When you think of Easter what comes to mind? Drag queens and leathermen, naturally. And that is exactly how I spent my Easter celebration. How else does one celebrate the reanimation of the Zombie Lord who is his own father and who removes the sin caused by a talking snake and a woman made from a rib? See what I mean, it all makes perfect sense now.

So I was invited by Alex (Mr. Long Beach Leather 2010) and his partner Michael, to come down with Don and their friend Buzz for a little champagne celebration. I remembered that it was Easter - and that required an Easter bonnet! So I did my very best work (the best that ten minutes of rummaging in a box of notions can do) and made a work of beauty. Then we were off.

Good times always follow champagne brunch at Hamburger Mary's. It really should be a regular thing. Someone (ahem) ought to start that. The show is always fun, the mimosas, while light on alcohol, are bottomless, and the food is decent. But it's less about the food and more about the divas. Then after the show it was time for the pub crawl. We didn't do the pub crawl, which was fine by me because even if the mimosas are light on booze, after 15 or 20 of them, it adds up and makes me sleepy.

One good thing came out of it, too. Alex liked some pictures I took of him at the Mr. Long Beach Leather contest, and then saw a few of the pics I took of him on Sunday, and has asked me to do a paid photo shoot of him at Rough Trade for his title run. I'm like practically professional now. Woo hoo! Though I think I'll do it for free as my "donation to the cause" and let him save up his cash for Chicago.

One more thing, if you're the cute guy in the red shirt and are reading this, I friggin love the way you shook that ass during the show! Hells yeah!