An end of an era.

A very sad weekend for many as Pleasure Island played its last song.

Pleasure Island

Yesterday I learned that one of my favorite places at the Walt Disney World Resort would be closing. Pleasure Island a group of nightclubs in the middle of the oasis of Disney. I have been going to in paticular Mannequins since I turned 21 almost 6 years ago. It was/is a place that I could have fun, feel safe, relax,have a smoke free enviroment, and see friends. Now this safe drinkin/meeting place will close on September 27th. There are many of us that had one regular bartender that we all consider a friend. We always got her birthday gifts and she would bake us cakes from scratch. I have no clue where they will shop her off too, probably a resort bar where her tips will dramatically increase with the different clientel. One good thing about us fags is that we know how to tip well. I am not sure where we will go out now, but a part of my weekly routine will now be missing :( My banner page is actually a picture of Mannequins Dance Palace.

My Vacation

Ok so it was not much of a vacation, but it was great to see my best friend from Ohio. It had been almost three years since I had seen him last, even though we talk daily on AIM. It was also nice to be off work for 5 days. Last Wednesday I got off work early and picked Tim up at the Airport, after driving through rush hour traffic to get home, we picked my roommate up and headed downtown to eat at Wildfire BBQ. We enjoyed dinner there and then headed to Bloomingdales so I could get some of my Zirh Shaving Cream. Then we decided to get some ice cream, well I have not had real sugar in months so I was a little bit excited!!! We went to Carvels and I had a blizzard like treat that had cake batter in it, yumo! I thought I was going to be sick with all of that sugar.

The next day we got up and hit the themeparks, first Animal Kingdom and rode Everest then headed over to Epcot and hit most of the attractions there. Then Timmy and I headed home and had dinner then Tim, Marcus, and I headed out to Pleasure Island to Celebrate his Birthday, of course I went to Dawn's bar and chatted it up with her and introduced her to Tim and she made him some strong drinks as always hehehe. I honestly don't remember a lot except having a lot of fun after having three long islands, and 2 shots lol!!!

On Friday we went to the beach and relaxed, then enjoyed a wonderful dinner at the Yachtsmen Steakhouse. I think Tim really enjoyed, I had them personalize the menu with his Name and wishing him a Happy Birthday and then had a cake at the end.

Saturday we got out of bed and headed to Universal, we hit both parks but I must say most of the waits were over 70 minutes so we hit the single rider lines which seperated us! Then for our last dinner together we ate at Hard Rock.

Overall it was very nice weekend and I enjoyed my time is Tim, hopefully he will come down sooner and we can go on a cruise.