Meet the ‘Baby Spice of his generation,’ mrsmiles80 from Gay.com. You’ve seen the ads in this very paper for THE Mr. Gay.com, and our wonderful mrsmiles80 is the finalist from Chicago. Some of you may recognize him, as he claims to stay in touch with the community via the bars, etc. And who could resist that winning smile. Hurry up and log on www.Gay.com and cast your hometown vote for smiley. He’ll owe us all a cocktail if’n he wins.

graysong was in hog’s heaven at the DirectAid luau at Bucks. He probably even got a few up-grass-skirt shots he’s not showing me. How very unfair. Kudos to Jimmy, Dad and everyone at Bucks for working so hard to raise $ for a great cause!

I hear Escapades is under new ownership now. Here’s a tip, new owners—invest in a paint brush and a gallon or 2 of semi-gloss. Someone needs a little makeover.

Retraction—last week I printed that Creagh had just turned 49. I left out the zero at the end.

Charlie at Charmer’s is a dangerous dude, or maybe just to me. No more whiskey shots, EVER!!!

Kisses to Arman and them over at Boom Boom Room. They’ve picked up the ball and ran with it!

kirk@windycitytimes.com