So here we are and with so much to do this weekend, there's a good chance that maybe you don't know what to do with yourself. I understand. You can check out yesterday's blog posting for your Saturday plans. Here's what you're gonna do Sunday...

It's the finale folks...Hook Me Up:I Want A Modeling Contract...Doors open at 7:30. Show should start around 8-8:30. Let me tell you: these models are model-contract worthy. And they are hungry for your votes. All funds go to the Play 4 Phil Foundation. And what better way to end your weekend then with me and my partner-in-crime Rob Easton at Pulse?

The Odyssey will not be moving to Denman and unless we all take the time to send a quick email, it will be going going gone at the end of April. The Odyssey was the first real gay bar I visited. It's the first place I saw male strippers. It's also the first bar I felt "okay to be gay" in. It's where we launched "Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poetry". It's also the club where I got to participate in the filming of a music video for the first time (love you Destineak).

That's a lot of firsts and probably not even all of them. Here's a note from manager Will McGuire. Take some time and send an email to city council. 

As most of you know, April 9th City Council rejected our application to relocate THE ODYSSEY to Denman St.

Unless something is done NOW, The Odyssey WILL be closed April 30. Ironic as we are currently the *busiest* GAY club in the city. Our application for relocation was denied by the same people who kicked us out of our current home. If you want the O around long enough to find a new place... get your anger flowing please...

If you don't feel the rage yet, or don't see how this affects you, try this on... a sitting Councillor compared the loss of THE ODYSSEY to the loss of his father's favourite CHINESE RESTAURANT-- he was sad for a while, then he just found another one. This was an actual arguement made by our elected officials. No other Councillors, including openly gay Councillor Woodsworth, took issue with this comparison. This indication of how trivial City Council views issues important to our community should SERIOUSLY offend you.

Understand that City Hall has NO incentive or requirement to extend our stay on Howe St. unless they are FORCED to by a massive amount of external pressure. That's YOU GUYS. GET ANGRY ABOUT THIS. It's the only way we stick around. Tell City Hall "YOU made this mess... YOU kicked us out... YOU denied our attempt to move... so YOU need to let us stay where we are until we find a space that YOU deem "appropriate". It doesn't matter if you've sent 600 emails to council already... Do it today. And then again tomorrow. And the next day. Until the City stands up and takes notice of what's happening to our community.

Do it now. The 40+ staff members of the Odyssey who have been fighting this for a YEAR now can NOT pull this off alone. If you want more than 1 1/2 gay clubs in Vancouver, WRITE/CALL NOW. TALK ABOUT THIS. And stay tuned for more ways YOU can have a direct impact on Vancouvers LGBT Cultural Landscape.

Write: mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca today and contact Will via facebook for more ways to help out.

We have 3 weeks Vancouver. Please wake up, take notice, and take charge of your community before it's too late.
 

Yes, it's Whistler WinterPRIDE follow-up week here on Up Your Alley and today I have some videos for you, loyal reader...

Part of this year's off-mountain activities included adventure tours for gays and lesbians. When push came to shove and I had to choose between zip trekking and dog sledding, I chose dog sledding. It's one of those things that most Canadian boys and girls dream about. I'm happy this one of the few times I had my camera with me and remembered to take video. Videographer I am not and the production quality is low, but you'll get a taste of what it's like:

I'd like to give a big thank you to the team at Outdoor Adventures Whistler. They really helped make WinterPRIDE feel like a once in a lifetime kinda experience.

As you've heard me talk about this, pretty much non-stop for two weeks, this should be the last time I'll post about the Mr. Gay World competition. I lifted this video from YouTube, here's the background:

Mr. Gay World 2009 competition happened in Whistler, Canada, February 4-8, 2009. This video was presented at the MR GAY WORLD GRAND FINALE & AWARDS show on Saturday night February 7th, before the announcement that Mr. Gay Ireland, Max Krzyzanowski was the new title winner of Mr. Gay World. For the latest news and more award winners visit the official site http://www.mrgayworld.org

This video was created by Transmission, the company working on the documentary film "Beyond Gay" http://biggaymovie.com/bgm/ with music by http://destineak.com/destineak/index....

Drumroll please...you may remember this posting and this one as well. And if you don't, maybe you should just go ahead and watch this:

This past week definitely had a post-Pride Parade kinda feeling here in Vancouver. So over the weekend, I decided to take some recharge time away from work, do a Davie Street entertainment tour and try to suss out what I'm going to write about in this between time from now until New Years (was worried but there are some great events over the next 6 weeks, check back regularly and search under the Hot in the City tag on this blog for more info). With help from some good and new friends (Rob, Amanda, Cody, Starlen, Peter Breeze and Will), we made a weekend of it - Score, 1181, Celebrities, Odyssey, the Majestic, Pumpjack, Numbers, Oasis...and visited the usual suspects for some fresh perspective.

When you want to dance, you can follow the following:

1) Celebrities: large and diverse crowd

2) Odyssey: best vibe

3) The Majestic: best music

If you're not sure which to pick, visit all three in one night.

And since many of you are off work today and tomorrow, here are two events happening tonight:

Do you remember Christina Sing and Bobby James from Destineak? They're the featured entertainment at tomorrow night's "Green Monday" at Bar None. Here's the poster: 

And here's what you need to know:

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Get ready for another mind blowing Green Room experience on Monday November 10th… Green Monday at Bar None! We have an impressive lineup of entertainment for you so be sure not to miss out on this night.

Green Monday will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE video release of Destineak’s “Gimme What I Came For” with Destineak (Christina Sing & Bobby James) live on stage with their incredible dancers! http://destineak.com/destineak/index.html

We will also be featuring DJ Nestor Delano, a leader in Western Canada’s house scene spreading electronic music to the masses! His numerous appearances supporting global superstar DJ’s like Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Felix the Housecat, and Frankie Knuckles have given Nestor a solid underground following as well. His sound ranges from deep, soulful house to bangin’ club bombs and tribal rhythms. Nestor thrives when he is at the center of a wall-to-wall bumpin’ party like Green Room.

The entertainment doesn’t stop there. We also have DJ’s Kraig & Skilla – 2 of Vancouver’s hottest house DJ’s!
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Another good friend of mine invited me and an Xtra West photographer to come to Hershe tomorrow night at the Red Room - we'll see if I can make this all happen, but I'm hoping to show up at both. Here's the info:

HERSHE BAR @ The Red Room
Fierce dj’s, steamy dance floor and lots of room for all your booty shakin'!
RED ROOM – 398 Richards Street
9pm-2am
DJ Betti Forde, DJ Soulfunkee, DJ De Lux, DJ Cho Cha
$10 Advance.

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Check out Facebook for more information. In light of that failed posting I did in Toronto two weeks ago, I have a bit of a surprise for Tuesday Hotness tomorrow...let's just say a certain "somebody" in San Francisco and I have been talking via email and on the phone...