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Heavenly Round-Up: You're more alive to change and the possibility of replacing old habits and crutches with fresh perspectives and active rehabilitation. Oddly, you also find yourself stymied whenever you attempt direct action. Ultimately, now is a good time to plan, to strategize, to develop proactive tactics and to build up reserves so that when you're good to go, you're really good to go. As you hustle to and fro, don't forget to devote some time to developing your ability ...[more]

Clublife | Pink Palace

Phase 1 of Dupont is ready to brighten up lesbian nightlife when it opens next Friday in the old Apex/Badlands space

Published on February 2, 2012, 7:20am

There's a refurbished dance floor, which will be flanked by tables and chairs. There's also an enhanced sound system and more lights. But the biggest change to the space once known as Badlands and Apex and re-opening next Friday, Feb. 10, as Phase 1 of Dupont, comes in the back area off the main dance floor. There the walls are painted a color labeled ''sexy pink.'' ''That was Allen's touch of femininity,'' quips Angela Lombardi, the longtime manager at Phase ...[more]

Clublife | Chord Progression

Perhaps it took longer than it should have, but the man named Chord has finally found his musical calling as a DJ

Published on January 19, 2012, 5:01am

''When people started calling me Jonny B, I said that's enough,'' laughs Chord Bezerra. ''So I started going by Chord to avoid that.'' Of course, opting as a teenager to go by his middle name and not his too-common first name – Jon – provoked its own issue. It struck a dissonant chord, you might say. {Chord Bezerra (Photo by Todd Franson)} ''I always felt like, okay, well, Chord's a cool name, but I have nothing musical to go by,'' ...[more]

Recent Coverboy Interviews

Henry

This medical professional from Alexandria likes TV talent shows and tennis matches

Published on February 3, 2012, 4:01pm

Alexandria native Henry is eager to get home to the D.C. area. For now, however, the 27-year-old is paying dues by completing his surgery residency in Virginia Beach. But Henry's not at all impatient, as his coming-out experience shows. ''I'm totally a late bloomer,'' he says. ''I didn't come out to myself till medical school. I'm definitely a lot happier.'' He's also holding out for some things worth waiting for, like a husband and kids, as well as his own ...[more]

Samuel

This 20-year-old Damascus native studies cosmetology and appreciates Bob Dylan, his family, confidence and humor

Published on January 29, 2012, 3:15pm

When Samuel, who's called Damascus, Md., home all his life, came out in high school, it went so well, he even won a title. ''I got to be Mr. Damascus,'' he says. ''It was maybe a week or two after I came out.'' His school's homage to the Miss America Pageant – right down to the swimsuit competition – had the hometown boy busing out onstage to ''It's Raining Men'' and winning his school's votes. No wonder the 20-year-old stuck ...[more]

Damien

This 23-year-old kickboxing instructor is also a model and student of criminology

Published on January 20, 2012, 2:44pm

It's hard not to think of Damien, 23, as the definition of badass. He's done some time in the Air Force (not for him, though he's considering trying the Army). He teaches kickboxing and a couple other combat sports. And he's one of the very few coverboys with a pistol on his nightstand. He may be a little more cautious, however, than G.I. Joe. ''I don't fight too much,'' he says of kickboxing. ''I try not to get hit in ...[more]