GAYLETTER

I have some memories of this space, where the former G Lounge used to be. It brings me back to my “prostitution” years. I was going to FIT in the neighborhood, I was 22 with a curly afro and I used to wear tight, over designed Diesel jeans. I would go to EVERY gay happy hour in that area, between classes, in the middle of class, after class… I mean, I was thirsty. One day I was at G Lounge with a friend and this older man put $50 in my jacket pocket and smiled at me. I sort of smiled back and used the cash to pay for drinks for me and my friend. Later the guy came over and asked me what I was doing after and I told him I wasn’t sure… And then he put in my pocket some more cash. My friend told me, “You know you look like a prostitute right?” I was like “Really?”

A few weeks after that, at the same place, a man waved some money at me in the bathroom area and was like “Come with me I’m close by…” Hey! I used that money to take my friends to Benny’s Burritos the next day.

The other day, I was walking by that block and some of those memories came back to me, I wondered where are all the fun local bars in Chelsea now? Well, a new bar called Rebar NYC is opening in the same space on April 13th, 2017. Dawson, who’s DJing the opening party, and is helping promote it, told me more about the new place: “It’s been completely gutted and renovated, brand new everything, it’s raw and industrial…it has a lot of exposed brick, concrete, wooden beams, metal.” I can’t wait to go check out Rebar NYC, it’s always exciting to visit a new gay place, even if you might be past your prostitution days, you never know your luck 😉

FREE, 4:00PM, REBAR NYC, 223 W 19th St. NY, NY.