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this is a really cool bar, well locared. fun!

it's a fun bar. but be forwarned that during happy hours you have to fight through the throngs to get to the bar before you can be carrying that 2-1 special back to that tiny area you have created to hang with your friends. the crowds manage to be both the good thing and the bad thing about badlands.

this is probably the hippest gay bar in dc, located on a brand new strip of restaurants, cafes, bars, shops and clubs in logan circle, directly across from the whole foods. a natty, cute crowd of 30-somethings buying expensive drinks. but it can be a bit overdone in terms of decour and a bit unfriendly, as bars like this tend to be.

i like cobalt cause you can meet in the loungy area downstairs and have a quiet drink with a friend. then, depending on the mood, you can either head upstairs for the dance crown (warming: close quarters and very loud) or downstairs for dinner. or, well, home.

it's always nice to enjoy a good burger and fries in a gay location surrounded by your own folk. this is a great, reasonably price night on the town.

i was here last year, when i picked up a beautiful comme des garcon's long black jacket. whoever picks their fashions has great taste, because it makes you wanna take the whole store home with you. it's pricey, but the economic downturn has hurt high-end clothiers, so be sure to wait for deals. that jacket i bought last year? i found a similar one this year--half price! darn!

when you are not sure where to eat in weho, bossa nova is the default perfect place. the food is always tasty and inexpensive, and on a warm evening the outdoor seating is a great place to watch the gay boys up and down and around santa monica blvd. when you are done, head across the street to the abbey for more boy watching and some delicious (if expensive) cocktails.

don't expect great food at annie's. a great steak, friends, and salad with lots of rich dressing is the standard faire. but what you will get is a wonderful, extremely gay experience. the place is packed with gays and lesbians of all sorts, especially on weekend nights. great place to head after a stroll through dupont circle and checking out the boys that line the bars of 17th street. the breakfast french toast is highly caloric but really good, and everyone's always seems to be having a great time at annie's.

in the shadow of the state capital, this is a place where many an antigay legislator has trolled for gay sex. yes it's true, i've seen them there myself. challenged a few. it's steps away from the legislators office, and they stop here for a drink, pretending not to know what this place really is... which is a wonderful gay bar. anyway, check it out. and keep an eagle eye out for hypocrites.

long ago i worked as a bar back at this cool south end bar. i've visited it many times since and it retains a great, relaxed, low-key vibe. there's none of the pretension and elitism that sometimes makes boston insufferable. lots of working class guys from the burbs mixed with locals. this is the kinda place where you can cruise or grab a window table with friends and just chat for hours. it can get noisy (tile floors), but the music tends to not be overpowering. if you are from out of town get a room at the chandler inn upstairs, which is nice and inexpensive. working there, i saw many visitor staying there invite an eager local upstairs for a more intimate meeting :-)

i love to travel, but sometimes i find it hard to leave san francisco. there are so many adventures you can have right here, practically for free. one of them involves dolores park. this is what i suggest. after a saturday night of clubbing you meet friend for a restorative lunch that involves bloody marys and lots of protein. then gather your towel, water bottles and sun screen and some goodies and head to dolores park. reserve a space on the gay hill with your buddies. after cruising the guys, lay back and fall asleep amid the beauty. when you wake up after the power nap, have a snack and make some new friends. then, after a stop to change, head to the castro for all the sunday afternoon fun. it's a great time there cause that's everyone's last chance to make new friends--or, in some cases, to get laid before you return to the monday grind. sound like fun? sometimes you just have to say, it's good to be gay!

a new york institution, from recovery to activism to youth to socializing, this place has everything you need to create a thriving gay life in ny. history literally encased in a cool west village building. check it out

just got back from dinner drinks at catch with a friend. it was a balmy 70 degrees in the castro, so we were looking for a place to eat outside. it has a nice outdoor cafe seating area, covered but open to the market street eye candy. i had the salmon blt, which was delicious. my friend had the ribeye, which he loved, and we shared a bottle of good wine. the tab was a bit rich for what was a competent but not incredible mean, but we were paying for the castro ambience and the open air seating, which was really lovely...

i didn't know this either. sounds like fun. i'll check it out next time i'm in this great city (preferably not in the winter)!

pretty swanky hotel--very new york!

Okay, i have to admit than when i first popped into The Archive I was a Brooks Brothers, J Crew kinda dresser. Nothing fit quite right, all right angles and very baggy, and i looked just like everyone else in SF. This store literally changed my wardrobe. While I came out of the store with a smaller bank account, I found all kinds of cool treasures, many at quite reasonable prices. Particularly love my MA + leather jacket, Undercover vest and Nice collective cargo pants. If you get them at a downtime, say a weekday afternoon, you will feel like you are in the middle of your own fashion show, with David and Arthur the owner providing a personal tour of the latest.

This place is really cool, great management, nice people... had fun here!

Very cool.

love the horseshoe bar. plenty of room to saddle up to the cute tenders

Cool hangout in the hood...

this is the kind of bar we need more of in sf: a true 'hood bar, with a very diverse crowd. that way you don't have to drive way across town, polluting the earth, to get to the home of your trick!

sunday afternoons in the sun on the patio are to die for: beer, grilling, and hot guys of all sorts. except when it gets so crowded you have to fight your way through bar chested men. oh, i guess that parts pretty fun, too!

love the old time of this place, like i'd been transported back to the 70s. since i was only a teenager back then, it's fun to see what it might have been like had i the guts to come out a little earlier :-) nowadays i force my non-gay friends to stop in with me for a drink after work. after overcoming their shyness, they end of loving the totally unpretentious feeling and the attention they always end up getting from the rather, well, outgoing regulars