanged greetings and chatted for a moment. One of the reasons that we like going to Burn so much is that everyone there makes us feel so welcome, and it really sets a great tone for the night. Jerry used to have this with his bar Shepards (ha, which later became the new leather bar in Phoenix) and it really is nice to have a place like this again…I haven’t had one since BS when I used to live in Tempe/Scottsdale and go there all the time.

Justin, Bruce, Tracy and I danced nearly the whole night. Justin and I decided that since we drank so much the night before, we were going to alternate alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks tonight. So I started out with a vodka/redbull (hangover gone by the end of that glass). We were then going to have plain redbulls, but then decided what would be the point of that since there is plenty of redbull in a vodka/redbull? I think you can see where this night was headed…

Justin and I had a talk about The Secret. Lately a lot of people have been calling out my cynical attitude, and how I tend to manifest those results around me. I’ve picked up a new nickname - whose various forms center around the term “the anti-secret.” The turning point for me was tonight when I said that I really liked the lighting, and was so glad that they weren’t using any of the annoying strobes. Justin immediately caught this, and told me that since I complained about the strobes they were probably going to start using them - well he was mid-sentence when they did indeed. This is a really minor example, but there have been others for the past few weeks - and tonight some things made me think that I do actually need a bit of an attitude adjustment.

Somewhere around 1 or 1:30, I met someone that I spotted standing by the bar when I was talking to Justin. We talked for a few minutes, and then danced together until the bar closed.

Justin and I decided we still wanted to dance some more, so we headed over to Charlies for a couple more hours. The music was really good at Charlies, and we continued to have a great time. However, I couldn’t get my mind off of the person I had just met and felt really distracted for the rest of the night. Even today as I write this, I’m really distracted with these thoughts. Sometimes for me, something will happen so perfectly that I wonder if I’m imagining it.

Well, I really do need to get some things done today. I’m off to LA on Thursday for a weekend with Philip, Rich and Justin!

So today I’m recovering a bit from a wild weekend with all my friends. 3 days, 3 groups of friends, and 3 different types of venues.

Friday Jerry and I went to Palazzo for Tranzylvania. After a surpisingly short and cheap cab ride, we got our drink on, listened to some music, and I took part in some traditional tai chi stalking. The crowd was much better than the last time we’d been here, when the whole scene seemed like a bad b-movie remake of the actual Tranzylvania experience.

Saturday was the core event with Jerry, Vicky and Deanna. Although we planned to go to Cafe Blue in Scottsdale, it was surpisingly shut down when we got there. So, we decided to go to Furio instead and walked in at just the right time, when the party before us had cancelled their table. We had a nice dinner and some pitchers of sangria and margaritas. After dinner, and some decadent chocolate fondue, we went to the bar at the valley Ho for fireside drinks and chat.

Vicky, Jerry, Deanna and Me at Furio in Scottsdale

Sunday was DJ Brett Henrichsen at Burn Nightclub, with Rich and Justin. While Phoenix certainly hasn’t become part of the party circuit yet, it was certainly nice to see a real DJ come to our new dance club. There were maybe about 100 people or less in attendance, and I could tell that Brett was a bit disappointed - but hey, we had a great time! After about 4 hours of dancing, I headed out with Justin and new local VIP celebrity Rich Brown.

Me and Rich at Burn Nightclub in downtown Phoenix

DJ Brett Henrichsen. Sorry the picture is so dark, but trust me he is incredibly hot and talented and I hope to meet him at a future event!