Archive for the ‘Flame’ Category

Comic Con is this weekend, and if you don’t have a ticket already … forget about it. It’s sold out. Tickets to this hugely popular convention typically sell out within days of going on sale the year before, thus you really need to plan ahead to be able to attend.
There are, however, a few Comic [...]

Not only will this year’s San Diego Pride VIP Pass allow use of the limo bus running on Saturday and Sunday nights of Pride weekend, but it’ll also provide admission to all five of the Official San Diego Pride Parties, and VIP front-of-line entry to those events and eleven other Pride hotspots as well.
Here’s a brief guide to all [...]

Good news for those of you who plan on imbibing a cocktail or two, while hitting up more than one bar, club, party or event this coming San Diego Pride weekend (which I suspect is a rather large percentage of the people who read this blog): The schedule for the San Diego Pride party shuttle [...]

The event lineup for this year’s official San Diego Pride Parties is now available, and here’s what it looks like:
On Friday, July 16 promoter Michael Mack teams up with Pride media sponsors San Diego Pix and SDGLN to present the “T-Dance on the Bay Night Cruise,” with DJ Kimberly S on the Harbor Excursion’s Spirit [...]

This past week, a “Public Notice Of Application For Ownership Change” went up on the door of 1202 University Avenue, aka the former Universal Hillcrest:

…so, it looks like it was sold. No info yet on the new owners, however, or what they plan to do with it. As I find out more I’ll let you [...]

An interesting article in the latest edition of the San Diego Uptown News:
North Park residents angry with bar and restaurant expansion
By David Harvey
SDUN Reporter
A North Park resident has created an organization to fight what he believes is a flood of bars coming into the 30th Street and University Avenue business district.
Don Leichtling said he established [...]

The big event of the weekend will IMO be at Spin this Saturday:

You can read bio info on Manny Lehman and Mya here and here. Also, since this party is an official pre-White Party celebration event, the night includes ticket and DVD giveaways for the upcoming Jeffrey Sanker annual extravaganza in Palm Springs this coming [...]

Yep, it’s a triple conjunction of holidays this weekend: Valentines Day on Sunday, Presidents Day on Monday, followed by Mardi Gras on Tuesday. Whew! OK, here’s my personal plan of attack for these upcoming 5 days of partying:
Friday, February 12: I think I’ll start things off low-key with the Love and Lust Party at House.Boi, [...]

A big update on the San Diego Pride board payoff scandal, which I’ve covered here before – the 3 controversial board members in question have agreed to step down, in favor of an interim board.
This story broke late last night:
Elected officials intervene — demand Board changes at Pride
Princetta, Karim and Worrell to step down
Morgan M. [...]

This story actually came out last week, but for those of you who haven’t seen or heard the news yet:
“According to the Union-Tribune, San Diego Police are seeking help identifying a thief who appears to be targeting gay men at a popular Hillcrest watering hole:
The suspect, who has identified himself as “Paul” or “John,” has [...]