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Bourbon Street is still the place to be on Thursday nights! Every week the Wet contest keeps packing them in, and tonight should be no exception as Tori Heart returns as hostess for the event.

Now that " Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is officially dead as of Sept. 20, celebrations commemorating the occasion have commenced.

The 2011 Nicky Awards was not the only event bestowing recognition upon our community last week. The Union-Tribune just announced the results of its annual San Diego's Best awards, based on 538,932 tallies from ballots throughout the county ... and congratulations are in order to Baja Betty's, for winning "Best Gay/Lesbian Bar."