the cast starts to change

The last time I saw Lil Sal he was happy in a relationship. He had mellowed and was kind of “girlie” himself. Peter Mona I see is sky rocketing in the fashion world- didn’t see that coming- and is living a charmed life in Connecticut. They are happy and that is wonderful to hear, not that I am finished writing about either, but so many were not so fortunate to have such successful lives.
Brian P. was a built, gum chewing hottie who ended up just withering away. He was a bartender and a circuit party player. He did it all, yet managed to be kind to people. Back then pretention was everyone’s middle name and even if you didn’t have a right to be pretentious, you were- Brian had the right and he wasn’t. He was always nice to me, but had a chill about him to let me know not to get too close. He was actually Lil Sal’s best friend and they both were friends with TRIXIE.
Trixie was an old time bartender who adored getting high. If I said Trixie’s real name no one would know who it was-Brain- but everyone knew Trixie! I still get people asking how Trixie is and I tell them , last I heard Trixie was working in the basement of a church helping them in their store. Which for Trixie is a BIG switch considering he used to party in a church ( Limelight) Limelight was are furbished church that was made into a gay night club. Gay people have a way of finding irony in all situations. As you threw back the shots you would be faced with Mary holding the Christ Child, or Christ on the Cross. You could stand at the priest pulpit and view all the gays dancing when pews were once placed. It was a sight that I can look back at now and enjoy, but back then could the memory of burning in hell prevented me from enjoying those times. I believe I was there once with Dominic. He was a bar-back or waiter there and got us the VIP treatment. I got to party in the priest changing room with John Kennedy Jr. That room must have known a lot of action because I felt quite comfortable there. Lol.
Club back in those days were outrageous! My favorite was the Palladium. It was the most I ever had in a club and talk about star treatment. I was a Broadway usher for “Song and Dance” at the time and they were throwing a party for Bernadette Peters at the Palladium. I got Sammy and Casper in and we partied with Bernszee. It was a ball! All the dancers from the show showed up and there I was dancing with Broadway dancers. My favorite was Denise Faye- such a sweet heart. By the end of the night we knew everyone. That is just the way it was back then. You meet someone at one party and by year’s end you were best friends with them-just by seeing them out. The funny part of that evening was that at nights end we were leaving and who do we bump into? Trixie! “Babe, I’m everywhere.”
As I had previously stated Trixie had adopted Casper, Sammy and I as her gay daughters. “Babe, give your mother a ride him.” He would say in his Maude gravelly voice. We would and laugh the whole way home. Trixie was always in his own world when he was out and Casper was always the wrong one to put next to him. Casper would goat him on to tell the most highly imaginary stories, by the time we dropped Trixie off he was convinced he had dinner with a porn star and was being driven home in a horse drawn carriage. Trixie had been fired from Feathers, one of Hank’s Florida trip. The funny thing about Feathers was no matter how important people made you think you were there, you weren’t. After you got fired the place still did great business and the friends who swore they would never go back-went back. I don’t think I ever thought of myself as indispensable, but some did. When Brian P. was let go a lot of his stud looking customers went with him, but being they only went to his bar you didn’t notice them when they didn’t come in. The problem with that is they were eye candy and the other customers liked looking at them so when they didn’t come back, some of the customers that liked looking at them didn’t either. That is how the bar ripple effect works…
Till Tomorrow, Be Kind