Spring Breakers, Gay Mixers, and Bogie

And poof! It’s the weekend again, and we are halfway through another month in 2025. Spring arrives next week, and with it, tons of young, lively Spring Breakers expected to inject over 5k USD each into our economy. Seems like a great deal of money for a student.

I had all kinds of plans yesterday, shopping for two specific things I could not find and a lunch date that was unavoidably canceled at the last minute.

I did get over to the Gay Mixer – Bar Frida 4.0 to celebrate the gay community, sponsored by Out & About Puerto Vallarta magazine and Jet De La Isla’s new Gay Facebook page. What a mix of people were there socializing and catching up.

Jerry Jones, dear friend and editor/publisher of O and A, was holding court, making sure everyone had a name tag. Mike Laking, owner of Frida’s Tom Finley’s friend and help-mate, handed out raffle/tequila shot tickets. I remarked to Tom how smooth the tequila was, and he related the story of how his bar buys the entire production of that particular farm/distillery in Tequila, Jalisco. Mike Laking designed the gorgeous Frida label. Derek Carkner was there with his pooch Coco and highly recommended the blackberry tequila version. One day, I will try it.

Jerry has five or six more mixers coming up; they are such fun and great for business. Over a hundred people attended last night at Frida’s, and the busiest one so far was at Mike Owens’ Studs Bear Bar, where 370 hot guys got together to mingle!

Bogie and I celebrate 10 months of living under the same roof this Sunday. We are still at a sometimes uneasy peace. Just when I think we have bonded at last, a new trick emerges that has to be dealt with. The latest is his penchant for escaping the house into the night; with or without other neighborhood cats, he is determined to chase away or invite them in for dinner. To keep him safe, we are both forbidden to be out on the patio, with doors installed and locked and piles of stuff between us and the great outdoors. When my sister Patrice arrives in less than two weeks, we will figure out a new defense system for the outside space; summer necessitates airflow!

Have a super weekend, everybody. Sending warm sun and sand to those of you still suffering in the ice and snow.