CINCY GAY SCENE: Dock still open

The story that never was...

Texted Joe from the Dock. His response to the rumours about the Dock closing? "Stupid rumor." 

Dixie Crystals sent me the MySpace bulletin about the same issue:

OUR DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ! I AM SURE U HAVE BEEN HEARING THINGS THAT THE DOCK IS CLOSING AND AS ALWAYS ITS NOT TRUE. WE ARE ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING GAY BARS IN CINCINNATI.

WE ARE GOING ON OUR 25 YEARS AND PLAN ON HAVING MANY MORE!! TO TO PUT YOUR MIND AT REST WE ARE NOT CLOSING ! AT THIS TIME WE ARE OPEN THURSDAY NIGHTS FOR YOUR EBM, 80'S , ALTERNATIVE NIGHT FROM 10 TILL 3 AM FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE THE SHOWS WITH THE GREAT JESSICA DIMON AND ALL HER GUEST ALOG WITH DJ DOUG STRONG, OPEN 10 TILL 4 AM

AND SUNDAYS IS DA BEST HIP HOP SPOT IN CINCINNATI WITH DJ BLAK CHERRI FROM 10 TILL 3 AM. SO NOW WE GOT THAT OUT OF THE WAY LETS PARTY AND HAVE A GOOD OLD TIME... SEE YA TONIGHT

So there. Case closed. Um. So... yea...

Non-story :-). Go, drink, dance, make-out. Have fun. 

And make sure you tip friends of the blog, Mykey and Dan, who bartend down there.

OHIO/CINNKY: Forbes rates our city...

Forbes rates our city as 33rd best for singles, which is up from 2004 when we were rated 39th (this is out of 40, btw). 

How did we do in the breakdown?

For singles... 29

Nightlife... 34

Coolness... 35

Culture... 23

Job Growth... 24

Online Dating... 27

Cost of Living... 4

Hey, at least we beat Cleveland.

On the heels of this, dear friend Kate over at Kate's Random Musings brings us the Single Girls' Bible to Being Single in the City.

I love you, Kate, but I don't think it's useful for me? But if Dan is to be believed, apparently I have to start going to straight bars to get laid.

I'm doing fine at lesbian bars though. :-)

BLOGGING: Seven new blogrolls and few updates today.

Lots of new stuff today!!!!

Thanks to Cincinnati Blog for constantly keeping me up to date on all the wonderful blogs here in the city... I had found both of these before but had never actually blogrolled them until today.

1. Just Past Central -- "Life in Cincinnati's Newest Old Neighborhood" -- OTR-focused blog.

2. Somewhere Over-the-Rhine -- "A site dedicated to Cincinnati's Over the Rhine Neighborhood" -- also an OTR-focused blog.

Also blogrolled today...

3. Benjamin Nicholas's 15 Minutes... -- NSFW -- the life of a professional escort.

4. Ex-Gay Watch -- News on conversion therapies. Excellent, excellent resource.

5. Fivethirtyeight.com -- Excellent updates on the election.

6. DemConWatch -- "News and views about the Democration National Convention and the 2008 Election."

7. 3 Blue Dudes -- Very much a Dem site following the 2008 election.

YEA FOR UPDATES!!!

Also, I am working on the layout a little bit. I'm trying to find a way to make the individual posts more distinct so that when we have text-heavy times, the individual posts don't blend together. You may see the look change a bit over the next couple of days... I kinda like the current look, but it may change.

Also, don't forget to check out the funny new VLOG from Danrambles.

BLOGGING: New Cincinnati Queer Bloggers!!!!

YEA! Two new queer bloggers in town. First of all, I am so excited to annoucne the addition of QueerCincinnati's newest blogger: CODY!!!! Check out his intro email here (or just scroll down, folks!). I'm really excited to have him aboard, and to try this whole new thing of inviting new people to the show. Cody's been reading for a couple of months now, and was the very first person to respond to my call for new writers! I think he brings an enthusiasm to this blog that I lack, and we will be cross-posting his vlogs, so get ready to meet him face to face!

I have three or four more people I'm giving privileges to, mainly other bloggers (yes, the offer was open to y'all as well :-)) and people who will be contributing intermittently. This will be an exciting few months for this site!

Also, let's welcome to the blogging seen... Danrambles! Dan is an old friend of mine from the bar scene, and one who has been involved in more insanities with me than I like to mention. He contacted me the other day via Myspace about starting another queer local blog, I gave him (what little) I know, and now he's aboard. He promises that it may be a little raunchier. At the moment, though, he's just fabulous! From his blog (which is being added to the blog roll):

I’ve always loved writing… and I’ve equally always loved bitching and making fun of the world around me. This blog is nothing but my point of view on daily events… sometimes offensive, sometimes out there, and sometimes in the form of a poem (okay the last one probably won’t happen). Bartender and alcohol-abuser by night, youtube and internet star wannabe by day… welcome to the ramblings of dan… aka DanRambles

By the title of the page, I’m sure one can deduce…but it will be dan rambling! Which I do a lot of. Rambling about the events of the day/night.. rambling about one night stands and drunken events… about guys I meet (and often find a way to ditch)… about the gay scene in Cincinnati and the other cities I go to (I try to travel as often as possible).. and about anything else that pops up. i love the idea of living by ‘no regrets, no apologies’… and typically live that way at night. The problem I have is the morning afters, when I’m filled with regrets and have a list of people to call to apologize to.

So, welcome to you both!!!!