‘Valentine’s Day for Singles’

posted: February 6, 2010 

Couples don’t own Valentine’s Day. Most couples spend the day creating meaningful gestures or rituals to celebrate. And just like any other day, they wrestle with the complexities of romantic love. The commercialization of Valentine’s Day adds to the cultural bias that being part of a couple is a reward and not much work for only certain...

‘Happy New Year!’

posted: October 23, 2009 

Happy 2010! Iʼll do anything to get people to read my column. Maybe you donʼt want to hear about the holidays, but itʼs nearly Halloween. And you know what will happen on November 1st, donʼt you? All aboard the express train to: Turkey. Jingle. Mistletoe. Rudolph. Gay Apparel. Cookies. Auld Lang Syne. The holidays can be perilous for people who...

‘The Long Day’s Journey into Pride’

posted: June 19, 2009 

by Anthony Quaglieri, Ph.D. I have a running joke with my friend Shawn about Christmas, that comes out of my cynicism about that holiday. For fun, I say that it’s always Christmas except on the actual day of December 25, which is essentially the day that Christmas is over. All the stores are closed, and everyone is relieved to be done with...

‘There’s No Place Like Homo’

posted: March 17, 2009 

Gay men often seem to be looking for new ways to get together. Why? The obvious answer is to ‘meet someone.’  Well, that’s true if you are single and you are looking.  But outside of that, what’s the draw?  Now that we are out of the deep dark ages, we don’t have to wear green on Thursdays to signal each other.  We...

Past Event 3/29/09
‘Ecstasy, Movement & Desire’ Back by Popular Demand

posted: March 6, 2009 

Sunday, March 29 Mind & Body Workshop. Be good to yourself. Ecstasy is often just a breath or a stretch away, but this illusive human experience causes us to go on all kinds of wild-goose chases to obtain it. The purpose of this workshop is to explore our ideas and behavior in the pursuit of various kinds of ecstatic states. We’ll do some fun...

Past Event 2/15/09
Mind & Body Workshop, ‘Ecstasy, Movement & Desire’

posted: December 24, 2008 

February, 15 Watch for Future Workshops!  Be good to yourself.  Ecstasy is often just a breath or a stretch away, but this illusive human experience causes us to go on all kinds of wild-goose chases to obtain it.  The purpose of this workshop is to explore our ideas and behavior in the pursuit of various kinds of ecstatic states. We’ll do...

As Seen In Watermark
July 2008

posted: December 15, 2008 

Reprinted with permission, Issue 15.14 July 10-23, 2008tampa bay overheardSecond SplashIn the early ’90s, Robert Geller made a splash when he opened his What 2 Wear clothing shop in Ybor City. The swim-, under- and loungewear shop featured floor-to-ceiling windows containing Tampa Bay’s sexiest—and first “openly gay” —mannequins....

Past Event 10/13/08
River Front Sunset Yoga

posted: August 17, 2008 

After Sitting Watching Films for 10 Days…You Need Yoga Monday, October 13 This yoga class, like all O&A Events, is for all levels, never done yoga and wanted to try, this is an excellent opportunity! Yoga teacher Thom Taylor of ‘Taylor Your Yoga’ will be leading us through a combination Bikram/Flow yoga class, a variation of a...

Past Event 8/21/08
99 Cent Event! Check Out What You Get for 99 Cents!

posted: August 13, 2008 

O&A Book Club 1st Meeting Thursday, August 21 For 99 Cents O&A Book Club Meeting includes: Buy One, Get One Free House Wine or Draft Beer, Half Price Appetizers AND Stimulating Conversation.  We will be discussing the book ‘The Last Lecture‘, an easy read if you haven’t picked it up yet, available for 15% off at Inkwood Books...

Past Event 8/07/08
Roof Top Sunset Yoga

posted: July 23, 2008 

Thursday, August 7 This yoga class is for all levels, never done yoga and wanted to try, this is your opportunity! We will be led my yoga teacher Roger McKeever through a one hour flow yoga class at sunset while perched 8 stories up with the downtown skyline as our backdrop. Roger’s classes are exhilarating, grounded, spirit-filled and playful....

Past Event 8/21/08
Are You Reading Your O&A Book Club Book?

posted: July 22, 2008 

The Last Lecture Best-selling author and computer science professor, Randy Pausch, whose “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an internet sensation, died Friday, July 25th. Read about his “last lecture” and book review at link below: Book Review 

Past Event 8/21/08
Outings and Adventures Book Club

posted: July 16, 2008 

Move Over Oprah Thursday, August 21 O&A launches it’s own Book Club, however, no cars will be given away. At our first book club meeting we will be discussing the book ‘The Last Lecture,’ a moving piece by Randy Pausch, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University. Visit his site at www.thelastlecture.com to learn more about the phenomenon...