What a great weekend! It started for me on Thursday night. It seems the whole city participated in Dining Out for Life, as I heard most of the participating restaurants were full. The cool thing about this event is that you can also drink your way to help fight AIDS – moderately, of course. Kudos to The Center for taking the lead in this national event.

It seems the bars were packed as well. In town for the Miss Gay California, the official state pageant of the Miss Gay U.S. of A, was the reigning national title holder herself, Miss Melissa Edwards from Dallas, Texas. The two-day pageant was held at the beautiful Brass Rail, with seven contestants from all over the state of California.

That same night, I hosted my monthly “It’s Raining Men” wet underwear contest at Bacchus House. The bar was packed with so many amazing people who were out to have fun and see a great show. My guest was Rascal exclusive Blake Riley, who is the nicest young porn stud from Texas. Some of you may recognize Blake from his occasional appearances on Randyblue.com. Next month, my guest porn star is Jeremy Hall, who’s an upcoming star and has appeared in many videos for various studios, including Falcon. So come and say hello on Thursday, May 31.

The weekend came to an all-time high with all the major Democratic presidential candidates descending on San Diego for a political rally sponsored by the California Democratic Party. I hope you took time out to hear what each had to say.

I ran out of space in my column last month about my recent New York trip, so here’s an encore. If you have been reading my column for the last few years, you no doubt know that I love going to the theater. Every chance I get, I always try to catch a Broadway show.

My best gal pal, Edith, got us tickets to see the brand new Kander and Ebb musical, Curtains, starring David Hyde Pierce as the stage-struck, small-town sleuth, who is a cross between Colombo and Dick Tracy. Pierce is, of course, lovingly known as Niles Crane from TV’s “Frasier,” and was last seen on Broadway in the highly acclaimed Spamalot. This show, set in 1959 at a Boston theater where the western musical Robbin’ Hood was having its tryouts before going to Broadway, has more murder in two hours than Clue. Pierce is as adorable as one would expect, and co-star Debra Monk (Steel Pier), as the brassy producer, could have been reprising her performance in Chicago, except for a different script and songs. The show stopper has to be the bawdy, tootin’ and hollerin’ closing number in the first act, “Thataway,” with outstanding and totally exhausting performances by Karen Ziemba and Noah Racey. So the show received mixed reviews – who cares? I walked out of the theater totally entertained.

Broadway is swarming with celebrities these days taking on roles in long-running shows. Fantasia of “American Idol” is in The Color Purple, while fellow Idol Josh Strickland plays Tarzan in the new Disney production. “Dancing with the Stars” Joey Lawrence took on the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago recently, while Harry Hamlin and wife, TV Soap Star Lisa Renna, join the cast on June 10 in this longest-running revival of a musical. Donny Osmond is also slated to reprise his role as Gaston in the closing show of Beauty and the Beast.

Other notable shows on Broadway are Deuce, a new play by Terrence McNally starring Angela Lansbury; Grey Gardens with Mary Louise Wilson and Christine Ebersole; Springs Awakening, an explosive rock musical about young adults discovering their sexuality that is getting so much buzz not seen on Broadway since Rent; and the Tony-winner Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray) brings the lovable Elle Woods from the big screen to Broadway in Legally Blonde. Of course, you can also catch David Hasselhoff in drag in the Las Vegas production of The Producers. Or maybe not!

Las Vegas celebrates Pride with its week-long celebration from May 4-13. Events include the kick-off party at Krave on Friday, May 4; An Evening at the Liberace Museum on Tuesday, May 8; the Pride parade in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, May 11, starting at 8 p.m.; the Pride festival at the Clark County Amphitheatre on Saturday, May 12, featuring Pepper Mashay; The Pride Ball at Empire Ballroom on Saturday night featuring Deborah Cox; the T-dance at noon on Sunday, May 13, at the Blue Moon Resort; and the closing party at Krave on Sunday night. For more information, visit lasvegaspride.org.

Long Beach Pride, one of the largest Pride festivals in the country, follows the week after Las Vegas Pride, featuring The Indigo Girls on May 19, and everyone’s Dreamgirl Jennifer Hudson on May 20. The festival will be held at the Marina Green Park and Rainbow Lagoon from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and the parade takes place on Sunday beginning at 10:30 a.m. along Ocean Boulevard, from Temple Avenue to Alamitos Boulevard. For more information, visit longbeachpride.org.

L.A. Pride takes place on June 8-10 and features awesome entertainers, including “American Idol” Frenchie Davis, Martha Wash, Tiffany and Joan Jett. The festival commences at 11 a.m. on Saturday, and runs until 10 p.m. on Sunday evening. It is located at Santa Monica Boulevard south to Melrose Avenue, bordered by San Vicente to Robertson Boulevard. The festival also features an Erotic City for adults, highlighting our love of leather, fetish, kinks and erotica. I will be at the Erotic City working all weekend, so if you are in town, stop by and blow kisses. The parade kicks off with a dyke march on Friday at 7:30 p.m. from San Vicente Boulevard, just south of Santa Monica, and the main parade takes place on Sunday at 11 a.m. on Santa Monica Boulevard, from Crescent Heights to Robertson. For more information, visit lapride.org.

Havana Nights: the 11th anniversary gala of the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation on Saturday, May 5, at 8 p.m. at the NTC Promenade in Point Loma. Enjoy sumptuous food stations by the French Gourmet and Sue Palmer and her jazz orchestra, followed by more dancing featuring DJ Chris Cox and diva Jeanie Tracy. The official Morning After Party gets rolling at 1 a.m. at Bacchus House with DJ Eddie X (Los Angeles) spinning. Tickets are available online at sdhdf.org.

Mama Loves Mambo: a tasting party featuring the signature dishes of more than 65 top chefs and restaurants including the Oceanaire, Ono Sushi, Red Pearl Kitchen, Rice (W Hotel) and Sally’s (Manchester Grand Hyatt). Enjoy ABSOLUT Mambo Martinis, a fantastic silent auction or rumba to Latin beats by DJ Tim on Friday, May 11, at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla beginning at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit mamaskitchen.org.

International Mr. Leather Contest: a five-day event in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend May 24-28, with workshops, socials, demonstrations, parties and culminating with the International Mr. Leather competition at the Chicago Theatre on Sunday at 5 p.m., featuring Hal Sparks (Michael in “Queer as Folk”) as the headline entertainer, followed by the victory celebration at the House of Blues with DJ Eddie Baez spinning. Most events are held at the host hotel, Palmer House (sold out), including a four-day leather market open to the public, where you can pick up some leather, kinks and fetish wear, toys, videos and body jewelry. Did I mention that thousand of godlike leather men from all over the world attend this event? I will be in the midst of all this action, so I promise a full report next time. For more information, visit imrl.com.

Grabby Awards: erotic gay video awards presented by Gay Chicago also held in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend at the Park West Theatre on Saturday, May 26, hosted by porn queen Chi Chi LaRue and Honey West, and featuring porn studs Matthew Rush, Johnny Hazzard and Francesco de’Macho. I’m actually nominated for an award, so I’m excited to be attending this for the first time.

So many porn studs and muscle gods convening in Chicago at the same time, I better take my blood pressure pills with me. Later boys.