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I once met Oliver in Montreal. He’s a nice man. I would never comment on his furniture. Lol

Merry Christmas from the green North. First time in years we have absolutely no snow. And relatively balmy temperatures.Just rain!

He’s got a lovely ass. And I’m a bottom.

I I agree about the furniture you sit on, like sofas and easy chairs. But it is easy to mix in more comfortable items such as these and still retain the look with lamps, tables and art pieces that evoke the era. I did this with a 1950’s house I once had in Miami and it worked really well. Just keep with clean lines, not the overstuffed look.

Chicago has an enviable legacy of some of the greatest modern architecture in the world, not just North America. The one time I visited Chicago, I spent a day just going around having a look at it. I’m glad the city is taking the steps to preserve it for future generations to enjoy.

That is what I think of the architecture and interior design of 2020 Manhattan condo. All glass and white walls and furniture. No art or books to be seen, unless a token thing here or there. Mid-century modern needs the right furniture and accessories to make it highly liveable.

In his ad he says 2020 is full of bad memories. He just added one.

I’m glad to hear that. Better than apathy.

Haha, I learned to drive in a car like that, a 1963 Olds. My mother would ask me to get it out of the garage and down our twisting driveway. That one depicted is 1959. My mother’s was white too.

It means that future developments be sensitive to the existing context of the neighbourhood. You see it in parts of New York like the West Village on street like Jane Street with its 19th century brownstones. No high rises in sight. In a place like Palm Springs, which I have only visited twice, it might mean carving out a representative part of a neighbourhood.

To me, mid-century modern, as an architectural and design style, has now entered the realm of deserving protection as historically significant. Also, I consider that Frank Lloyd Wright, is the godfather of the style that became mid-century around the time of his death in 1959. Many of his buildings are now protected by law. I’m of the view that other buildings of that period, if pure in design, should also merit protection. The Europeans are so much better than we are in protecting their heritage structures. We should follow their example and preserve our buildings or neighbourhoods that are culturally rich and stand as resentative of an age and time that our descendants will also treasure.

It could qualify as “culturally significant”. Here in Ontario, we have legislation providing for “historic districts”. In the future, I can see districts such as “gay villages” that could be considered for such a designation. We just need to have a shift in perspective to see that these areas mean a lot to the people whose lives it changed in a good way. Also how the movement changed society for the better. Maybe not in our lifetimes, but sometime down the road.

Normally, unless there are deed restrictions or restrictive covenants attached to a piece of property, you cannot constrain the new owner from changing the use of a property, subject to local zoning requirements. If it is deemed a heritage property, you can get a by-law passed to protect the building, but not it’s use. At least that’s how it works in Canada. I was once the head of a heritage committee that provided advice to government on which properties to protect for their cultural, historic significance. We also had to advise when property owners wanted to strip the heritage designation away, so they could drastically modify the property, even to demolish it. In both cases, the municipal government would pass a by-law, pursuant to provincial legislation, to enact such a change in use or protection. In the bad old days, they used to have “restrictive covenants” in real estate transactions restricting who you could sell a property to, both here in Canada, and in the US. These were used to deny sales to Jewish or Blacks in certain neighbourhoods. These are now unlawful and won’t be recognized by courts. I would think that whoever buys INNdulge will be motivated by what they see as their best demographic who would patronize the lodging in the future.

I’ve I’ve never given them a thought. My head is elsewhere when the clothes are coming off.

I make a distinction between deep fried and fried. I avoid the former but often eat fried foods using olive oil in the frying pan and then frying (or sautéing, as the French call it) whatever, from eggs, to meat and fish to vegetables. It’s Mediterranean style cooking and very healthy.

I was a good client of a hotel in Montreal and after 2 years had earned a credit for a free night. I know, wow. Still, they sold out last fall and the new owners didn’t recognize the credit. The previous owner was a small chain across Quebec but the hotel I stayed in was in the Gay Village, which was why I stayed there. Tant pis

That’s a good question. Maybe if the buyers include a payment for “goodwill” they will honour previous commitments to clients. If not, probably forget it. Most buyers of successful ongoing businesses pay an amount, often considerable, for Goodwill. If it’s a distress sale, that signals that the business is not making money and the buyers will be loath to pay for an intangible like goodwill. They are just interested in the real estate.

That’s what happened in Brokeback Mountain.

That's why I don't have one. Couldn't figure out the process.

That’s why during this pandemic I am really only doing overnights. Beyond the sex, getting to hold someone all night is really terrific to reconnecting with humanity. Much as I love my dog, and he will cuddle with me, he wanders away in the middle of the night. ;(

Thanks, now that I know how, I’ll do it when appropriate.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/travel/Quebec-City-vacation-at-home.html If this link works, it's thanks to Lucky, who gave me some instructions.

Yeah, I knew they were gay for pay but very uninhibited. It wasn't a gay place, very straight but no problem bring the boys in at night. Lovely old place like a large manor house. A leafy neighbourhood and no traffic. I wanted to stay downtown but my more sedate friends, 20 years older than me, preferred the secluded location to carry on their affairs.

Because I don’t know how to post a link. I never took any computer courses and can just navigate and type, basically.

I appreciate your candour. It’s been 2 decades since I visited Prague. I saw several escorts while there. They were tops and a lot of fun. I was with two friends and they also hired guys. We stayed in this beautiful villa but I forget the name. In the suburbs. I’ve since seen a lot of Czechs in porno films and they are gorgeous.