New Year

Tomorrow begins a fresh year. Let's hope that at least a few boys have read and learned from this blog. I would like to suggest a New Year's resolution for all of the boys who have girly ways. Your resolution should be: I will be a not be a girl this year, I will be a MAN! Feel free to use it as a mantra. Write it on your bathroom mirror so you see it morning and night.

For all of you boys who have accepted your girly ways, I applaud your good sportsmanship about the blog over the past year. At least sportsmanship has the word sport in it which makes it, and therefore you, a little manly. I hope you continue to be good natured about it in the coming year as I do plan to have more fun at your expense. Happy New Year everyone!!

Boys going to musicals

I was just having a conversation with a friend of mine who lives in San Francisco. He told me about a straight man who goes to see Phantom of the Opera several times a year. Not because his wife makes him, not because he has a crush on the girl playing the heroine, but because he loves musicals. Straight guys who like musicals? Really?

I don't know any guys who go to see musicals on their own or who would openly admit to enjoying musical theater. Maybe this is some kind of weird West Coast girly shit? I have a sneaking suspicion that San Francisco is a treasure trove of blog worthy material. I'll have to visit soon. Until then, let's just hope that kind of girly business does not start spreading east.

Boys eating at La Madeleine

While dining at the notoriously girly restaurant La Madeleine last night, I noticed something odd: most of the diners were boys. There were father and son pairs, a group of 20 something guys, two older men, etc. None of these boys had women with them and none appeared to be gay. Pretty much every man I know will only go into said establishment if he is accompanied by a woman who chose to eat there. I found it unsettling in the same way I would find it unsettling if a group of women chose to have dinner at BW3's on a Saturday night without the Olympics on TV. Why would a group of straight men eat at La Madeleine? Did they have a craving for salad and quiche? Were they in need of delicate pastries? The only logical conclusion I can come up with for boys choosing to eat at girly restaurants is that boys are the new girls.