ChiliBillys becomes @ the beach
ChiliBillys, 330 Rehoboth Avenue at the corner of State Street, has
reopened as @ the beach. Happy hours start at 3:30 p.m. daily in the front
lounge along Rehoboth Avenue. Familiar American cuisine will be served in
a warm, casual setting among Carmen Mirandaesk pilasters adorned with
Tutti Frutti hats. Dueling Piano players will sing show tunes and familiar
favorites nightly in the front lounge from 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Plans are for
the other side of the restaurant, conveniently dubbed “The Other
Side,” to host nightly shows and DJs after 10 p.m. @ the beach is
conveniently located next to the gay owned Harlow’s, and half-way
between the other gay haunts of Cloud 9, Purple Parrot and Double L.
It’s time to Dish!
Hip, Upbeat, Cosmopolitan, Fun have been used to describe “Dish!” the
latest addition to the Rehoboth restaurant scene. Twisting the classics
around is the Dish! way say co-owners and chefs cutie-pie blonde Riche
Griffin and cuisine queen Cyrus Keefer. Unexpected combinations of foods
such as French and Asian fused together, spiced, jerked, simmered or
aromatic, is what you can expect at Dish! Diners will find simple and
clean decor highlighted by Mary Gaffeney designed mosaic mirrors. Dish! is
open on the weekends now, 7 days a week at 5 p.m. after Memorial Day. 26
Baltimore Avenue (formerly Dream Café), 302-226-2112.
Rehoboth gets Tasteful
Yet another addition to Rehoboth’s Restaurant Roulette is Taste, 122
Rehoboth Avenue in Eden Cafés old location (Eden is now at 23 Baltimore
Avenue). Eden’s Chef-owner Rob Stitt developed the concept for Taste
where diners are encouraged to share menu items. The cuisine is innovative
and high quality, yet moderately priced with entrees averaging about $15.
Some highlights are ratatouille, bruschetta, spicy crawfish and lobster
spring rolls, Baja fish tacos and homemade buffalo meatloaf. In the great
Rehoboth tradition the dining room also serves as a commercial art gallery
with local artist Matt Adler’s photos and paintings currently on display
and for sale. Taste is open nightly from 6 p.m. Thursday through Tuesday
in May, lunch and dinner everyday in summer. 302-226-4250.
Who’s that girl?
If you’ve ever forgotten someone’s name you can appreciate the value
of The Beach Book, a directory of Rehoboth’s gay summer community. For
10 summers it’s been invaluable for remembering names or finding out
what house that cute new boy is in. To be included, house mothers should
fill out the form on page 68 of this issue of Letters and fax it to
302-227-5604, or email to beachbook@camprehoboth.com your beach address,
beach house phone number, and the full names of each member of the house,
or go to www.CAMPRehoboth.com and fill the form out online.
Summer 2003 Party Calendar filling up
Several house parties have already been booked on this summer’s official
open party calendar. If you’re planning on having one please contact
ChrisRiss@JackLingo.com ASAP to reserve the date and time.
Heinie is ready to pump you up
You want to have the most powerful pecs on Poodle, the best buns at Blue
Moon, the most admired abs on the Avenue? Heinie Lund, now personal
training and teaching spinning at Rehoboth Gold’s Gym, can help you get
there. He’s been a certified personal trainer and aerobics instructor in
the DC area for over 10 years. To become Heinie’s next personally
trained hottie call 302-381-6636 or Gymdandydc@aol.com.
Rainbow Chorale Rehoboth Concert May 24
The Rainbow Chorale of Delaware will perform its 2003 Spring concert, “I
Have Had Singing,” Saturday, May 24, 8 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist
Church, 20 Baltimore Avenue, Rehoboth. Attendees will delight in arias and
choruses from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, a jazzy arrangement of
Somewhere Over the Rainbow and You Can’t Stop the Beat from the Broadway
smash Hairspray. Tickets $15 at CAMP Rehoboth or at the door if still
available.
Lesbians invade Dewey
Whipped cream wrestling and a wet T-Shirt contest will be some of the fun
at dj jame foks annual Memorial Day Weekend Ladies Tea Dance, Saturday,
May 24 5-10 p.m. and Sunday, May 25 4-9 p.m. at Dewey’s Baycenter.
What’s Black and White and Red all
over?
The third annual Black and White (and red all over) Beach Ball hosted by
The Founders Circle of the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center will be held
Saturday, May 31, 5-8 p.m. Peggy Raley, will entertain the crowd at The
Atlantic Sands Ballroom at Baltimore Avenue and the Boardwalk, and
paintings by a variety of artists will be sold in the HeART of the
Community Art Auction. Preview the art at a reception Saturday, May 24,
4-6 p.m. at CAMP Rehoboth where it will be on display thru May 30.
Proceeds help realize the dream of a bigger, better CAMP Rehoboth
Community Center. Dress Black and White casual or all Red, i.e., red all
over. Call 302-227-5620 by May 26 for $30 B&W Ball tickets.
Curtains Up
CAMP Rehoboth Follies 2003 is scheduled for Saturday, July 26. If you
didn’t get your tickets in time for last summers sold out Follies, you
missed the signature event of the summer. Nine groups of Rehoboth regulars
performed zany, campy skits on the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center stage.
Who knows what crazy, comic concepts will emerge on this summer’s
Follies stage. Buy a ticket, and have a great time. Do a skit, and have
the time of your life. Fill out and fax in a ticket reservation or the
skit group sign-up form on page 80 of this issue of Letters or go to www.camprehoboth.com.
New Rehoboth Gay Dance Club Opening May
23
The Renegade is a massive pile of rubble, but rising like a phoenix from
the ashes next door is Rehoboth’s next Gay After Hours Dance Club.
20,000+ square feet is being carved out of the 47,000 sf Ames space to
become A.M. Opening next Friday, May 23 for late night dancing, plans are
to keep it open at least on weekends through September. The large parking
lot, 1,400 sf dance floor, and three bars totaling more than 60 feet,
manned by shirtless bartenders, should be plenty to handle even holiday
crowds.
The gay heroes making this happen are Rob
Dick and Eric Teves of Blue Moon, Steve Fallon of Shore Haus and Dan
Contarino of Dennio Productions. Dan will be handling sound, lights, DJs,
entertainment, promotions, etc. as he has done superbly at Philly’s
Shampoo and many other mid-Atlantic nightclubs including Renegade the last
few summers. Cliff Lassahn will be our hostess, Ms. Laya Way.
The name of the club, A.M., can stand for
whatever you want: After Midnight, Animal Magnetism, Auntie Mames... one
things for certain you’ll be saying I AM WHAT I AM AT A.M.
Showtime Controversial Film, Soldier’s
Girl
On Saturday, May 31 at 9 p.m., SHOWTIME premieres Soldier’s Girl, a film
based on the true story
of a young soldier who fell in love with a transgendered nightclub
performer. Directed by award-winning director Frank Pierson, the film had
its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Soldier’s
Girl stars Troy Garity (Bandits), newcomer Lee Pace, and Shawn Hatosy
(Outside Providence) and features Andre Braugher (Homicide: Life on the
Street).
Soldier’s Girl recounts the story of
Barry Winchell (Garity), a 21-year-old Private First Class who fell in
love with Calpernia Addams (Pace), a beautiful transgendered nightclub
performer. The movie details their relationship against the growing
animosity of Winchell’s roommate, Justin Fisher (Hatosy). Fisher ignited
anti-gay sentiments in the barracks, which ultimately led to Winchell’s
death in 1999 by a drunken fellow soldier.
The film is produced by Linda Gottlieb
(Dirty Dancing, Citizen Cohn) and Doro Bachrach (Citizen Cohn, Truman).
Soldier’s Girl was written by Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia, Mrs. Soffel)
who also serves as the film’s co-producer.
LifeForce to Hold Second Annual Wellness
Extravaganza
LifeForce Massage and Wellness Center will hold their second annual
Wellness Extravaganza at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on Saturday,
May 31. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will include a
smorgasbord of holistic health and metaphysical practices to sample, such
as: massage, hot stone therapy, chiropractic, aromatherapy, reflexology,
reiki, yoga, feng shui, psychic readings, and an assortment of workshops.
Stop by LifeForce Massage and Serenity
Books by the Sea at 405 Rehoboth Avenue, or call 302-227-6818 to reserve a
place. Tickets for the event will not be sold at the door.
If you have any Rehoboth news to share
via Rehoboth Beach Buzz please email it to ChrisRiss@JackLingo.com.
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