Sipping a mango-dragonfruit refresher at a sidewalk cafe in the South End, I feel slightly nostalgic on ...
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Introductory Boston Birthday Post
28 Aug, 2026
Here is another gratuitous Ben Platt shot from this incredible photo shoot. Which reminds me: he may ...
This year’s butterfly bush has only recently gone into bloom, delaying its show, perhaps sensing we needed ...
Muscles Against A Green Screen
27 Aug, 2026
Nicholas Galitzine knows how to front a green-screen as exhibited in this gratuitous post previously featured here. ...
About Alan Ilagan
Alan Bennett Ilagan is a blogger who resides in upstate New York. A graduate of Brandeis University, Ilagan has been published in Instinct, xy magazine, Windy City Times, Q Northeast, Metroland, commUNITY, and ‘The Project for a New Mythology.’ He has been profiled in Unzipped, Genre, Diversity Rules! Magazine, and Upstate Magazine. From 2008 to 2012 he served as manager of the Romaine Brooks Gallery at the Pride Center of the Capital Region. He and his husband Andy were married in 2010 and remain happily unburdened by children. His website has been up since 2003, making it one of the longest running personal blogs.

