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Jim Winsor’s Out & About: Gay Guide to Mardi Gras

Get ready to don your masks and gather your beads, as Mardi Gras is this Tuesday! Here’s a roundup of some of the major Fat Tuesday festivities happening in and around the gayborhood:

5 pm: Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras at Bourbon Street

6 pm: Bead Me at 1202

6 pm: Mardi Gras at Flicks

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Jim Winsor’s Out & About: Big gay guide to Super Bowl parties

Super Bowl weekend is here! This means Super Bowl parties, and the local gay clubs will have them aplenty this Sunday!

Here’s a roundup of where you can go to hang out with friends and fellow fans and catch the big game:

10 am: Super Bowl Sunday at Urban Mo’s – “For the Half Time Show, the moment half of Hillcrest has been waiting for, Beyonce and the Destiny's Child REUNION will transform Urban Mo's into "The Greatest Show In Hillcrest"!”

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Jim Winsor’s Out & About: Girls gone too wild in Hillcrest

Over the weekend, the issue of straight women visiting our local gay bars and clubs and misbehaving flared up again.

The subject is apparently a hot-button issue in the nightlife community. A few months ago, I wrote about the decision by the Abbey in West Hollywood to ban bachelorette parties, and the numerous comments I received did not provide the bachelorettes with a whole lot of sympathy.

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Jim Winsor’s Out & About: Local DJ’s tiny fashion statement goes viral

Last weekend provided a fun and interesting example of how the power of Social Media, combined with looking really cute in a jock strap, can result in an unexpected boost overnight in a local DJ’s online profile.

Before his gig at last Saturday’s Popsicle party at Rich’s, DJ John Joseph posted via Twitter that he had "Just put my costume together for tonight @richssandiego" and added "Oh yeah ... It's pretty small."

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Jim Winsor’s Out & About: A fond farewell to "Robsicle"

Rob Thompson, the popular and diversely-talented organic chemist/SDPIX and Rich’s cover model/go-go boy, will be having his big going away night this Saturday at Rich’s. Rob, aka Robsicle, aka Mr. Universal, is leaving us for a new life in Chicago. Naturally, we are sad … but we wish him all the best!

The theme for the night at Rich’s will be Popsicle, appropriately enough, with DJ Taj at the turntables.

Arrested opening night at Spin

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Jim Winsor’s Out & About: The 2012 nightlife year in review

Happy New Year everyone!

Now that 2012 is in the books, I thought it might be a good idea to reflect, take a look back and count down the Top 5 most popular Out & About columns from last year, based on the number of Internet “hits” they got. Starting with …

Number 5: “Huge gay guide to Halloween happenings”

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Jim Winsor's Out & About: The most festive gay guide to New Year’s in San Diego

Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s my annual compilation of all the notable New Year’s events here in Hillcrest and the surrounding gayborhoods. Just keep this page bookmarked on your smart phone for easy access while bar crawling on this festive Monday eve (and hung-over Tuesday morn).

Please don't drink and drive. Choose a designated driver or take a cab! Have a fun and safe weekend folks, and I’ll see you all next year!

Monday, Dec. 31, 2012

Noon: New Year’s Eve at Fiesta Cantina

What would you do if today was your last day on Earth?

SAN DIEGO -- While it is unlikely that today will mark the end of civilization as we know it, Hale Media asked its Social Media followers what they would do if the Mayans really did have it right.

The following question was posed on the Facebook pages of San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, San Diego Pix, The Equality Directory, Hale Media and publisher Johnathan Hale:

If today was your last day on earth, how would you spend your time?

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Jim Winsor's Out & About: The end of the world is here, so let's go clubbing!

First there was Y2K, and that turned out to be no big deal. Then, in 2011 we were all supposed to be raptured (well, me at least, anyways), but that didn’t pan out either. Now it’s the Mayans’ turn. Will the third time be the charm here? I guess we’ll find out this Friday …

Bob, Joe and Leo’s End of the World Birthday Celebration

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Jim Winsor’s Out & About: "Real Housewife" Adriana De Moura to be crowned Queen of White Party 2013

WPPS promoter Jeffrey Sanker announced some interesting staffing decisions this week.

"The Real Housewives Of Miami" star Adriana De Moura will be crowned Queen of White Party 2013, "The Amazing Race" runner-up and Chippendales star Jaymes Vaughan will be anointed Official 2013 Ambassador. And the title of Dame of White Party 2013 will be bestowed upon that turbaned temptress of countless classic TV shows, from "Laugh-In" to "Hollywood Squares" – the sassy diva puppet Madame.

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