It’s MY BIRTHDAY PARTY at the End-Up with fabulous hosts - Patrik Gallineaux, actor Jai Rodriguez (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy), and entertainer Cassandra Cass - who will be whisking you off to “Xanadu.” Launch your New Year’s Eve at “Tranadu,” the Stoli VIP party at the legendary End-Up, 401 6th Street (at Harrison) on December 31st. Complimentary Stolichnaya cocktails 9-11 pm, hors d’oeuvres, and free admission from 9-10:30 pm with RSVP to stoliparty@gmail.com. Explore the unveiling of the magical new lounge and patio. Music by DJ Cuervo. “Bar Nun Sister Dana will be celebrating her 25th birthday, as well. Happy Birthday, Dana!” [Editing: as if!]. Alternative pop princess Liz Primo and dancers bring a mini-concert at 11:30 pm, featuring her hit single “State of Amazing” and preview of upcoming release “Wind Me Up.” Champagne toast at midnight with giveaways, favors, fabulousness, and countdown with the stars. Stay past midnight and enjoy the End-Up’s 33 hour New Year’s dance marathon, $5 Stoli cocktails, and hot sounds by David Harness, Taj, Hawthorne, Ben Seagren & Dean Samaras, and more. Send full names by 11:59 pm Thursday, December 29th. Be inside before 10:30 pm! 

Did everybuddy have a holly, jolly, horny XXXmas this year?

I really enjoyed The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, celebrating their 32nd season, with “A Shameless Show of Holiday Shite,” an adaption of their annual and beloved “Christmas Crap-Array” at Martuni’s. Highlights: “A Marshmallow World” sung by Wendy Tobias, and illustrated with the Chubby Bunny Game: Players must each take one regular sized marshmallow in their mouths and clearly say, “Chubby Bunny.” After three were stuffed into mouths, only one player remained – up until the fifth marshmallow, and I shouted, “She’s gonna BLOW!” She was eliminated. Mary Cantrell sang as the Grinch bitching about “What Is Christmas?” Just a lotta lights and a lotta lies! “The Christmas Song” by Mel Torme about Jack Frost nipping at your balls 
 er 
 nose. “O Little Town of Hackensack,” because there aren’t many Jersey carols: “St. Nick hath gone, by now he’s on his way to Tenafly.” And similarly, “Atheists Don’t Have No Songs” sang Joan Goldman and Andrew Field: “Christians have their hymns and pages; Hava Nagila’s for the Jews; Baptists have the Rock of Ages; Atheists just sing the blues.” And while we’re at it, what do Jews do on Xmas? “Chinese Food on Christmas” as sung by Howard Miller: “I eat Chinese food on Christmas; go to the movie theater, too; ‘cause there just ain’t much else to do on Christmas - when you’re a Jew.” Then the audience sang along a nasty version of “Deck the Hall” with the charming chorus: “Muck a luck, go fuck a duck!” And who doesn’t warm to “The Restroom Door Said ‘Gentlemen’” when some creep switched the signs to the can, resulting in ladies giving the poor intruding guy “two black eyes and one high heel up my behind.” We concluded with “Walkin’ ‘Round in Women’s Underwear” where “Later on, if you wanna, we can dress like Madonna.”

Something new has come to one of The Castro’s favorite neighborhood bars, The Edge, “Musical Mondays,” and “Superstar Monday” is every second Monday (Stoli cocktail specials). Jason Brock sang “The Lady Is a Tramp” among other classics, and LaToya London (from The Color Purple) sang, among others, the number she impressed TV’s American Idol judges with, “All By Myself.” Totally gorge!
GLAAD threw a fabulous party at club Vessel, “Rejoice,” celebrating a year of accomplishment for queers and our allies with tunes spun by DJ Grind. Bottle service in the VIP section and cool Yule gift bags including little airplane bottles of gin and voddie! “Stories of LGBT people and families are changing our culture - from marriage in New York to the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ - and each of us have played an important role in building support for this equality,” says Mike Thompson, acting GLAAD president.

Bay Times staff and friends had a grand holiday party hosted by publishers Betty L. Sullivan and Jennifer L. Viegas at the historic Bellevue Club (run by lesbians!) at Lake Merritt. We had a selection of hors d’oeuvres by Chef David Darwish and vino by Napa Cellars Wines. John Steiner played piano as we sang. Hire him at johnsteinermusic.com for piano, bass, and guitar gigs!

Project Nunway was a successful Sister fundraiser making over $2,000 for charities. Sister Dana was a runway model in her haute couture designed by Bruce Beaudette. My dress was a purple and pink cross Whiffleball gown over clear plastic and under gold.

I am thrilled to announce that a banner running on a New Hampshire antigay marriage website is using a photo from The Sisters’ Hunky Jesus contest during our Easter celebration. Pink nun far left is Sister Dana. Other way kewl pix as well. Check out this site, and thank the religious right: nhmarriage.org/sites/all/themes/bluemasters/images/slide-image-4.jpg.

Occupy Castro, celebrating the three-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, had good news: Terry Beswick of the Country Club said the sale of that building has fallen through, and the tenants in the apartment above the club are not in danger of eviction for now.

Our occupy action two weeks ago apparently helped dissuade the buyer from buying the building and evicting the tenants. Victory!

At the annual Christmas Eve Dinner for People with AIDS in Herbst Green Room, Sister Dana transformed into Elfis the XXXmas Elf, helping Santa give gifts and posing for pictures with the jolly fat man. Then it was off to the SF Gay Men’s Chorus at the Castro Theatre for their annual “Home for the Holidays” show. Then to Sister Selma Soul’s abode for a Burning Man/ Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence/ Friends, and Freeeks holiday celebration, including the evil, fun game of Yankee Swap, where you can steal gifts from others.

So, I actually do have a New Year’s resolution that I am certain not to break: I resolve to stop making resolutions! Happy Queer Year, everybuddy!