RuPaul invasion
Sawmill Campground in Dade City was packed as expected for RuPaul's one and only U.S. performance for the year. The Glamazonian took to the outdoor stage of the 120-acre Pasco County facility to help it celebrate it's first year anniversary as a co-op. Of course, RuPaul didn't disappoint and wowed a crowd with several numbers, some fabulous dresses and comments about her hit Drag Race show on Logo.
The March 31 performance was coupled with a Drag Race Live competition, featuring contestants from throughout the Southeast and hosted by LGBT Live's Arica Love, who got a chance to spend some one-on-one time with RuPaul backstage. “She was fabulous and so kind,” Love told us. “It was humbling to meet her and to work with her.” Watermark photographer and Sawmill first-timer Chris Stevenson also had kind things to say about the event and Sawmill itself. “Seriously, that place is the friendliest gay place I've ever seen,” he told us afterward.
The festivities continued when celebrity photographer and A-List New Yorker Mike Ruiz appeared the following weekend along with several of his cast mates.
We thought we smelled gin and regret”¦
Funnyman Leslie Jordan invaded Florida the first week of April and packed the Straz Center with a crowd made up of a high percentage of homosexuals. The former Will & Grace guest star stopped in Tampa April 5 for his Stories I Can't Tell Mama tour. The star not only entertained from the stage, but from his dressing room and the lobby. Jordan invited several guests to visit him in his dressing room prior to his performance for autographs and photo-ops. After the concert he hung out in the lobby, greeting a long line of well-wishers. According to long-time fan and St. Petersburg resident Chip Wright, Jordan was as funny as ever and kind to every single fan who wanted an autograph. As far as those stories that he can't tell mama go”¦we have a feeling she's already heard many of them.
Obama to make stop in Tampa”somewhere
The President of the United States will make a stop in Tampa this Friday, April 13, but no one seems to know where he'll appear or what he'll discuss. If they do know details, they're not sharing them yet. The White House sent media alerts to outlets throughout the state on April 9 announcing that Barack Obama will travel to Tampa on Friday before heading to Colombia for the Summit of the Americas. Details, the release said, would be released later.
It's Obama's second tour of Florida in a week. He appeared at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton to discuss a proposal requiring the wealthy to pay at least 30% of their income in taxes. Obama has begun actively campaigning for the 2012 election and recently released attack ads against Mitt Romney, his likely Republican opponent.
