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and some of you eat a few on New Year's Day for good luck throughout the year. I have spoken q.,Od DayEvervone to many who have gone to the grocery store purchased a can of black eyed peas heated them up and said either great or yuk. Hey different tastes I have my cup of coffee and want to visit with for different people. you for a little while. I hope you had the joy of being able to wish your fathers a happy father's day and Today, I am going to give you a recipe that just for many of you the joy of receiving those hugs and might help you enjoy this great side dish. Now this good wishes. is not the only way by any means, but I want you to leam, to like, and in an easy way to fix flavorful Nice day at our house. Hubby and I love our dishes so you can cook some of your own meals. home and being in it together, so that is how we Eating out is so expensive and by cooking at home spent the day. I took him out to one of his favorite you can know and control just what is put into restaurants for breakfast then back home. Later in each dish. You can use fresh or frozen peas for the day one of our sons, our daughter-n-Iaw and this recipe. You can even use canned by draining one of our granddaughters came and we enjoyed a meal together. Is there a better way to connect the peas and just warming the dish through. and love then over a good meal with loved ones? Black-Eyed Peas
My daughter in law makes a wonderful meat loaf 1 pkg (16 ounces) frozen black eyed peas and rice (one of hubby's most requested meals) 4-6 slices thick sliced bacon which she brought for sharing and we enjoyed Y2medium onion, chopped what I like to call a great summer meal. Meat loaf, Chicken broth (enough to cover peas in pan. If rice, fried okra, creamed potatoes, sliced tomato you don't have broth just use water) salad, black eyed peas, hot bread and topped it off 1 12 ounce can Ro Tel tomatoes with fresh Texas peach pie and vanilla ice cream. with green chilies Of course we all ate more than we should have, but 1 t salt enjoyed every bite. 1 t chili powder Now you already know how to make the fried okra Y2t black pepper, preferably fresh ground and I am working on my daughter (yes, technically Y D -t A T\AlIT June 29, 2012 and cook for another 5 minutes. You may need to add more salt and pepper according to your own taste. Top with reserves crisp bacon and serve or refrigerate and serve the next day. Dishes like this only improve with age. Hints: 1: Fry up some link sausages, Polish, Italian or whatever you enjoy, slice thinly and add to peas just before removing from heat, long enough to heat through. 2: You don't like spicy, just leave out the chili , powder, love spicy add a little more. " 3: Do not put the crisp bacon on top, but instead, coarsely chop and add to a batch of corn bread to serve with peas. 4: If you have some left over rice add a cup or so to the peas before serving. 5: You can also make a great salad from these for you dish for your table. Hey next time you are peas. Just drain, add some chopped celery, invited to a pot-luck, take a pot of these. Yum. chopped green pepper, a couple thinly sliced Till next time its Granny saying work smart, play scallions, a little Italian dressing, chill and serve. hard and please take time to enjoy a cookie. Now you can see black eyed peas are not just for Blue Jean Granny can be reached by email at New Year's but any day you want a great good [email protected] Pg.16 1WIT June 29, 2012 -:---"' (l~ 1 "\..-, C)\ ,-..."L-, ."L.) ~ Ii) iL) ."L.) W C) ---, ~ L, ~ I 7 ..-c::n-."· =-:Ziabo --tn ELLI=a: £:,D. =Z Pool Party Fundraiser, and a Bachelor Auction/ Release party to help with costs to the insure a successful turnaround for their charity. Both Rubeck and Ramirez agree on one thing: "Each one of these men offer a unique appeal." Ramirez continues, "There is always a bit of pressure to helping out your community to do good work, period. I really put a lot of pressure on myself and the models to make sure that we succeed. But I try not to let that overwhelm me to the point where I can't even do a good job. I just put it aside and do the best that I know that I can." "It was a bit tough at first," Rubeck concedes, "trying to get people rallied around this without Giovanni nor myself really having a lot of experience in marketing for a charity event. Taking the pictures and getting accolades on Facebook was fun and easy. Getting it out there, now, has been a new experience altogether." "You have to enjoy your role in helping out," says Ramirez. "You should wake up every day and love what you do. I honestly do. From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul, I am truly happy with the work we have put in. Everything is worth it. The hard work, the times when you're tired, the times where you're a bit sad .... ln the end, it's all worth it because it really makes me us happy. There's "Boyish to Bearish" is a calendar created by life in a whole new direction when Rick Lopez nothing better than loving your community." Giovanni Ramirez and Tom Rubeck, both Dallas from a local Dallas publication, who had seen residents, that didn't start off going towards the photos floating around Facebook, wanted to For more information on the calendar/charity charity. It actually started off as a fun idea to be do an article about it and what it stood for. Then, organization and events listed visit www. shared only amongst friends. Upon talking with as a suggestion for a charity he had worked with Boyish ToBearish. com. Rubeck, Ramirez pitched his idea of shooting a before, Rubeck suggested Giovanni Ramirez calendar with some of Ramirez's Dallas friends team up with Rodd Gray, founder of "Home for and within a two month period Rubeck shot the Holidays", to have them become the sponsor each model in various locations. Rubeck, a for their charity. Gray was absolutely thrilled to local video producer who shoot photography have them approach their organization for this as a hobby, also made the posters, teasers and and they all were ecstatic that he accepted found locations to have the group shoots taken. the offer to collaborate with one another on an The order of shooting began with Giovanni amazing journey to help those in need. Ramirez on February 25th and proceeded with Next, Ramirez started contacting local Dallas Alejandro Sosa, Scott Cessac, Jared Wilson, bars to see if they'd be willing to help promote Christopher Lee, Enrique Rios, Serge Garcia, this cause. From Skiwies, Woody's Sports Tomas Sandoval, Marco Salinas, Emilio Bar and Video Bar, Caven Enterprises, TWIT Vargas (who did their amazing magazine, The Dallas Eagle to The Round Boyish ToBearish. Up, exposure was setting in through posters, com website articles and fund raising events. They even had for free), Gun Oil and Planned Parenthood sponsor 500 Stefan Biscette samples of condoms and lubricant to help and Matthew promote sex safe with every purchase of the Moriarity calendar. "They were very helpful in participating the last to be shot in any way." says Giovanni. The idea was to on April 23rd. The have organizations like Caven Inc. and others two-month period sponsor the initial printing of the calendar, to of shooting was insure that 100% of the proceeds go to "Horne enough time for the for the Holidays". The events that these boys calendar to breathe have in the works are a Donations Car Wash, Pg.24 TWIT June 29, 2012 June 29, 2012 TWIT Pg.25 ~GIiIfJ~€tlU\ClD~ GnmI:>~~ClDoomYlJ SATURDAY, JULY 7TH 70's Show - Starts at 10:30 SUNDAY, JULY 15TH 00 Gourmet Burgers Cookout $6 / 4-7pm SATURDAY, JULY 28TH Finale Show - Starts at 10:30 SUNDAY, JULY 29TH Head Country BBQfrom 3·8 / $700 a plate then Raffle Drawing at 8pm The Hidden Door - Corpus 802 South Staples Corpus Christi, Tx. (361) 882-5.002 (g)OO~ How did your friends react? off camera than on. All of us, the producers, the camera people, became like this family. It's so They were very excited, a little nervous, but very weird that now that the show is over, I'm missing happy and encouraging. I knew I always wanted part of my family. I wish people could see how we to be on TV, to get my name out there, but they were behind the scenes. I think that was where the were a little worried because, they knew how the real "reality" was. show worked. In the end, it worked out great. I was one of the only cast members that brought out Your character on the show seemed a little lost. his inner circle of friends. But I got to do it and it Do you know what you want to do with the rest was so much fun. I saw the show as an incredible of your life yet? opportunity in life, so I was glad to share it with the Well, I'm still working on it. Now, I have a better people who are closest to me. direction, but I'm still searching. I still want to What was your favorite moment on the show? finish school, possibly do something in the field of medicine where I'm helping others. I'm not sure Without question, it was when my mother and I yet, but I'm closer. Life's all a learning process; I were outside and we got to talk and the cameras don't care who you are or where you came from. were there. It was surreal. Growing up, and Alii can say is I'm more content than I've been in a especially coming out, I had my share of problems with my parents. But for my mom to go on a big long time. I'm definitely more confident. gay reality show, that just showed how much she Do you feel like you are a gay role model? cared about me and how much she supported me. Everyone is a role model in the gay world. I mean, Even right now, it kind of makes me tear up. That we're all constantly fighting for equality or just to be was my best moment on the whole show. heard. Anyone that puts himself out there, whether And what was your worst moment? it's a drag queen, or a performer, or someone like Fighting with Phillip. (We got into a fistfight in me, if you're on TV, people will look up to you. Austin.) When I went to watch it, it was Interview by Robert Stahl hard for me. That whole moment was so Photos by Eric Dickson of Arcus Media out of both of our characters, and it really sucked that it was caught on camera. ames Doyle burst onto the public's radar as for a bit." Now, like the prodigal son, Doyle has Violence doesn't solve anything, ever, and I still can't believe we did that. Jpart of the cast of Logo TV's A-List: Dallas. returned to the place he calls home. During our Though he came across as a partying trust fund conversation, it became apparent that the reality Do you think that fight would have kid, it was obvious that Doyle was struggling to star is still struggling with the big questions in life. happened had the cameras not been find his place in life; he even hired a life coach. However, he seems well on his way to finding there? At the show's conclusion, a frustrated Doyle the answers. We took a few minutes to catch Honestly, I don't know. The camera moved to Los Angeles to try his hand at acting. up with him to talk about the show, about where puts a lot of pressure on you to feel like "I tried it out, but I discovered I didn't really have he's going next, and how he feels about living in you have to make a good show. A lot of times, we went above and beyond the passion for it," the 24-year old shared with Dallas again. because it. You know, no, I don't think it us in a phone interview. "Besides, the show How did you get the A-List: Dallas gig? would have happened. What the camera was so controversial and intense; I needed didn't show was the night before, he I heard about it through my friends. They were all some breathing room, the chance to get away and I got into a screaming match. So trying to get me to try out and I wouldn't do it. there's no way we would have been ----WI Finally, they talked me into it. I still can't figure at brunch together the next day based out how it happened. There were so many on that. So that whole situation would people that tried out, I never in a million years have been avoided. But because of the thought they would choose me. In fact, they - I ~ network, we had to be there together. chose somebody else over me originally, and I think, normally, he and I would have then a week later something happened and avoided each other a week and calmed they chose me. It was the weirdest process down. But when you're on TV you don't I've ever been through. I went through so have the luxury of doing that. many interviews; we recorded so many videos What was it like behind the scenes? so they could decide who they wanted. It was all based on people's professions and Oh, lots of fun. We goofed off all the personalities. The whole things seemed to time, made each other laugh. We had take forever, like a three or four month process slumber parties and explored New York * • of being chosen. together. Actually, we got along better Pg.29 Pg.28 TWIT June 29, 2012 June 29, 2012 TWIT I get so many emails from people asking advice on What's going on in your love life? coming out or looking for love. Like, why are they It's really boring, I don't really hook up, and I don't asking me about love? If you watched the show, date, not really. I'm so focused on finding out who you would know I suck at love. (Laughs.) Based on I am at the moment. I don't know if it's because I how I was portrayed on the show, you wouldn't see don't have time for it, or what. It's more like right me as a role model. But if you knew me in real life, now, I don't have energy. I don't want to date you definitely would. someone because I don't feel like I'm ready, I've If you had to do it all again, would you? got so many other things on my mind. So until then I'm just here hanging out with my friends, flirting, I don't know. I was going through a difficult time occasionally, but nothing major. in my life and I was in turmoil, and the network capitalized on that. You got to see my break-ups Describe your dream guy. Meet the Centerfold, James Doyle and my breakdowns. People don't really get to see I like all kinds of guys. Mostly, I like the ones that the real you, only the character the network wants treat you right, that are protective and supportive you to see. I don't know. I don't have any regrets from Logo TV's A-List: Dallas at the TWIT booth of you. I like handsome, tall guys, big muscles. I've doing it, but next time, I wouldn't let them make me always liked guys with muscles. into such a puppet. in San Antonio at the Gay Pride Celebration How did the show change you? TWiT see ad on pg 3 for more information Like I said, I'm more confident now. I know who my real friends are, and I'm better at knowing how to pick out friends. Also, I'm no fun to watch reality shows with. I tend to pick the shows apart now that I know how they work behind the scenes. What are you doing now that you're back in Dallas? I moved back to Dallas because I love it here. I'm planning on finishing up my degree here. Currently, I'm doing promotions for a casino gaming company. I fly around to different cities and interact with the casino and the customers, figure out what's working and what's not working. It's a great job; lots of fun, and it lets me travel, which I love. Right now, it's summer and I'm out having fun, traveling, and hanging out with my friends. It's probably the last summer I'll have like this. But I'm going to different pride events-right now I'm at Houston Pride-and I'm meeting as many people as I can. It's kind of like damage control, since so many people got a bad perception of who I am from the show. You only see what the network wants you to see, and that's not who I really am at all. Pg.30 1WIT June 29, 2012 7Jf!l]iJ7J Event Calendar THIS WEEK IN TEXAS Friday, June 29 Tuesday, July 3 Austin San Antonio The Lone Star Bears present - Salute to Stonewall Red, White & Blue Party at Heat at The Iron Bear EI Paso EI Paso Indepen Dance at Briar at UNDERWEAR PARTY Hyde Patio & Gardens 8pm , Underwear Contest at Midnight at The Tool Box Music by FRESCO Saturday, June 30 Wednesday, July 4 Dallas National Dallas Gay Basketball Assn Games 2-6pm at Reverchon Independence Day Rec Center 3505 Maple Ave 75219 EI Paso EI Paso Miss Independence Pageant 11 :30pm at GAY PRIDE CELEBRATION The San Antonio Mining Co 9pm-2am at The OP San Antonio Thursday, July 5 GAY PRIDE CELEBRATION San Antonio 1-11 pm at Crockett Park 1300 N Main Miss Gay USaf A Lawanda Jackson at Heat James Doyle Meet N Greet 4-8pm at the Gay Pride Celebration at the TWIT booth Saturday, July 7 Pride San Antonio Parade Corpus Christi 9pm on the Main St Strip 70's Show benefiting Children with HIV & AIDS to buy Pride After Party at HEAT school supplies 10:30pm at Hidden Door Pride After Party at The Saint Dallas Dallas Gay Basketball Assn Games 2-6pm at Sunday, July 1 Reverchon Rec Center 3505 Maple Ave 75219 Houston Houston Pancake Breakfast OJ Remixer Tony Moran at South Beach Empire of the Royal Sovereign Imperial Court of the Single Star (ERSICSS) presents: A Jazz Brunch - Pancake Breakfast 11am-2pm at EJ's Bar Benefiting E,R,S,I.C,S,S, Reign 28charities P9,34 1WIT June 29, 2012 DFW PRIDE MOVEMENT ANNOUNCES 2012 TRAILBLAZER'S HALL OF FAME AWARDS "CELEBRATING OUR OWN" Dallas, TX.. ,,"Always Moving Forward" is their equality and another for positive recognition of the African American LGBT Community in Dallas. motto and that's exactly what Dallas community based DFW Pride Movement Incorporated is In May 2011, President Barack Obama officially doing once again, by taking one giant step for proclaimed the month of June to be National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. In his proclamation, the President stated, "Each June, we commemorate the courageous individuals who have fought to achieve this promise for LGBT Americans and we rededicate ourselves to the pursuit of equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity." With that statement, the President unknowingly ignited a passion deep within the core of the DFW Pride Movement and the Trailblazer's Hall of FameAwards came into inception. DFW Pride Movement Executive Director and founding member of the original Dallas Black Pride Board of Directors, Derrick Spillman, felt it necessary for the African American community to outwardly express and celebrate ~~~~,' the positive contributions made by {flllt'" community members, stakeholders, allies IIIll1AlfR '3 and partners. These individuals and/ 53Z1 E. MOCIUNGBIRD LN. or organizations being past and present (1I0ell""'0 RAIL$1MIOII)· DALUS. TI 75Z0 trendsetters or role models within the vast areas of the African American community; having made outstanding contributions and demonstrated uniqueness within their environment. June 29, 2012, at 8:00pm; the vision becomes reality.The DFWPride Movement will host the 2012 Trailblazer's Hall of Fame Awards at the Angelika Film Center and Cafe located within Mockingbird Station at 5321 East Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75206. The event is slated to be a Red Carpet "White Tie" Affair with this year's theme being "Celebrating Our Own." The ceremony will be followed by an after party at PLUSH Night Club located Downtown Dallas at 1400 Main Street. For more information visit www.DFWPrideMovement.com. By Thomas "OJ Big Daddy" Edmond ""':'ere are not many male artist who Gonna Be With You", and my favorite song on are still relevant 20 years after their this album "While He Still Knows Who I Am" - ~ debut album, but Kenny Chesney a very touching song about Alzheimer's. It will is of the few artists, country or otherwise. In bring a tear to your eye and tug at your heart. fact, he joins a small list of superstars that are Kenny Chesney is a four-time CMA (Country still able to sell-out big football stadiums and Music Association) Entertainer of the Year with make young girls as well as their mama's and over 30 No.1 country hits and a tour show, grand mamas scream for delight. Now for the that doesn't disappoint. With Tim McGraw 1st time in his long career, Kenny Chesney out with him, this time around this should be just launched his latest stadium tour with Tim the party of the summer. McGraw at the same time he's launching his new album Welcome To The Fishbowl, the Welcome To The Fishbowl being his 13th follow-up to Hemingway's Whiskey, a record studio album and will easily join Kenny which at the time I felt was one of his best Chesney's past albums as #1-selling records. works until I sat down to listen to Welcome To There's no doubt that it's one the best The Fishbowl. releases. His career is strong and still has as much promise to it as it did 20 years ago The first singles to radio are the Top 10 hits when he released "All I Need To Know" in "Feel Like A Rock Star" with Tim McGraw 1995. which is a fun head -shaking, butt mover and then, there is the very sexy "Come Over", Rating: A (A Foot Stomping Classic which also starts off the album and makes you Big Daddy's Heyyyy Tracks (the song that want to just drop everything and say "Okay make you say: Hey, that's my song girl!) Kenny, give me 5 minutes and I'm there". The title track is an open page on the trappings #2 Feel Like a Rockstar: This is just a great of being a star: a big freak show, welcome classic party song. to the fishbowl. He gives you an interesting #1 Come Over: I love how simple and sexy look into what it means to be a superstar this song is, makes me want to Come Over. and a firsthand report, on what happens or what you should expect if you want to take on #9 While He Still Knows: This is a heart the title of celebrity these days. I expect this tugging touching song makes you want to song or "I'm A Small Town" to be on the radio tear up. sometime soon. For more info on Kenny Chesney visit www. KennyChesney. com. • The songs on this album seem to have a natural feel to them and are easy to listen to, Thomas "OJ Big Daddy" Edmond operates such as "Sing Em Good My Friend", "Always PrideoJsRadio. com. Pg. 38 TWIT June 29, 2012 LONE STAR BEARS PRESENT AUS. TIN, TEXAS PR.IOEF.EST @i"~~~£' STAR I'm so Busy ... ~ . .. 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I told him that way igniting the night sky making it day all this porn stuff was new to me, because I had where there was night, and before long previously worked in the music industry. He was it's night again and only then do we realize a huge fan of music; he talked about all these what a gift we just witnessed. Erik was a different type groups that he was really into. His spectacular light that we were blessed to CIANT taste in music went from one extreme to another witness, he will be greatly missed." and was impressed that I knew the groups that Tony Dimarco he was talking about. The night went on and we Raging Stallion By Richard Munguia exchanged numbers and would talk periodically. I asked him to go with me to a movie premier that we were having for our latest Lucas Entertainment ~~ Erik was a tall intimidating looking guy release. He said yes and we had a great time. who just oozed sex, but was really funny As the night ended, I told him I wish everyone and down to earth. He was known to say ynow you have probably heard of even going to lie, he was so handsome that I could get to see him the way I saw him when the yes to everything when asked to model 8the passing of adult superstar Erik was nervous, scared and excited all at the same cameras weren't on. He was like this kid with a big and then sometimes not show up. When Rhodes. Erik was one the best and nicest time, but I really wanted to talk with him. Not heart and a smile that would light up Manhattan. Erik was on set all eyes were on him guys in the industry. He got his start working to hook up with him or anything like that. But I called him the "gentle giant" and he just laughed. because he was so talented. It was hard to for Studio 2000 in 2004. to befriend this superstar of pom and find out Erik made his struggles with drugs and depression get a bad picture of him because he knew what his thoughts were about his success in his angles and always gave you exactly He became an exclusive for pom and just the business in public; he was kind of an open book. Since we Falcon Studios in 2005 and both suffered from depression we would talk what you wanted. He was one of, if not my general. Anyone who knows favorite model. " became part of the Raging me knows that I am a very and try to figure out what it was that made us Stallion family when the two curious and inquisitive person. feel this way. We could never figure it out. In his Jeff Eason studios merged in 2010. Erik put up a good hard ass blog he also wrote about his heavy usage of both Wilson Models He also worked with Dark front but I could tell that there bodybuilding steroids and club drugs. It was Alley Studios on the film LA something he wasn't proud of but like I said he was something more to this Zombie in 2010. It was a was an open book and I think that his blog was guy. ~~ It's a tragedy when a young beautiful queer cinema zombie film that the only way he could express his inner demons. _ guy with his whole life ahead of him was written and directed by I just felt like he needed passes but it's even worse that there was It's a shame that we will never know what great Bruce LaBruce and produced someone to talk to. I can't no one there to help him. " things he could have accomplished, if only he by Owen Hawk. The film explain it. It was just a feeling was able to just get his life together. I will miss Michael Lucas premiered in competition at that I had. So being the my friend. Lucas Entertainment The Locamo Intemational smartass that I am, when we Film Festival in Switzerland in were introduced and he had 2010. Erik was happy to be better than you face, I just part of something that was looked at him and said "Really, sort of mainstream. I knew that's how this is going to go. that working in a commercial We work in porn dude, we feature was a goal of his. He aren't curing cancer" to which wanted to crossover to other he replied with a smirk on his forms of entertainment. Enc Rhodes Photo by Wilson Models face "I'll think about it if you buy me beer" and I said "I will I met Erik through a mutual buy you a beer if you buy me a drink". A big friend of ours. He was a little standoffish at first smile came across his face and I knew then, we because I was working at the time with Lucas would become friends, so we headed to the bar Entertainment a rival studio in NYC. So when to get our drinks. ' we were introduced he just looked at me like I had stolen his most prized possession. Erik That night we had good conversation, talking was 6'3" and a mountain of a man. 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The Dallas "Ballas" and "Hot Shotz" are drawing up plays and running down the court to prepare for the grueling two days of play, national ~ i3a4ketbaU With players ranging in age from 18-53 and with experience from novice to collegiate all-stars, these guys are ready, Win or lose their camaraderie and Cfame4 Corninq to ~tin exercise will last longer than the two days of play, For more information about the DGBA visit their webpage www.dallasgba.com. tep out of the kitty bar and onto a The NGBA meets three times annually holding For all of you, who are tired of the disco balls and Scourt, there's a new gay organization national tournarnents around the country, late nights, know that there is an alternative healthy sweeping the states, The National Gay Traditionally Chicago, and Washington D,C, are activity that gives back, Giving back in cramps or Basketball Association was founded in 2007 the repeating cities with a rolling tournament held charitable donations this is an opportunity for you to get out and meet the boys and girls, with the largest following of 258 players in various Cities, This July 7-8th our own Austin, in Chicago, IL, Recently gay basketball Tx will be hosting a NGBA tournarnent. 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