Getting Ready For Friday's Benefit Concert.

Barry was getting ready for his Because It's Christmas VII Benefit at the Barclay Center on Friday December 8th, He had sent the Grant Street Campus chorus the lyrics to Because It's Christmas, One Voice and It's A Miracle. Marc had sent Barry publicity photos of Brian Murphy's concert jackets for his A Brian Christmas and A Gift Of Love IV concerts. The color red seems to wash out Brian's face thought Barry. All of Brian's jackets except his white one were made of velvet with sparkles on them. Barry decided to go with an edgy tuxedo for Sunday nights benefit concert. The pants had zero stripe down the outer side of each leg. The vest had an embossed design on it. Black pants, black embossed, white tuxedo shirt, black vest, black tuxedo coat and black euro tie. The tuxedo coat was where in edginess came in. The hem was longer on one side a regular on the other side.  The tuxedo coat was just like the one he wore in nineteen ninety-nine. When he played Carnegie Hall on Monday March 8, 1999 for The Gay Men's Crisis Benefit. Barry had decided to open Friday's concert the same way he did that benefit. Barry came out flipped the tail of his tuxedo jacket sat down and played Chopin's Prelude In C Minor. Then he went into the romantic version of his song Could It Be Magic based on that Chopin prelude. Then later on he was going to do Could It Be Magic a second time. This would be Take That's up tempo version complete with BAMS. Barry was also putting together a NYC Rhythm, Brooklyn Blues, Williamsburg medley. Barry and Cyndi Lauper were going to duet on her song Time After Time and Baby It's Cold Outside. Barry had even picked out some Christmas song that would be played as the fans came in. Barry decided on a Thursday night to get together with Bruce, David, Eric, Jack, Garry, Marc and Rob for a little guy time. Fried chicken and bowling at the Brooklyn Bowl. Garry and Denise were coming into New York for the weekend starting Wednesday. They were going to stay at Barry and Carly's house till Monday. Carly had gotten suckered into going to Brian Murphy's Nassau Coliseum concert on Thursday night. Kathy had a ticket for Denise to go too. Gillian was supposed to go with them but she got the flu. Gillian was friends with Shelly and Kim. Jacqueline had invited Gillian, Shelly and Kim to go with her and Kathy, Carly Ally, Rita and Zoey.  Carly told Kathy she did not want to sit next to Shelly. Shelly, Kim and Gilliam claimed they were also friends with Suzie Barry's one time friend.. They too believed that Barry was gay and married to his former manager Garry. Barry basically paid those three women no attention. They told their friends that they were friends with Barry, Bruce, Garry and Marc. These women were not friends at all with Barry, Bruce, Garry and Marc. Barry had called Garry to tell him about Thursdays boys night out. He also told him that Denise would be going with Ally, Carly, Rita, Zoey, Jacqueline, Kathy, Shelly and Kim to see Brian Murphy's Thursday December 7th Nassau Coliseum concert. Gillian a friend of Shelly and Kim's was supposed to go. However she got sick. Garry said I'm sure Carly Ally, Rita and Zoey really wanted to go. Garry knew better that Carly and her BFF's didn't want to go. Barry wanted to get the Barclay Center for Thursday night. However Disney Tim Burton's The  Nightmare Before Christmas was there both Wednesday and Thursday nights. Chris Rock Saturday December 9th. Saturday night was comedian Chris Rock and Sunday was women's and men's basketball starting at one. So Barry had to take Friday night as it was open. Thursday's boys night out was great. Instead of eating fried chicken at the Brooklyn Bowl. The guys went to  Barry's eatery 1943 British American Gastro Pub. The guys loved the atmosphere which was a mix of British and American. Barry mentioned that his gastro pub served British ale and a few local micro brews from Brooklyn. No US beers like Budweiser, Coors, Old Milwaukee, Miller and ETC. Barry liked British ale but hated US beers. We even deep fry candy bars and have them on our desert menu. We deep fry Milky Way, Milky Way Caramel, Milky Way Dark, Snickers original with peanuts, Snickers with almonds and Snickers with hazelnuts. I had to get the address for the Mars candy company which makes the Snickers bar. Because a few costumers wanted to write the Mars candy company. So they could ask then to make their Snickers bar with cashews and Snickers bar with macadamia nuts. Deep fried candy bars was started in the UK. Heck they deep fry anything said Garry. Denise and I had deep fried cheese cake. That was a slice of cheese cake dipped in either milk or dark chocolate. After the chocolate hardens it's dipped in funnel cake batter. Then it's drizzled with chocolate ganache and whipped cream. Interesting said Bruce. I was at this bar down in Atlanta with Eric my personal assistant. We chose to eat our dinner at the bar. They put out free bar snacks. They take mixed nuts put them in a bowl. Then mixed the nuts with butter, tabasco sauce, garlic powder and onion powder. Spread them out on a baking sheet and bake them for forty-five minutes. They're so addictive.  So I snatched the recipe and put it on 1943's free snacks menu. We serve spicy mixed nuts and garlic cheddar popcorn as free snacks. Ground Round restaurants use to served peanuts in their shells or popcorn. It was to tied you over until your meal came. I'm addicted to mixed nuts said Barry. Carly on the other hand is addicted to assorted chesses and crackers. Triscuit crackers and cheese is Carly's go to snack. She likes their original, garden herb, thin crisps sour cream and chive and parmesan garlic. The only sweet she likes is ice cream. Carly did have a piece of wedding cake on our wedding day. That was the best cake ever said Jack. That's because our cake was made by Charm City Cakes Ace Of Cakes Duff Goldman. It was a four tiered two layered white cake with raspberry filling in between the layers of cake. The frosting was white whipped light butter cream.  The roses on the cake were made with pureed raspberries mixed in to the white frosting. Carly knows I like raspberry torte. So that was what our cake was a raspberry torte four tiered wedding cake.  Carly actually wanted to elope however she had never been married. I told her I wanted her to have her dream wedding. Every bride has their dream wedding so should you. Which she did have her dream wedding. After we got back from our Montreal and Quebec honeymoon. Carly went back to  Kleinfeld's Bridal store. Carly wanted to show Audrey, Randy, Dorothy and Nicole photos from our wedding. None of them got to see Carly's finished Hayley Paige custom wedding dress. Carly told them my tuxedo was by Joseph Abboud. In fact I have seven pairs of the black loafers I wore on my wedding day. The reason I have that many is because the other pairs I wear when I'm in concert. They're a very stylish shoe that goes perfect with my dresser concert attire.