On the Town

Well, with this being one of my only weekends in DC this spring, I decided to make a party of it. The only problem was that I had no clue as to what to do. So I decided to make a visit over to the Metro Weekly and see what was going on in town Saturday evening. On the calendar of events, I found a listing for a “Gay Guys New To DC” meet-up event Saturday evening. Evidently this is a fairly new meet-up group for folks who are somewhat new to the DC area and wish to meet others in similar situations. I mean, DC is not exactly known for its hospitality, right? One of my favorite quotes about the city is, "Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm” which is attributed to John F. Kennedy and I’ve found that 'northern charm' to be very true especially when dealing with the people.

I figured, “what the heck?” so I registered to be part of the meet-up group and emailed the coordinator to make sure it wasn’t too late to RSVP for the scheduled dinner and outing. Clyde, the groups organizer quickly emailed me back to confirm. I was registered, and off I went.

The group met up at Alero at 13th and U NW. When I arrived (20 min late – as normal) there were only 3 guys who had showed up. Evidently the holiday weekend had taken a toll on attendance, but we were not deterred. Clyde, Andrew, Mike and myself sat down for dinner and were joined shortly thereafter by CK.


After dinner, we decided to go over to the new bar Town. I had never heard of the bar before, but I have to say that I really enjoyed myself. It really reminded me of the Cabaret in Kansas City before it closed. You walked in to an area with a stage and drag queens trying to embarrass shirtless twinkie boys (oh The Flo Show, how I miss you). And from what I gather, after the show is over, the dance floor turns to more contemporary music. After a while, we went upstairs and watched the masses gather. The music there was more trance-ish, not really my style, but I did enjoy people watching.


It is weekends like this that I realize how few friends (not acquaintances) that I have here in DC and I realize that is something that I need to work on. Clyde has already scheduled the next meet-up for April and I’m looking forward to another function to where I can meet more local people. Thank god that I’ll at least know a few already.