For all the dish, visit www.billymasters.com, or write Billy at billy@billymasters.com.

For more information on SunBears Weekend, visit www.sunbearsweekend.com.

Visit my blog at Nicole’s World at www.mosworld.com.

You can reach Leslie Robinson at lesrobinsn@aol.com.

The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival is a five-day extravaganza of wine tastings, dinners and cooking classes centered around a luxurious “grand tasting” event, scheduled from noon to 4 p.m., Nov.15, at Embarcadero Marina Park North in Downtown San Diego.

The grand tasting will feature more than 70 restaurants and 160 wineries doling out copious samples. All of the participating chefs will compete for $50,000 in cash and prices, which means that “they’ll be putting their best foot forward rather than just turning out food for the masses,” says co-producer Michelle Metter. For more information, visit www.worldofwineevents.com

‘The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee’: The California Center for the Arts, Escondido will present Tony Award winning new musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, at 2 p.m. California Center for the Arts, Escondido is located at 340 N. Escondido Blvd. in Escondido. For tickets and more information, call 800-988-4253 or visit www.artcenter.org.

Reading Group Book Club: The San Diego LGBT Community Center is located at 3909 Centre Street in Hillcrest For information regarding the book club, please contact Charles Pratt: charlespratt@hotmail.com.

Celebrate Sexuality Workshop: The Celebrate Sexuality workshop will be held at The San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street in Hillcrest. For more information or to reserve a space in the workshop, contact Patrick Loose at The Center at www.thecentersd.org.

‘Backwater Blues’: Show starts at 7 p.m. at the Compass Theatre 3704 6th Ave., San Diego 92103. RSVP by e-mail: info@sandiegopozabilities.net

Rock-Step: For more information, contact Carolyn at Rock-Step@Rock-Step.org or visit our website at www.rock-step.org. The Center is located at 3909 Centre Street in Hillcrest.

Hillcrest Town Council Meeting: To be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Joyce Beers Community Center in the Uptown Shopping District, east of Trader Joe’s. Visit the Hillcrest Town Council Web site at www.hillcresttowncouncil.com.

“Top Chef” at Pecs: Pecs is located at 2046 University Avenue.

Drop-In Writers Group: Lestat’s is located at 3343 Adams Avenue in Normal Heights.

If you have suggestions, ideas or a recipe you’d like to share, visit, e-mail Kirk at gltrecipebox@gmail.com. For more information on Kirk’s private acupuncture practice, visit www.uptownacupuncture.net or call him at 619-339-9980.

To attend the Hillcrest History Guild event, RSVP with a $25 donation on the Hillcrest History Guild Web site at www.Hillcrest History.org by Wednesday, Nov. 12, to reserve your space at the fun-raiser. Additionally, you also RSVP by sending a tax deductible check to the Hillcrest History Guild, 3742 Seventh Avenue, Suite B, San Diego 92103-4348.

Be a part of the annual theme selection process and submit your ideas for the 2009 San Diego Pride Parade and Festival. 2009 we will be commemorating the 40th anniversary of Stonewall and it will be San Diego Pride’s 35th Anniversary. All ideas are welcome. For more information, e-mail info@sdpride.org.

The Hillcrest Town Council will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 6:30-8 .p.m. The group meets every first Tuesday of the month at the Joyce Beers Community Center in the Uptown Shopping District. Visit www.hillcresttowncouncil.org, for ongoing and updated information about the Hillcrest neighborhood.

Uptown Planners is the city’s recognized advisory community planning group for the Uptown Community Planning Area. The November meeting of Uptown Planners will be held on Nov. 12, at 6 p.m., at the Alice Birney Elementary School in University Heights. The main item on the agenda is an informational presentation concerning a proposal to place a boutique hotel on the 301 University Avenue site. For more information on meeting times or issues before Uptown Planners, contact Leo Wilson, Uptown Planners chair, at 619-231-4495 or at leo.wikstrom@sbcglobal.net .

For more information about the San Diego State University GLBT community’s week of free events open to the public leading up to the 6th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, contact director@prideatstate.org.

Lambda Archives of San Diego, the GLBT community’s primary keeper of historical records, and a prime educational institution has officially announced its 21st anniversary gala celebration “Heroes, Pioneers and Trailblazers.” The Gala will be held on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the San Diego LGBT Community Center. Doors open at 5 p.m., and the program will begin promptly at 6 p.m. The event will include entertainment, heavy hors d’ouevres and a silent auction. General tickets are $50 and VIP tickets are $80. Major Sponsorships are also available .For tickets, table reservations, or further information call 619-260-1522 or 619-692-1967, or contact Lambda Archives at www.lambdaarchives.org.

Don’t Dress For Dinner plays through Sunday, Nov. 16, at North Coast Repertory Theatre. Shows Thursday through Saturday are at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m. For tickets, call 858-481-1055 or visit www.northcoastrep.org.

A Class Act plays through Sunday, Nov. 9, at SDSU’s Experimental Theatre. Shows run Nov. 6 through 8, at 8 p.m.; matinee Sunday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m. For tickets, call 619-594-6884 or visit theatre.sdsu.edu.

Water & Power runs through November 16, 2008 at San Diego Repertory Theatre. Shows are Wednesday and Sunday at 7 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; matinee Sunday at 2 p.m. For tickets call (619) 544-1000 or visit www.sandiegorep.com.

Everything Will Be Different: A Brief History of Helen of Troy plays through November 23, 2008 at Lynx Theatre, 2653 Ariane Drive. Shows run Friday through Sunday at 8 p.m.; Tuesday at 9 p.m. For tickets call, 619-889-3190 or e-mail theatre@lynxperformance.com.