Bars in the Village...?

#1

Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 10:32am

Hey all...I'm looking for suggestions for gay/ piano bars in or around GVillage...I'm looking to get out and meet more people...but i'm not great at doing it alone...so if anyone can name any friendly bars - that would be great!

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#2

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 10:34am

friendly gay bars? they must exist somewhere... The Duplex is the friendliest for me

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#3

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 10:34am

You must, must, MUST go to Marie's Crisis. You must.

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#4

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 10:37am

Rose's Turn is another fun one. Right next door to Marie's Crisis.

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#5

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 10:38am

jailyard, the reason Marie is having a crisis is because she's a claustrophobic, dungeon-like piano bar! The crowd is friendly, true, but that place gives me the willies.

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#6

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 10:41am

but, darling, one can have so much FUN in a dimly-lit dungeon. *evil grin* I've met all of my most memorable gentleman callers in Marie's. (And how much do we love the pianistic stylings of the ever-bizarre but always-fabulous Jim Allen, fairy grandmother to us all?)

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Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you. Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.

#7

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 10:49am

Most definitely Marie's Crisis. If it were a few years ago, I'd say also hit Eighty-Eight's, for the dykey song-stylings for Karen Miller and Rochelle Selden, but alas, it has gone with the wind.

HINT: You'll attract more attention with the boys if you:

1. know lyrics to songs and sing in the key that is being played;
2. don't get obnoxiously drunk;
3. tip generously;
4. have killer pecs.

#8

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 11:00am

hmmm....I must visit this place!!

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#9

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 11:02am

I used to practically *live* there. Last summer, there was a period where I was there *every single night* for 31 days.

Wow. I just admitted that publicly.

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Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you. Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.

#10

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 11:36am

Don't feel bad. Back in the day I was a big ol' regular there as well. The pianists at the time were good friends of mine, Jack Mezzano and Rick Page. This was back when it was a big ol' smoke cloud down in that basement. I was in the city earlier this year and went back for ol' times sake, and it was odd. No smoke, of course, and also the feel of the crowd had changed. Or perhaps I just grew up, I dunno. I kept expecting Albert to show up and break into his glass-breaking falsetto rendition of "One More Kiss".

#11

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:16pm

Tried Marie's Crisis. It was okay. Felt a bit odd going by myself. People seemed okay...and all came in groups...

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#12

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:18pm

we should form a little group and take an outing

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Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you. Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.

#13

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:21pm

wow! i don't think i have done ANYTHING 31 days in a row - not even sleep!!

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#14

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:23pm

you're late to the party, jailyard. We've already agreed to have our BWW outing at Hell.

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re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:28pm

Will anyone report on the outing from Hell?

#16

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:33pm

dammit, I'm so behind. *sigh* Story of my life.

When? I'd love to come.

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Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you. Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.

#17

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:34pm

If you are behind, you will be very popular at Hell

#18

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:42pm

I know The practical research has already been done on that theory. *grin*

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Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you. Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.

#19

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:56pm

I have a feeling that our BWW outing will happen just as soon as Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction are found. I hope i am wrong!

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#20

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:56pm

Do you guys go on 'outings' a lot?

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#21

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 2:09pm

Only when the Republicans are in town.

#22

re: Bars in the Village...?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 3:22pm

interesting no one mentioned THe Monster...perhaps it's Andy the piano player who know only how to BANG LOUDLY and the tired crew sho live at the piano and scream out of tune -- my "favorite" (he says with disgust -- is Jill, the Patti LuPone "wanna-be" my friends and I call her "Shrill Jill" -- it's tht bad!

But the bar can be fun and they make a STRONG (i.e 99% booze, 1% mixer) cocktail...

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