Diane completely sacrifices her personal life to bring you the skinny on the Maryland/ Washington, D.C./ Delaware/ Northern Virginia scene.

So why don't we call this page "On the Towns" or "On the States"? I don't know everything!!!

Anyhoo, if you've got something you think the lesbian community should know about, send it to Diane!

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Ready for the holidays?

Allright ladies ready for the holidays? Well, I certainly hope so. Yes I know it is going to be a tough time for many of us, but, keep God and the Goddess in your hearts no matter how hard it is. Not all of humanity is out to get us or bomb the world. Honest!

Now is a great time to go to New York you know, or Washington D.C. for the day/night life. Each place you go to makes it happen. The fun will not begin until you actually go and make it for yourself and your freinds. Sometimes you just have to decide to make life fun! We all need to do something different, try another restaurant , read a different kind of book, ask out that person who seems just a little bit different.

In order to find someone special maybe we all need to suspend our hardlined requirements just a tad. No one is as perfect as we are right? Aha caught ya! Maybe the person you are attracted to is in school, or works part time instead of full time, ever wonder why? Maybe you should take the time to ask and really get to know that person, possibly challenge yourself in making new friends. Life is too full of judgemental people to let them get away with it, make sure someone knows you well before they judge you or invite them to take a walk in your shoes.

Anyhow Ms. Santa says to me:

Look to the good things you have done this year. What have you accomplished? What did you really enjoy the most? What did you hate the most? What do you never want to do again? Whose phone number would you really like to have? Who would you like to get to know better? Ms. Santa told me it all starts with a question which starts out like ìWould you like to ............................................................................................................?

Or What do you like about the holidays?

Or What don't you like about the holidays?

Or What do you like to do the most during the holidays?

Remember ladies, don't be standoffish you need to be involved in actual conversation that says to the other person I think I might like you if I could get to know something more about you. YES IT TAKES EFFORT!

For those of you who are blessed enough to be able to donate to nonprofit organizations give to your local area groups, homeless shelters, House of Ruth, schools for art programs after school programs, local food drives, etc.

So have a great New Year whatever you decide to do, there is too much going on to list them all here. Most of all BE SAFE AND PLAY SAFE!! But, do check out

• The BonVivant Foundation

If you know of something special going on New Year's Eve be sure to get the information to us ASAP.

Check out these museums:

• The Baltimore Art Museum has reopened with a tribute to the Cone Sisters Collection among others.
• The National Gallery of Art - Virtue of Beauty shows 40 paintings inspired over a 140 year range. Some by Leonardo daVinci, through Jan 6
• The gallery at The Guggenheim in New York has two major shows at once, Brazil Body and Soul and Norman Rockwell:Pictures for the American People. Such a diverse coupling has many art patrons shaking their heads!
• The Natinal Museum of Women in the Arts is showing Virgin Territory, women, gender,and history in contemporary Brazilian art.

Live performances:

• Eve Ensler presents The Vagina Monologues Jan 22- Feb 3 at the National Theater

Also for a Mexican flare:

• GW's Lisner Auditorium -Flamenco Festival, including ballet EVA LA YERBABUENA,
  also Sandra Bernhard in The Love Machine

Other websites for additional fun:

• The Baltimore Symphony
• Center Stage
• Lyric Opera House
• Ticketmaster
• Stars on Ice
• Wolf Trap
• Spotlighters

Until next time,

Diane