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Before I move forward to 2024, I need to catch up with a couple more fun outings from 2023, both with my GG friend Michelle. Both happened during a two week period when my wife was out of town; when the cat’s away…. (or as my GG friend Ms. Dee-ism says, when I have unsupervised time).

The first outing was the Sun-Dee my wife left. I dropped her off at the airport, and headed home to change to attend Tower Grove Pride in St. Louis. I decided on a bra top I had worn to Pride the year before (and was asked by a GG where I bought it), along with a white mesh cover (suggested by Ms. Dee-ism) and a green and white checkered skirt I had bought a few weeks before. 

Going along with Michelle and I were Michelle’s friend Marie (whom I had met before, and has gifted me with clothes she didn’t want anymore), and Marie’s teenage son, who is trying to figure out where he fits in the LBGT spectrum. I met Michelle at her house, then we picked up Marie and her son at Marie’s house for the half-hour drive.

Once we arrived, Michelle and I and Marie and her son went our separate ways. Michelle and I found some food and adult beverages, and found a table to snack, sip, and chat, while doing some people watching. Always lots of interesting outfits at Pride. After a couple of hours, Marie and her son were ready to go, so we headed back home.

Michelle and I had already decided we would also have a glam night out, so after I dropped her off, we agreed I would return later and we would head out. As my son lives with us, we agreed I’d dress at Michelle’s, which I have done on several occasions. 

I brought a couple of dress choices with me to Michelle’s, but she chose the strappy dark blue dress with the see-through cut-outs. The dress was one I found while shopping with my GG friend Renee during my March trip to Durham, North Carolina. It was a junior’s dress, on sale for $5, so pretty much a no-brainer to buy (plus, Renee always encourages me to expand my comfort zones, and this dress qualified). I paired it with black fishnets, Hand-Dee-Downs from Marie, and some spiky black studded heels I had found on sale about a month before.

Our first destination was Rehab, a LGBT bar Michelle and I had been to for Halloween 2021. The bar website seemed to indicate there was going to be a drag show, and Michelle is fascinated by drag artists. However, ’twas not to be, so after about a half hour we headed to another prior destination of ours, the Chase Park Plaza hotel. In March 2019, Michelle and I had a fun dinner and bar night at the Chase, and we hadn’t been there together since.

The Chase is a fairly ritzy hotel, so plenty of photo opportunities, inside and out (including the mirror in the bathroom). There weren’t a lot of people there, being somewhat late on a Sun-Dee night, but we could have drinks and some food on an outdoor patio near the Chase swimming pool. As it was a nice night, we sat and ate and drank, and as Michelle and I always do, talked.

Not quite as fancy as our 2019 dinner, but always fun to have a night out dressed up, especially with a companion as gorgeous as Michelle. Fortunately, we had another chance to do that about ten days later, which you’ll read about soon.