During our stay, our hosts had ME TV cartoon station and @chucklebags.bsky.social got to see “Go Go Gophers” for the first time. It reminded me that I was a young boy slightly obsessed with Teddy Roosevelt because of that AND Arsenic and Old Lace #PinderSmootNYC2026
Still thinking about the MET Tristan and why Tristan leaves the world through a weird portable light up vagina shape #TristanUndIsolde #METOpera #PinderSmootCulturalFortnight #PinderSmootNYC2026
The signage in front of the Broadhurst Theatre advertising Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The stage and set of Cats: The Jellicle Ball as seen from the Mezzanine. The stage has a raised runway through it out to the house and there risers on either side for the audience to sit
Cats: The Jellicle Ball is pure queer joy. Memory hits so hard in this production. Junior LaBeija as Gus The Theatre Cat 12/10. Period #PinderSmootCulturalFortnight #PinderSmootNYC2026 #CatsTheJellicleBall
A very large inflatable sculpture of a green jester head with a blue nose white circle with smaller red circle on the cheek looking like it’s blowing a yellow horn with flames coming out of the bell
Dwayne standing to the left on the other side of the inflatable to give a sense of the size
My first time catching the Whitney Biennial and I’m glad the timing worked out. Lots of great American art. Although this is not contemporary (you can zoom in and see how beat up and dirty it is) it still met the moment #PinderSmootCulturalFortnight #PinderSmootNYC2026 #WhitneyBiennial
Me in front of Charles Demuth’s painting “My Egypt” at the Whitney Museum. I’m pointing to it with a goofy grin on my face
Charles Demuth painting at the Whitney Museum. Going to see his home which now a museum in October #PinderSmootCulturalFortnight #PinderSmootNYC2026
Me on the right in a striped turtleneck that’s giving you Mime vibes and Alexis, a brilliant talented soprano, on the left in a cute navy blue sweater. There is a wine rack behind us
Me on the left, Angels in the middle giving me a kiss, and Dwayne on the right out in Queens after dinner
Wednesday consisted of two meals with friends (and two different bars) and it was perfect #PinderSmootCulturalFortnight
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Two gay men in front of the Metropolitan Opera with the Tristan Und Isolde banner behind them
A poster advertising Lise Davidsen in Tristan und Isolde in Lincoln Center right in front of the Metropolitan Opera
The view of the house of the Metropolitan Opera from our seats in the Dress Circle. The ceiling and proscenium are gold, the seats and carpeting are dark red. The famed crystal chandeliers are down before the show. The set fills the entire proscenium
Two gay men take a selfie in their seats in the dress circle
In the past two weeks, I’ve encountered Tristan und Isolde three times: one broadcast, one in the house, and today’s HD presentation. It was thrilling to hear it live and the orchestra sounded glorious. @gayerthanthou.bsky.social was there, but we didn’t get a meetup. #PinderSmootNYC2026
Oops. Just spent $120 in the Whitney Museum gift shop #PinderSmootCulturalFortnight #PinderSmootNYC2026
Dwayne in front of Madison Square Garden
The view of the ice from our seats in section 220
Me, in my Solar Bears hoodie in Madison Square Garden
We got to see a Rangers/Kings game at MSG and as a bonus, it was Pride Night which was a lovely, random surprise #PinderSmootCulturalFortnight #PinderSmootNYC2026
The Garden Court at The Frick Collection
Me standing by a column in the Garden Court at the Frick Collection
Pictures of the artwork are not allowed at The Frick Collection (for some reason), but enjoy this pic of me in The Garden Court #PinderSmootCulturalFortnignt #PinderSmootNYC2026
I know Mayor Mamdani is probably really busy trying to make the city better, but can I get a selfie with him while I’m here? #PinderSmootCulturalFortnight #PinderSmootNYC2026
