Lifestyle
(Not Quite) Out to Pasture: Gym Dandy
BY: CURTIS COMER
I realize that this is a sweeping generalization, but gay men love to go to the gym. Not me, of course, but lots of gay men do. I mean, just listen to the words to “YMCA” by the Village People if you don’t believe me.
NOH8 Project StL—Uniting Community Through Art
BY: COLIN MURPHY - SENIOR WRITER
The NOH8 Campaign is now a phenomenon. In little under a year’s time the photographic silent protest created by photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley in response to the passage of California’s Proposition 8, which stripped Golden State same sex couples of their right to marry, has taken the nation—nay the world, by storm.
PROshop: Following the Road to Success
BY: AMANDA WICHERN
Dorothy said it best when she sang to follow the yellow brick road. The five business professionals featured have done just that with the accomplishment of their careers through the LGBT community. Vital VOICE Magazine is awarding these individuals throughout the St. Louis area into our PROshop.
LIVE/CREATE: Frances Glenn Photography—Capturing the Art of the Illusion
BY: COLIN MURPHY - SENIOR WRITER
"Our greatest reward is when one of these individuals will call us in tears and thank us for making them beaufiful. It's really a pleasure because it's something that people need to see; they need to see themselves that way."
DATE PLACE: Lola Offers a Bit of Everything
BY: AMANDA WICHERN
Imagine for a moment you are being whisked away by that special someone to a place with the sweet southern French feel of New Orleans, blended with the chic, yet alluring surroundings of Los Angeles. The mood lighting is just low enough to see the twinkle in your date's eyes when they look at you from across the table. It's the hot new date place you have been waiting for.
Pink is the New Green: Corporate America Courts The Dominating Spending Power Of The LGBT Community
BY: PAMELA RAYMOND
As the economy shakes from dramatic dips and turns, businesses are taking a pointed look at its advertising budgets and seeking ways to maximize its effectiveness to those still willing to spend their hard earned dollars. This leads companies to start thinking about how it “speaks” to its best consumers or how to cultivate new awareness amongst the general consumer pool.
Non Profit of the Month: River City Professionals
River City Professionals are the young entrepreneurs and fresh thinkers of St. Louis. We exchange ideas and leads, form partnerships and friendships, vent and tell stories. Most importantly, we enjoy experiencing the people and places of St. Louis.
(Not Quite) Out to Pasture: The Ongoing Saga of Unemployment
BY: CURTIS COMER
When I was laid off from my job at the antique store just over a year ago, I did what most prudent bill payers would do: I filed for unemployment.
(Not Quite) Out to Pasture: The Green Eyed Monster
BY: CURTIS COMER
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock
The meat it feeds on. That cuckold lives in bliss,
Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger:
But O, what damned minutes tells he o'er
Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves!
-Othello Act 3, scene 3, 165–171
Last night Tim and I joined our friend, Kris, at our local hangout for a few beers. She began talking before she was seated or before she had even removed her coat.
(Not Quite) Out to Pasture: I Feel a Song Coming On
BY: CURTIS COMER
It’s funny how music can magically transport the listener back in time. Like the scent of perfume or the smell of coffee brewing, it can remind us of long-lost friends, short-lived loves and sunny picnic tables that we had all but forgotten with the passage of time. Taste in music, too, can tell a lot about the listener and even divulge his age.
