Hello men of Northampton!
It's now Monday morning, and I'm struggling with hotel wifi trying to get this posted. At the time I was writing it though, I was flying at about 38,000 feet on my way to Las Vegas for the next week or so. Hopefully while I cruising through the skies, you were cruising the park Six Flags New England for their annual "Out in the Park" and enjoying one of the last few days of summer. The forecast looked promising, and hopefully drew a lot of guys from all over.
Speaking of altitude, I'll share with you that prior to flying I was curious to find out the cruising altitude for a 737 on a transcontinental flight. One of the first links was from the Discovery Channel - so it MUST be good, right? As it turns out, the article was about what happens if you get sucked out of an airplane at 30,000 feet. Perhaps one of the cheeriest parts was right at the beginning where the author mentioned that the "rapid drop in oxygen and extraordinarily cold conditions would be just two of the deadliest consequences" (http://news.discovery.com/human/southwest-airplane-cracks-falling-110408.html). Great reading material right before boarding.
Fortunately, I arrived in Vegas intact. Unfortunately, in addition to missing Out in the Park, I'm going to miss a few other Northampton-area events that you guys need to check out. In fact, this Friday is a double feature! Make sure you start the evening out at the Hotel Northampton for the third annual Northampton gay men's social. This is a special event, so there is a $5 cover charge that pays for the piano player. The anniversary events draw the biggest crowds, so it'll definitely be worth your $5 for a chance to socialize with some great guys. After the social, make sure you check out the King of Northampton dance party at Bishop's Lounge. What better way to kick off the fall than with some hot tracks from DJ DrewG from Los Angeles? Not to mention the hot .. err .. gents. If you manage to wake up at a reasonable hour on Saturday, Rainbow Riverfest starts at 11:00am at the Holyoke Canoe Club.
Remember - you can get more information about all of these events and more at www.monoho.com, so make sure you keep tabs on the website. Also make sure you sign up for our Yahoo! group and "like" our Facebook page to stay on top of the latest news.
I'll have information about more upcoming events soon. I will tempt you that KW Home of Easthampton, run by our very own Keith Woodruff, is planning something special for their 10th anniversary soon. Keep an eye on their Facebook page for details.
I'll close with a bright note. One of my favorite things to do on long flights is to catch up on those 2.5 hour subtitled Bollywood movies I keep collecting from my Indian friends. Yesterday I finally got to watch Lage Raho Munna Bhai, an absolutely fantastic film about Munna Bhai, a rough, mob goon who starts having conversations with a hallucination of the Mahatma Gandhi. The image of Gandhi leads Munna to start living a life of nonviolence, and face the sometimes difficult-to-admit truths of life. "Bapu," as Gandhi is often referred to, advises Munna, "Take pride, and live the truth fully."
So, these are my parting words for you all. Get out and enjoy some of the various LGBTQ events we promote on monoho.com. Let us know at askmonoho@gmail.com if you have events you think the local queer community would enjoy and we can look at posting them online. But above all, take pride, and live the truth fully.
Until next time, my friends!
-will
It's now Monday morning, and I'm struggling with hotel wifi trying to get this posted. At the time I was writing it though, I was flying at about 38,000 feet on my way to Las Vegas for the next week or so. Hopefully while I cruising through the skies, you were cruising the park Six Flags New England for their annual "Out in the Park" and enjoying one of the last few days of summer. The forecast looked promising, and hopefully drew a lot of guys from all over.
Speaking of altitude, I'll share with you that prior to flying I was curious to find out the cruising altitude for a 737 on a transcontinental flight. One of the first links was from the Discovery Channel - so it MUST be good, right? As it turns out, the article was about what happens if you get sucked out of an airplane at 30,000 feet. Perhaps one of the cheeriest parts was right at the beginning where the author mentioned that the "rapid drop in oxygen and extraordinarily cold conditions would be just two of the deadliest consequences" (http://news.discovery.com/human/southwest-airplane-cracks-falling-110408.html). Great reading material right before boarding.
Fortunately, I arrived in Vegas intact. Unfortunately, in addition to missing Out in the Park, I'm going to miss a few other Northampton-area events that you guys need to check out. In fact, this Friday is a double feature! Make sure you start the evening out at the Hotel Northampton for the third annual Northampton gay men's social. This is a special event, so there is a $5 cover charge that pays for the piano player. The anniversary events draw the biggest crowds, so it'll definitely be worth your $5 for a chance to socialize with some great guys. After the social, make sure you check out the King of Northampton dance party at Bishop's Lounge. What better way to kick off the fall than with some hot tracks from DJ DrewG from Los Angeles? Not to mention the hot .. err .. gents. If you manage to wake up at a reasonable hour on Saturday, Rainbow Riverfest starts at 11:00am at the Holyoke Canoe Club.
Remember - you can get more information about all of these events and more at www.monoho.com, so make sure you keep tabs on the website. Also make sure you sign up for our Yahoo! group and "like" our Facebook page to stay on top of the latest news.
I'll have information about more upcoming events soon. I will tempt you that KW Home of Easthampton, run by our very own Keith Woodruff, is planning something special for their 10th anniversary soon. Keep an eye on their Facebook page for details.
I'll close with a bright note. One of my favorite things to do on long flights is to catch up on those 2.5 hour subtitled Bollywood movies I keep collecting from my Indian friends. Yesterday I finally got to watch Lage Raho Munna Bhai, an absolutely fantastic film about Munna Bhai, a rough, mob goon who starts having conversations with a hallucination of the Mahatma Gandhi. The image of Gandhi leads Munna to start living a life of nonviolence, and face the sometimes difficult-to-admit truths of life. "Bapu," as Gandhi is often referred to, advises Munna, "Take pride, and live the truth fully."
So, these are my parting words for you all. Get out and enjoy some of the various LGBTQ events we promote on monoho.com. Let us know at askmonoho@gmail.com if you have events you think the local queer community would enjoy and we can look at posting them online. But above all, take pride, and live the truth fully.
Until next time, my friends!
-will
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