One: New City Chicago: The cock crows - Is Big Chicks near the end?:
As The Daley Center hosts the hearing regarding the potential closing of Big Chicks, the crowd breathes heavily on one another."Everyone must pass through security today," a uniformed guard says to more than fifty groaning people waiting outside the courtroom, all supporters of the beloved Uptown gay and lesbian bar. "And if your cell phones go off, you're out." They shift through the line, only to find that they have to wait some more, as the courtroom is full.
The previous night, Big Chicks owner Michelle Fire sent out an email begging for customer support, and she got her wish. Dozens turned out to intimidate the Liquor License Control Commission. The judge's final decision was to not decide at all, postponing the case until January 13. Until then, the bar's heart still beats.
Big Chicks takes its name from a moniker its owner, the sizable Michelle Fire, picked up on a trip to India. The natives there had trouble pronouncing "Michelle," so they simply called her "Big Chick." Others have called her "The World's Coolest Den Mother," because she is so close to the mostly gay customers who patronize her bar. As she notes, "we play well together." Fire's art collection, which hangs on the walls of the bar, is devoted to images of women (not the usual fare for a gay bar), including a semi-nude drawing of the owner. Deejays spin Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Best of Citysearch 2003: Gay & Lesbian Bar in Chicago:
- Big Chicks: This Uptown tavern is one of the most straight-friendly gay taps you'll ever encounter.
Two: Shasta MacNasty: Pretty Fat Girls:
These fat girls are pretty. And these girls are pretty fat. Seriously. I'm fat not, just not as big or as tall. Let me admit to you that I have a love/hate relationship with my body and other fat women.[. . .] I admire AnnMarie because only is she damn cute, but she's effing HUGE and works her shit like she could give a rat's chance in hell what you think. This is clearly evidenced in her booty video. I don't know anyone personally, thin or fat, who'd make a movie shaking her ass, then put it on her web site. Not even me, so don't look for it :)
Ah, me. In the words of the immortal poet Mystikal, "Shake ya ass.
"But watch yourself."
Stole that gag from Jon Stewart when he hosted the Grammys.
Yes, I've been waiting for a chance to use it. Sue me.
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