Dining Out For Life Blog

After weeks and weeks of planning, and countless bulk emails to the Chorus listserv, the day finally came for our participation in the Dining Out for Life event. As the organizer, I prompted myself to be the first one there (obviously, I also wanted to make a reconnaissance of the prime seating for the best “views”). By 6 pm there were just three of us, but five drinks had been served at our table……hmmm. As the evening went on, the chorines started dropping in and the bottles of water kept coming. (yeah, sure) We had a very keen eye on whom to give our Info Night flyers. So inspired and dedicated were we that some also added their own phone numbers on top of the Chorus’ contact information--so much dedication can only be found in a nunnery.
It came time to head out to our dinner venue, Gulf Coast Grill. Of course, you would think there would be no problem getting these athletic men to enjoy a nice walk from Baja Betty’s towards GCG, you know…five blocks. Guess again! I will not say names, but only 40% walked there--can’t say if it was car logistics, cosmetic touch-ups or wardrobe malfunctions.

Finally, all made it and we were pleasantly joined by other GMCSD men as we were sitting down at the table. A second round of beverages started with water for some and some sort of grape juice also made it to others. Things started getting cozier as Mr. Brent (T2) ordered oysters, something about them being aphrodisiacs; of course being the empiric scientist that I am, I refuted that as being merely some urban legend…boy, was I wrong as you may have witnessed from the paparazzi pictures that circulated on the web the next day.
We had such an amazing time that we didn’t even notice that by the time we had finished eating and laughing, it was way beyond the time to go eat dessert, so we grabbed our belongings and left to join Erik at the Caliph for karaoke.
At this point I should point out that we became a bunch a gay singing frat boys invading everywhere we went, because the queue for singing became as emotive and tearful as that little girl crying for Sanjaya on American Idol. We never thought that once Matthew (you know--five years undefeated Cutest GMCSD Member) got the microphone, he would not drop it. Mr. C. surely didn’t Lose His Religion while at Breakfast at Tiffany’s (we would like to thank our own dear Elphaba Vasich for being Matt’s backup singer). There was also a group rendition of Cher’s I Got You Babe (hope we didn’t scare anyone from auditioning!). Finally, midnight came and our parole officer and ankle bracelets started reminding us that it was time to go home. I was ready to go, but just needed to get Jake G.’s attention. Even though the guys insisted it wasn’t him, but I can sense envy a mile away.
Thanks all!!! See you all at the next Chorus outing.

Guillermo