Rick Redewill, founder of the Lone Star Saloon.

Richard Bulger, creator of Bear Magazine, admiring his cocktail.

John (Ricardo's partner, seated on the floor), Luke, Richard, and Rick Redewill in the foreground.

This is not the Sopranos at the Bada Bing. Close. It was the Bear Mafia at the dawn of the culture. This is Luke Mauerman, Bear Magazine's Associate Publisher; Richard Bulger, Bear's Publisher and Creator; Francois Llobera, Richard's boyfriend; Lyn Light, Lone Star's manager and Bear staffer, and Rick Redewill, Lone Star Saloon's Creator and Owner.

"Ebert" watching the sausages.

Francois Llobera, Richard's boyfriend from France.

Lyn Light (Lone Star's Manager) with Ricardo Sander, our host.

Stuart Nelson with one of my oldest friends, Mark Sessions.

Ah, Jake. Jake Wolpert.

Another one of my oldest friends, Joe Bob Zivny (Left) with Richard Bulger (Right)