White Party

Thu Jul 20 16:26:04 UTC 2006

On Jul 19, 2006, at 12:11 PM, Barry Popik wrote:

> This D.R. resort is filled with Maxim models from several
> countries; it appears that they're doing a photo shoot. This Friday
> they're having a private "white party."
> ...
> Is this term from NYC?
> ...
> ...
> (GOOGLE NEWS)
> White Party season is officially upon us, including a big do this
> weekend on the Detroit Princess riverboat...

in what i think is an entirely separate development, there have been
gay-themed "circuit parties" (google on "circuit party" for several
informative sites) for over 25 years, most of them with color names.
the big White Party is in Palm Springs in april; this was its 17th year.

arnold

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