‘I’ve Been to a Marvelous Party’: Spending ‘the Last Days of Pompeii’ at (Baña) Belvedere

September 16, 2009 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, Fire Island, Travel · Comments Off 
party goers - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert

party goers - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert

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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert

How did the city of Pompeii really spend its final days, before being engulfed by lava flow from the erupting Mount Vesuvius (or “Vesuvias Erumpo”)?  Apparently occupied with copious amounts of glitter, flesh, and dance, to judge by “Baña Belvedere: the Last Days of Pompeii,” a gala party Read more

Anticipating Baña Belvedere

August 17, 2009 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, Fire Island · Comments Off 
Belvedere - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert (stylized by CJ Mingolelli)

Belvedere - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert (stylized by CJ Mingolelli)

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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert

Just thinking of Belvedere, the exotic dream palazzo and clothing optional men’s guesthouse, rising on the east end of Bayview Walk in Cherry Grove, Read more