March 23, 2004
Looks like I'm not gonna score with Wonkette
There is an alternate DC out there - one where every New York institution is transferred to some opposite but not-quite-up-to-equal equivalent. The Black Cat covers for all of Williamsburg/LES, Howard Kurtz is Page Six and Graydon Carter is .... ummm, John Kerry (?).
In this bizarre town (we'll call it Wonkington, DC), Dupont Circle is the Stonewall Inn, writ large. Which is to say that you're not likely to find a straight person there.
It's a good thing we straight Duponters don't live in Wonkington's Dupont. If we did, as soon as our moving vans pulled away, we'd be assaulted by the thousands of flamboyant drag queens who populate the streets all day, fill up all the bars at night (Front Page and Brickskeller too) and fix the burritos at Chipotle.
Well, that might not be exactly what Ms. Wonkette is getting at. Maybe everyone in Dupont is gay because the sheer gayness of the neighborhood makes you into a gay stereotype just by living there.
If so, I suppose I must live in Rockville or something without even knowing it.
Posted by rj3 at March 23, 2004 1:37 PM
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DuPont isn't nearly as gay as it used to be. It's become so fabulized that even we, with all of our "disposable income" can't afford to live there anymore. Logan Circle is well on its way to becoming the new DuPont.
Actually, with the opening of Ann Taylor Loft we witnessed the beginning of the "Georgetown-ification" of DuPont. Still, there is an unspoken rule at when it comes to sizing up men in DuPont: gay until proven otherwise. :-)
Posted by: Terrance at March 23, 2004 2:35 PM
Wow, "gay until proven otherwise."
Looks like I'll have to work on ways to prove my heterosexuality when I'm out in DuPont.
Posted by: chris at March 25, 2004 11:09 AM
I may have to resort to carrying around visible heterosexual pornography. Or buying a late-model camaro with a racing stripe.
Posted by: Randolph at March 25, 2004 11:47 AM
I wouldn't worry, Chris. You wardrobe tends to set of people's straightdar.
Posted by: Smith at March 26, 2004 9:42 AM
Figured.
Posted by: Randolph at March 26, 2004 10:22 AM