Night of 1000 Stevies 21 "Wild Heart"

Photo by Jason Russo (Fierth.com & HeyMrJason Photography FB)

Photo by Jason Russo (Fierth.com & HeyMrJason Photography FB)

 

It was with great anticipation that we looked to Friday May 6, for the 21st Night of 1000 Stevies or NOTS 21, the yearly celebration of the artist known as Stevie Nicks. 


We gathered at the Highline Ballroom to pay homage to our Goddess Stevie.

 

Photo by Jason Russo (Fierth.com & HeyMrJason Photography FB)

Photo by Jason Russo (Fierth.com & HeyMrJason Photography FB)

And although each year there are many who capture the "Stevie Realness".

This year the realness hit a whole other level with the video she sent.


There she was on the giant screen talking to us, acknowledging us, saying she might show up in a disguise one year, our queen had spoken, oh my heart be still....

Jazmin Flowers

But since she was a no show, we were totally entralled by our Mistress of Ceremonies, the totally divine Chi Chi Valenti who gave birth to this event 21 years ago with husband/dj Johnny Dynell, and speaking of mistresses right by Chi Chi's side was the unstoppable Hattie Hathaway, looking as lovely as ever, with a tasteful purse, a Victorian blouse, and a handfull of looseleaf papers with the order of the performers. 

Who needs cue cards when you can sort through a pile of looseleaf papers, ya know what we're saying?

We're sure you'll all agree no one hurls a tambourine into the audience like that Hattie! and this year Hattie had an extra job, she was in charge of untying the  the swing for the aerial artist! Whoa Nelly!

 

We would also like to mention how exceptional the audience was this year, dressed to the nines in Victorian authentica, very gay, very hot, and knowing all the words to every Stevie song, and real Goddesses, not those horrible Sex and the City girls who have shown up in the last 2 years because it was hip, it was trendy, it was fabulous, and they weren't...but I digress....

We love our performers who come year after year, Billie O, The HoHos, Divine Grace, Sherry Vine ( and you have to see her latest video parody of Katy Perry "Firecrotch") 

Not to mention the sensuous Heather Litteer, Darlinda just Darlinda, the new Fleetwood Maxx, 

  

and our favorite, a sick and twisted homage to The Black Swan, like it wasn't already sick and twisted enough....

 

 

  
We did miss our favorite good old gal in a plus size gown, Sweetie, and Bella Donna did you miss your flight from Santa Barbara?

 

So there is only one rating that is fitting for this night:

10 White Winged Doves and 5 Bonus Tambourines

May Day Gay Day: Saint at Large at Amnesia

  
Lets face it.  Lately when we go out we feel like we've taken a deep diva dive into the disappointment dumpster (stay with us on this one).

You know what we're sayin, mediocre music, a mundane crowd, and you find yourself humming "is that all there is"?

However, that was not the case on Sunday May 1st at the Saint At Large Party at Amnesia. 

And how many times did we wish we had amnesia, remembering all those shirtless boys at The Saint and The Roxy and nothing cutting seriously close to that now. 

 But miracles happen, and it was like prime time at the David Barton Gym, and we are talking SERIOUSLY GORGEOUS BUFF MEN, with the most fantastic international celebrity DJ's, The Freemasons and Bimbo Jones (that hot dance mix he did for Pink's "Sober"). 

 Thanks to Mark Nelson's discount coupon by ordering tickets online, we avoided the hefty door charge (Making it as good a bargain as the Barney's Annual Sale.)

 

And if that wasn't enough, one of the main highlights of the evening was this cutie who we met by the ATM machine outside the bathroom. (Location is everything)  

Adorable Aussie from the ATM

Craig or Greg or whatever his name was,  was a flight attendant for Quantas and we were sure it would be a blast to slide down the emergency shoot with this one!

Although he taunted us with this mega clubs in Sydney filled with fabulous hotties he shared a dismal piece of info about the female koala bears, saying they had horrid dispositions and spread chlamidia to the males (we don't believe a word of this.)

It's hard to believe while we danced to Lady Gaga remixes, somewhere in Pakistan, the evil mind behind 9/11 was finally destroyed. Talk about parallel realities....

This party is rated beyond a 10....it's a 20 bicep!

Studio 54: Again.....

All that bruhaha surrounding the Royal Wedding- A guard being fired for calling Kate "a cow" on Facebook... The mystery about the designer of The Dress... The pomp, the circumstance, the style! 

But since the hags were not included in the guest list for either side of the family, and Pippa Middleton claimed not to know who Talk Diva and Fluffie were, we had to settle for our own version of royality, the international icon of style and sass, none other than than Rollarina hosting the Studio 54 fundraiser at the GLBT in NYC.

What a stylish event this was, a festivity of hags, fags, leather and lace, and some getups, quite frankly, that fit alot better if you were a barboy in the 70's, but  were not quite fitting the same now (if you know what we're saying).

 But it was all in good fun as we freestyled, hustled and grooved to such favorites as MacArthur Park, (cause when you say Studio 54 you say Donna Summer) Boogey Woogie Dancing Shoes, and It's Raining Men (and it was.)

But what do we think of when we remember Studio 54? (those of us with any remaining braincells) The coke spoon and the man in the moon on the back wall of the dance floor.  

Well let us just say that no detail was spared, with a replica that looked just like the original.  The only problem was that it wasn't taped to the wall very good and it kept falling down, but who else but Rollarina to the rescue, our go-to-gal who kept it all running smoothly.... 

And although she may be gliding instead of rolling these days our Queen Rollarina sure does know how to throw a party!

Rating: 10 pairs of Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes