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Been a while since I was here...
By: ClothoMoirai Date: July 16, 2020, 7:07 pm
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My life got busy after the start of the year and I haven't been
around here.
It's just past 2 years since I moved to Houston.
My brother and I finally got the old family farm sold.
I started doing photos for a local drag king show and enjoy it.
The performers in it are family of choice to me as are many who
frequent the lesbian bar where it's held. I make the photos
available for free to the show and cast. They need better photos
for promotion reasons but have no budget for it and since
they're an important part of my community space it's a piece of
support that I can do.
I bought a car. Didn't get rid of the motorcycle. I bought it
because...
I got engaged. Also married.
We had a wedding planned for early April...in Houston. That so
didn't happen so we went the common law route instead (Texas has
a very easy system for that) and will file the declaration of
informal marriage once the county offices reopen (no, I don't
know why the declaration document exists but it will allow her
to change her surname as she wishes.)
Sometime later, when it's safe again, we'll have the wedding we
planned. It's to be a brief ceremony as part of that drag king
show. I had the big white wedding once and my wife is not
comfortable being the center of attention so a brief moment at
that is perfect for us.
I've settled into a nice life here and truly found home again,
after having to leave a place that was very much home two years
ago.
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Re: Been a while since I was here...
By: Runningstar Date: July 16, 2020, 8:23 pm
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Glad that you are back!
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Re: Been a while since I was here...
By: Rain Date: July 16, 2020, 8:41 pm
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Stay safe and have the wedding the two of you want.
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Re: Been a while since I was here...
By: Hmmm Date: July 17, 2020, 9:44 am
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Welcome back. I'm also in Houston, so happy to hear you have
found a new home.
I did not know Houston had any Drag King shows. When reading
your post, I just read it as drag "queen" and wondered which one
you were helping out but then re-read correctly. I'm curious to
check it out once all of the bars open again, but would a small
group (say 3-4 well behaved) straight women be appropriate? A
few years ago I read an article asking straight women to avoid
gay bars, especially drag shows, so I've only attended the shows
in Houston that I know are "straight friendly" (if that is a
correct phrase).
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Re: Been a while since I was here...
By: Jayhawk Date: July 17, 2020, 11:43 am
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Welcome Back and Best Wishes to you and your wife!
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Re: Been a while since I was here...
By: ClothoMoirai Date: July 17, 2020, 5:32 pm
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[quote author=Hmmm link=topic=1782.msg54659#msg54659
date=1594997070]
Welcome back. I'm also in Houston, so happy to hear you have
found a new home.
[/quote]
Awesome! I'm in the NW - near 290 and BW8.
[quote]
but would a small group (say 3-4 well behaved) straight women be
appropriate?
[/quote]
I doubt it would be a problem. The only ID check at the door is
about drinking age!
[quote]
I did not know Houston had any Drag King shows.
[/quote]
H Town Kings. I'm not surprised you haven't heard of it, though;
they started 2.5 years ago, after other drag shows literally
said "there's no market in Houston for a drag king show." Their
mainstay is Wednesday nights at Pearl Bar on Washington (between
Shepard and Yale - a few blocks from Voodoo Doughnuts.) This one
got confusing for me because early on I had people tell me that
they closed. Turns out there have been at least two Pearl Bars
in that location - on from 2008-13 and the current one opened
around 2014.
They also do things like crawfish boils on Sundays, steak
nights, etc. Julie (the owner) and some staff are doing to-go of
some of that currently.
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Re: Been a while since I was here...
By: Kimberami Date: July 31, 2020, 11:56 am
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I love love <3
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Re: Been a while since I was here...
By: lowspark Date: August 10, 2020, 9:04 am
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[quote author=ClothoMoirai link=topic=1782.msg54687#msg54687
date=1595025139]
[quote author=Hmmm link=topic=1782.msg54659#msg54659
date=1594997070]
Welcome back. I'm also in Houston, so happy to hear you have
found a new home.
[/quote]
Awesome! I'm in the NW - near 290 and BW8.
[quote]
but would a small group (say 3-4 well behaved) straight women be
appropriate?
[/quote]
I doubt it would be a problem. The only ID check at the door is
about drinking age!
[quote]
I did not know Houston had any Drag King shows.
[/quote]
H Town Kings. I'm not surprised you haven't heard of it, though;
they started 2.5 years ago, after other drag shows literally
said "there's no market in Houston for a drag king show." Their
mainstay is Wednesday nights at Pearl Bar on Washington (between
Shepard and Yale - a few blocks from Voodoo Doughnuts.) This one
got confusing for me because early on I had people tell me that
they closed. Turns out there have been at least two Pearl Bars
in that location - on from 2008-13 and the current one opened
around 2014.
They also do things like crawfish boils on Sundays, steak
nights, etc. Julie (the owner) and some staff are doing to-go of
some of that currently.
[/quote]
I'm in Houston too.
I'm straight but a friend of mine (also straight) and I often do
Steak Night (well, we used to in normal times) and have been to
gay bars and lesbian bars for it. Never had any issue.
I'm a huge fan of Houston Steak Night and my goal was to hit as
many of them as I could. Can't wait to be able to do that and
other normal stuff again... someday!
Anyway, congratulations on getting married soon and welcome to
Houston!
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Re: Been a while since I was here...
By: ClothoMoirai Date: November 25, 2020, 9:09 pm
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[quote author=lowspark link=topic=1782.msg55826#msg55826
date=1597068275]
I'm in Houston too.
I'm straight but a friend of mine (also straight) and I often do
Steak Night (well, we used to in normal times) and have been to
gay bars and lesbian bars for it. Never had any issue.
I'm a huge fan of Houston Steak Night and my goal was to hit as
many of them as I could. Can't wait to be able to do that and
other normal stuff again... someday!
Anyway, congratulations on getting married soon and welcome to
Houston!
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Awesome! I thing Julie ended up restarting it as take-out. I
haven't really kept up.
I kind of fell off the face of the earth in a lot of ways after
my previous reply. I ended up getting very serious about job
hunting and now am about 2 months into a new job, finally got
married (common law since it was by far the simplest way to
handle it,) and now are moving to a house in Katy. My work is
remote and it greatly reduces my roommate's commute.
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