Red Velvet

(Keoki, Charles Winters & Mike Averaert @ Red Velvet)
 
 
“Alright, I want a good clean fight.Now get your claws out!” exclaimed Charles Winters as we (along with  Next Magazine editor Dan Avery) were introduced to publisher Mike Everaert and editor-in-chief Keoki Ty Tavares of Odyssey the new gay mag in town. Luckily, no blood of our self-proclaimed "red-headed stepchild" was shed on the yet-to-be-opened Red Velvet’s couches, where Winters hosted his birthday bash last night.
 
The cozy Rivington Street bar—so long and sleek one guest said reminded them of the inside of a limo—will play host to Winters' new Wednesday-night party, Cupcake, which will also feature Micah Jesse, Jason Preston and King Ralphy.
 
Heading west, we passed Su Casa, which had a line around the block. Evidently the police were manning the scond-story club's velvet rope at one point, due to overcrowding upstairs and along the sidewalk. In the old days, the gays would've just invaded the Qdoba on the ground floor and made their own party. Things ain't what they used to be! –Christopher Dilley continue reading »