30. June 2009 by admin.

Hi Everyone.

I will be on location LIVE from the LGBT friendly Rehoboth Beach for tomorrow’s TALK IT OUT show at the Light House Inn.

Check out the show! David will be in the studio in Pittsburgh while I will be via camera. Should be a lot of fun. CHAT live to us in our chat-room on the new OUT CONNECT http://www.out-connect.com. Show starts at 11am Wednesday on OTV http://www.outonline.com.

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Tony

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28. June 2009 by admin.

We are now settled in at Rehoboth Beach, DE for one week.  The Lighthouse Inn www.lighthouseinn.net owners (and friends) were very welcoming.  These guys are wonderful and go out of their way for their friends and guests.  Most of their guests become good friends.  That says a lot about them.

We plan to hangout in this beach town all day and visit some of the hundreds of shops, dine and check out the beach and those who frequent it.  LOL.  

Rehoboth Beach still has that gay and lesbian flavor.  Rainbow flags are everywhere.  What was once a gay and lesbian secret has become known and with that discovery comes non-gay people with their families.  The presence of gay men and lesbians is still measurable here and it is definitely a lgbt destination.  This is a great lgbt friendly place and non-traditional families are welcomed!

This Wednesday’s Talk It Out live show at 11am will feature me live from the Lighthouse Inn B&B in RB, along with Jerry, one of LHI’s owners and David Stanton back in Pittsburgh.  This is my hope–of course.  This will be my first remote co-host of the show.  Tune in!  www.outonline.om

Hey, check out our new venture called OUT CONNECT.  This site is so cool and offered with you in mind.  www.out-connect.com.  It’s social network and is getting really popular.  It gets my stamp of approval.

Here we go…off to shop, eat and enjoy the beach. 

You know what they say…while in Rehoboth, do as the Rehobothians do!  I will let you know exactly what that is later.

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Tony  Molnar-Strejcek

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26. June 2009 by admin.

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18. June 2009 by admin.

Pittsburgh’s Out and http://www.outonline do it again! Introducing a NEW WAY FOR PITTSBURGH’S LGBT COMMUNITY TO CONNECT…Introducing OUT CONNECT! A site for you! Add photos, chat, design your own page and more. http://outconnect.ning.com/

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17. June 2009 by admin.

Today’s TALK IT OUT (11am) and PRIDECAST (3pm) on OTV have been cancelled due to a death in David Stanton’s family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you David.

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13. June 2009 by admin.

Meet us at Liberty and 8th Avenues next to Crazy Mocha.  We will be broadcasting LIVE ALL DAY long from Out’s Pride Booth.

See you tonight at Pride in the Street!

LOVE to meet you. 

Keep Reading… And, HAPPY PRIDE.

Tony

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8. June 2009 by admin.

It’s PRIDE WEEK and you know what that means…PARTY, PARTY, and more PARTYING.

That is kind of how last weekend played out for me and Ed.  It never stopped. 

The weekend started Friday evening with my niece’s graduation.  Long ceremony, but worth it to see her.

Saturday, we attended her graduation party.  It started around 1pm and went into the evening.  It was wonderful seeing some of my relatives that I haven’t seen in a while.  The weather was great too.

Every year, we have a family reunion.  This year, like the past several, I helped organize the event for about 100 people.  We have the reunion at Northmoreland Park in Westmoreland County.  It is centrally located and has a very large, stocked fish pond.  To add excitement to the picnic, we schedule the event during PA’s free fishing days.  Now, I am not much of a fisherman, but this is one of the highlights.  It brings a lot of joy to see everyone having such a great time and how excited the children get during our fishing tournament.  It has grown each year, and most of everyone returns.  Very succesful and fun time.

A lot of time this week will be used for preparation for Pride Sunday.  Ed and I will be at Splash on Thursday, Pride in The Street on Saturday and at our booth on Sunday.  We cannot make Friday’s Pub Crawl because we are having a party for one of our boys.   And, in my world, family comes first.  How straight sounding is that?  That event sounds like a lot of fun.  Our oldest and his girlfriend do the local bar crawl thing from the campus to South Side clubs.   No drinking and driving.  Free drinks too!  I am assuming the Pride Pub Crawl will be similar with the exception that it will be LGBT.  Are you planning to attend any of these events?  If so, say hi!

Tuesday, I will be off.  Off work that is…  It is my kid’s (and mine) school/town picnic at Kennywood.  No better excuse to take the day off!   Remember Kennywood memories?  Please, no rain…

-Out is now active on My Space with over 1500 friends.  We want you!  Check us out at www.myspace.com/pittsburghsout.

-Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/outonline.

Hope to see you at one many Pride events all week long or at Kennywood.

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Tony
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5. June 2009 by admin.

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1. June 2009 by admin.

At the end of the weekend, Ed and I had the opportunity to pay our respects to David Morrow at Pegasus on Sunday afternoon.  Scott Noxon, Fritz, Mike, Rodney and their co-workers made David proud by having a first-class memorial service at the downtown bar.   The service was very respectful and the many stories from David’s friends were funny.  We ran into many of David’s friends including Gary Mckillop, Sam and Joe from P-Town, Gary Van Horn and Tom Yargo from Images, Herb Beatty, Bill Kaelin, Chuck Honse, Renee Wau,  and many more of David’s friends and past employees.  It was strange to see so many new and old bar owners and employees together under one roof and getting along. 

Today is David’s birthday. 

Sometimes we don’t realize what someone means to us until it is too late.  Take the time today to let them know how much you care. 

  My personal message to my Ed… I love you.  Happy 20th Anniversary.  You mean EVERYTHING  to me!  Today is our anniversary.

Pride is coming soon and do we have some exciting ‘firsts’ for Pittsburgh.  You will have to check us out at the festival for more updates.  Need more info about tickets and events?  Go to www.outonline.com and click on the PRIDE WEEK banner ad. 

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Tony

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26. May 2009 by admin.

What a ride!

No sooner did we get the June Pride issue out, it’s Memorial Day weekend.  And, with Memorial Day comes the annual Memorial Weekend Picnic at North Park.  Ed and I got to the park early and to our surprise, many others did too.  Who says Pittsburghers are always late?  As the day went on, the crowd swelled into the upper parking lot and all over the lodge grounds.  Many faces that I knew, but many unfamiliar. 

The entrance was guarded by Gilbert from Images, Chuck Honse and a nice looking police officer.  No, not Tony, the cute Pittsburgh Police officer that is a staple at many of the gay events around town.  Although, we did see him later in the day.  Also spotted was David Stanton who is Out’s website manager and my co-host on Talk It Out, Brian T, www.outonline.com’s OTV and Gay Life TV personality, Jason Lucarelli from OTV’s Pridecast, Cassandra Buncie from Delta, Out’s famous photographer Mara Rago, Bill Kaelin, Greco (now living in Baltimore), P-Town owners Gary and Jeff, Jon aka The Link Pixter and his friends one of which I overheard she was that famous bitch in Out newspaper while I was standing in the port-a-john line,  Peter, Steve and Gary Vanhorn working their asses off getting the food ready for you drunken picnic folks and many more people from Pittsburgh, Ohio and West Virginia.  Ed and I were there too!  Noticibly absent that day was Donny Thinnes.  I can assure you he is doing fine.  I visited with him earlier in the week and he looks good.  He has had a tough few months, but he assured me that he will be at Pride. 

It was wonderful seeing such a large crowd of LGBT people having a good time.  My guess is 1500+ attended.  Thanks guys and gals for a wonderful picnic. 

Later that evening, some of the city bars were were bursting at the seams.  Real Luck Cafe seems to pack them in after the picnic and this year was no different.  I heard after the bar closed, the deck and parking lot were still packed with folks.  Hotel/Motel Time…  If you know the rest of that saying, than you probably were one of people in that (or another) parking lot in Pittsburgh at 2:30am.    One person reported back to me that Nancy, the owner of the bar was the perfect host on the deck.  Nancy, we have to talk!

Much like Lucky’s, the clubs around town were partying like it was 1999.  Remember that?  1999, I am talking about.  Sources tell me that the Sunday evening felt like a Saturday night in our bars.   It is great seeing our establishments making money.  I am one that believes we should support our LGBT AND LGBT friendly businesses.  And, Pittsburgh you did just that last weekend.  

Pick up the June Pride issue of Out (now available) and the Pride Guide.  Enjoy!  Don’t forget to support the businesses that advertised in these publications because without them, Pittsburgh’s  Out newspaper and the Pride Festival could not be a success.

Post-Delta Foundation Memorial Weekend Picnic, we headed to a family picnic on Irwin.  Chris and his girlfriend took the younger boys to the Irwin picnic so that Ed and I could attend the North Park picnic.  Thank you Heather and Chris!

I need to wrap things up so I can get ready for Heinz Hall.  Spring Awakening is in town until May 31, but you probably already know that from the banner and video ads on www.outonline.com.  Speaking of the website, it is not too late to reach LGBT folks for Pride week.  Banner ads reach THOUSANDS of people a day, many of which will visiting Pittsburgh for Pride week.  Don’t miss the last opportunity to reach this desirable community.  As I mentioned above, they will support your business.  tony@outpub.com

Missed ya!

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Tony

PS…rumor has it that Out has a new My Space page to go along with it’s website, facebook and Twitter (www.twitter.com/outonline).

ME, TOMORROW..TALK IT OUT…11AM.  WATCH LIVE!

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