Part II of the Washington D.C. Club scene weekend we started out at an afterparty at Duplex Cafe. This had to have been the most packed place I have ever seen with an exception of Terminix in Prague that was over-capacity. I mean seriously it was a little too busy for the small cafe it was with that big crowd. But it was a beautiful crowd in many ways it was hot boys dressed up as trannies for the Adam’s Morgan pageant. Let’s just say the drag queens were turning us on because they were sexy like that. It was so busy we could only stay there for a bit and could barely hear the music but the DJ was pumping out some good stuff from what we could hear. There were chicks dressed up like Pan Am stewardesses and some dressed up just being hot. People were just really preparing for Halloween festivities. Duplex is normally a place to dine located in the Dupont area and has a busy Thursday night as well.
We then cabbed it over to Town club for a retro night with a drag queen who was tired of standing out in the rain. He was showing us pics of him out of drag and we were quite impressed but we never saw him again inside the busy Town club. Town was great for the Saturday just as good as Friday. It was a special retro party with 70s 80s and 90s music mixes upstairs and downstairs.
Sunday night we took a town car provided by Ziegfeld Secret’s or ZS as it says on the building. The Gay area is located mostly near the 17th street near Dupont circle but Ziegfeld Secret’s is in the old part where Nation and Wet used to be near. It can take up to 20 min for that ride because it is a bit far from the Dupont circle. It may be a bit scary looking but once inside it is fun. The guys are totally nude and they feature a shower and a upstairs and downstairs of bare men. The only problem is its only good on Friday and Saturdays and maybe Military night and shirtless themed nights during the week. Sunday was pretty dead and only the upstairs was open with not even shower action so we busted out of there hoping to find a busy Sunday night place.
It turns out Washington DC does not have a Sunday night place at all. Now every city has its different rules, laws, and popular places for Sunday night but DC should just shut down on Sundays since it was entirely dead everywhere. In Atlanta they are forced to shut down at Midnight but it may be like DC in that not many go out that night. Cities like Dallas party hard on Sundays but are lame on Wednesdays and Thursdays. We even asked if there was a straight club to dance at on Sunday and no one seemed to know. Possibly on weekends like Columbus Day they may have a Sunday night event. The daytime is your best bet for Sunday Funday at places such as Duplex Cafe.
We are still not sure if they have a college night anywhere on Thursday nights. We read online the place they had it before closed down and did not hear of any mentions of a college night but we do know that Fridays are 18 and up at Town.
Overall DC has one of the best clubs in the Nation and in the Nation’s capital with so many professional gays, lobbyists, HRC officers, and leaders in the LGBT cause its certainly a great city to socialize and meet a possible husband. I would not want to pay taxes or live in DC though as if they were a state they would rank #1 in taxes. (more…)
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I was asked to talk about the best gay bars in the world, and given a list of suggestions. I was thrilled to see The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, in London on the list because I used to haunt it when I lived in London. I spent many a wild evening there with its drag acts and warm beer, I even performed in cabaret there once or twice and, years ago, on one summer sports day they host for charity once a year, I remember a particularly sexy guy in lycra who came home with me after the egg and spoon race. But that’s a different story. The ‘Vauxhall’ or imply the ‘RVT’ as it’s locally known, is the oldest surviving gay venue in London, its housed in a traditional ‘gin palace’ of a building and hosts everything from bingo to bonanzas. Old-worldly, yet up to date, fun and cruisey, handy for transport and still going strong after all these years, it’s top of my list for sure.
I noticed some of the same bartenders and staff as the Tin Room in Dallas. The Rainbow Lounge had a VIP looking lounge area and big dancefloor. Much bigger dance area with boxes and cages than I had expected. The place kind of reminded me of the Majestic in Tulsa . Although the Majestic has a bigger stage and is two levels.
Sunday nights used to be a night out at the Gypsy to watch some drag which is always fun but it just does not seem as popular as it used to be. Sunday night to my surprise ended up being one of my funnest nights out in Vegas because we discovered a new place to hang out that is normally straight and the door guy even warned us that that place was a more gay mixed crowd (I take that as a compliment… I think haha..) The CatHouse is located in the the Luxor just next to that fabulous Mandalay Bay Casino. CatHouse is mostly gay on Sundays and is busy with some kind of vodka redbull special but yet it still ended up costing $9 a drink.
As you can see the bartender is a hottie and the music was lots of fun. They have boxes that you can dance on which is nice because most gay clubs in Vegas you have to watch the dancers dance and you do not get to be on the stage or box yourself. You get tired of gogo dancers after awhile and want the damn box to yourself lol. We will definately be back to this fun club on Sundays.. I heard they normally have a dress code but they did not seem to enforce it on Sunday night which is sweet.
This is a hot mess too. Just when you think its Courtney Love its a Drag queen that is impersonating Madonna one night at Empire Thursdays and the Madonna afterparty but she gets the mess award of the year and I looooove it! This diva was fabulous and put on a great show of being the messiest of the bunch. Even messier than we were and that gets you some points!