6. July 2010 by admin.

In Chicago on vacation with Ed and the boys.  I see it is really hot in the ‘Burgh…

 Will be shooting Thursday’s Talk It Out show at 12 noon from here with David and Steve in Pittsburgh.

http://www.outonline.com

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17. May 2010 by admin.

Reminder:
 

This Friday, May 21st at 7:00pm ; EXCLUSIVE Luxe
interview and short performance for OTV’s Talk It Out with David and
Tony at Pegasus / Eagle on the North Side (Pgh Eagle location).  1740 Eckert Street. 

Come meet the band, watch the interview and performance taping for http://www.outonline.com and get your FIRST COCKTAIL FREE and no cover!   

Also, meet David, Tony and staff of OTV and Pittsburgh’s Out newspaper!  Starts at 7pm.   

www.officialluxe.com  

Luxe is opening for Debra Cox at Pride in the Street and has #3 hit on .  Come support this up and coming Pittsburgh dance band and OTV!

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12. May 2010 by admin.

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4. May 2010 by admin.

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on when you are reading this.  OK…HELLO is simple enough.  Wishing you a good day.

 Raising kids, running a newspaper and keeping up with the website http://www.outonline.com certainly consumes a large portion of my time.  Being a good husband consumes the rest.  Just kidding Ed.  I really enjoy what I do and am delighted to be a father, husband, talk show host and publisher. 

Having the opportunity to hit the local nightlife scene, I can attest to it improving and state it is alive and kicking.  There have been a few straight clubs going gay and then straight again but the many gay establishments continue to fight it out and demand their piece of the pie throughout the current recession. 

What always amazes me is when struggling businesses tighten the budget, they slash their advertising dollars, a time when they should be advertising more.  This causes a ripple effects that takes months to overcome.  Simply stated, an absence of ads sends the message of an absence of customers.  No one will admit to being a fan of a deserted club.  We like crowds and nothing says we are still around and busy like an ad.  Out of site, out of mind.

I am proud to admit that our oldest child is graduating from college this weekend.  Everything is on track at home and at Out.  OTV Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh’s Out and the website all continue to grow.  The website had an amazing 10,000 hits last Thursday.  We have added new programs and the community has responded in record numbers.  Thanks for reading the newspaper and tuning in to http://www.outonline.com.  We do it all for you!

The May issue of Out is on the newsstand and available everywhere.  Lots of good read and advertising support.  Mnay of you have commented on this issue.  I must admit, this issue looks fantastic.  Lots of color and great quality from the printing press.   Again, all done for you!

Pride is coming!  www.pittsburghpride.org. So is our deadline for our best issue of the year.  Out’s JUNE PRIDE issue promises to be one of the best of the year.  Advertise your business or tell your friends or boss to advertise.  By placing an ad in this issue, you show your support for the LGBT community to record number of people.   We plan to print to thousands of extra copies.  Deadline for display ads is Friday, May 14.  Call or email me 412-381-3350, tony@outonline.com to get more information.  You will be delighted at how easy and inexpensive placing an ad can be.  Sponsorships and banner ads are also available on www.outonline.com for as little as $6/day for a banner and $150/month for sponsorship.

Watch my show today and every Monday through Friday at 12 noon.  www.outonline.com

Until next time kids… 

Keep Reading…

Tony

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26. April 2010 by admin.

Hi everyone. 

It’s been a busy time here at www.outonline.com.  We are always trying to give you the best product and by visiting our website or reading the newspaper you can see it!  Thank you for making them the most read and most popular in the region! 

Check out all our new updates and news on the website including the new Out On The Town weekly show  which is live every Wednesday at 2pm.  Maybe, we have created a new monster? 

Talk It Out is on every week day at 12noon.  Check the site for live times of all of OTV Pittsburgh’s webcasts.  Can’t catch a show live?  No problem, watch them 24/7 in our free on-demand area. 

Pittsburgh’s Out May issue will be out this Thursday.  Our June PRIDE issue deadline is around the corner on May 14.  Don’t miss this incredible issue of the year.  Support the LGBT community by placing an ad for you or your business or sponsoring a show on OTV! 

Keep reading… 

Tony

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7. April 2010 by admin.

OUT TV Pittsburgh is SO IN!

Join us at 12 noon for the TALK IT OUT show LIVE at http://www.outonline.com.
LGBT talk locally, nationally and internationally. Just click and watch all the excitement everyone is talking about!

Later today: Out on the Town with Marsha Monster Mellow at 2pm and The Real Deal with Sidney Alvarez at 6pm! Call or chat live during all three shows today. 412-567-0381.

Keep Reading…

Tony

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24. March 2010 by admin.

It may feel like just another week, but spring is on it’s way and another issue of Pittsburgh’s Out is being put together.  Our publication is now in it’s 38 year.  WOW 38 years!  I was less than 5 years old when the first issue hit the street.  It takes a lot of effort from many people to build the trust and loyalty of the region’s LGBT population and succeed for that period of time.  I thank our loyal readers and our dedicated staff for these achievements.  Here’s to 40 more! 

April 2010 issue hits the streets April 1.

Last weekend, we headed to Morgantown for a benefit for Carita’s House, http://caritashouse.net/, an AIDS service organization in West Virginia.  The event was held at the Morgantown Ramada Inn and drew a few hundred people from the West Virginia region.  First, let me say that Out supports non-profit LGBT and LGBT-friendly organizations and businesses unlike any other for the past 38 years.  It is important to help, especially helping people that have been affect by HIV, AIDS, drug abuse or homelessness just to name a few.

We had a blast and were treated very well by the organizers and by the president of organization, James Yost.  The desserts were a treat and the auction items were very desirable.  Ed and I bid on, and won two beautiful lamps to add to the excitement of the evening.

We left the event around 10:30pm to check into our hotel.  We relaxed for a bit and then headed to Vice Versa, Morgantown’s gay bar and probably one of the nicest and most popular in the city.  We walked from our hotel, Hotel Morgan to the bar.  Along the way we met up with  John Colombo, Out’s fabulous and popular In With The Out Crowdcolumnist.  High Street in Morgantown is quite bustling on a Saturday night.  We were stopped along the way by theater goers and images of college age eye-candy.  This street felt like Oakland in Pittsburgh with student seeking out party destinations for the evening.  

Waiting at the club were OTV and www.outonline.com’s producer David Stanton, OTV’s Real Deal host Sidney and others.  By midnight, the club was hopping and owners Jame Yost and Taz were buzzing around the place like madmen keeping their guests happy.  This club was busy, but James and Taz both took the time to hangout with us for an extended period of time.  Great WV hospitality guys!

On Sunday, we decided to visit the Rivers Casino on the North Side of Pittsburgh. http://www.theriverscasino.com/.   My expectations were very high.  We have been to the Meadows Casino http://www.meadowsgaming.com/  since it was built and were very impressed.  It was our hope that the city’s new casino was in the same league.  To our delight, Rivers Casino seemed almost as large and offered many of the amenities of which it’s competition.   This place definately has a Pittsburgh flair to it!  I will admit, I favor the Meadows.  I grew up on that racetrack now racino.  My family continues  in the horse racing industry and  perhaps the fact that I have won more money there help with my decision?  I did, however walk into the Rivers and immediately won a few hundred dollars.

On the way home, we met a friend for dinner and then shopped a bit at Sear’s friends and family night. 

A good weekend, one that Ed and I desired.  Ed looked so refreshed on Monday and agreed he had fun too.  The boy’s were at their grandparents on Saturday and Sunday.  With the help of a friend that dog sat for us and the boy’s on a sleep over, we were afforded some time for ourselves.  And, did we ever take advantage of it!

Keep Reading…

Tony

 PS- Please join me Monday-Friday on OTV’s TALK IT OUT at 12 noon live.   http://www.outonline.com  No downloading, just click the web address and watch.  You can chat live with us in the chat room or call the show!  This show is for you Pittsburgh…  LGBT.  Our website has a new fresh look and many updates have been made.

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3. March 2010 by admin.

Hi.

Wow, what a winter.  I can not remember this much snow or school cancellation ever. 

We have been very busy with the website and doing the 10 webcasts. Catch me live today at 12 noon e.s.t. and see what I have to say.  You can be on the show live, in the chat room or by calling 412-567-0381.  Love to have you and your opinion parts of the OTV and www.outonline.com experience.

I had hernia surgery on February 5.  It went pretty well.  The first couple weeks were trying, but Ed helped get me through it.  I feel much better as I write this and have had very little pain the past several days.

Some new clubs have opened in Pittsburgh.  One is a gay-friendly, straight own establishment that is only gay one night a week.  The other is being billed as a gay and lesbian nightclub all the time and has lgbt employees, management and some investors.  Pittsburgh already has a few straight owned glbt clubs that have been operating for years.   

How do you feel about straight owned businesses that cater to the glbt community?  I would love to hear your opinion.

Opinions… hmm.  We actually ask for them and want them here at Out.

Keep Reading…

Tony

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9. February 2010 by admin.

Snow delay, cancellation or recovery?  Not sure which one suits me or describes my situation.

Honestly, I planned on missing last Friday for hernia surgery but I planned to return to work Monday.  Ed knew all along that the earliest I would return to work was Wednesday. 

So here I am, home-bound for almost five days.  Able to do most things, I would do anything to shovel some snow.  I have a pass for the next six weeks and Ed is forcing me to use it. 

I lost interest in TV days ago, food has become boring and the comfort of the snow (all two feet of it) has become just something more to read about on the Internet.  Ed has been a wonderful cook and caregiver…

I would do anything to do a live broadcast of Talk It Out everyday show on OTV  www.outonline.com or sit in my office.  I want to get out to see what all the fuss is about.

Keep Reading… and please come break me out.  E-mail me for details!  SOS.

Tony

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27. January 2010 by admin.

I am passionate. 

Very passionate about the things I love and care about about.  I love Ed passionately.  I love Out newspaper passionately.  Not the same, but different types of passion.  Ed and I have been together for 21 years.  It is hard to remember my life without him and the kids, not that I sit around and think about it much.  We have created new memories together.  For example February 2, 2001 we flew off to Montgomery Center, Vermont and were united in Civil Union.  We have been many places and have many memories on cruises, in other countries, amusement parks and gay resort towns. 

But, the best memories I have are when he stood strongly by my side when my mother died, when he said “lets go for it, you have my support” when I wanted to buy Out Publishing Co. Inc., when we decided we wanted more children and met them for the first time and the beautiful moment we shared at the very emotional homecoming at the airport.  My point is that we do not have to be somewhere special for the perfect memory.  It is what we are sharing and how we share it that is most important.

The paragraph above shows you my number one passion, but I also have a passion and love for Pittsburgh’s Out newspaper.  When the newspaper first became available for purchase over 16 years ago, it was not my passion, it was someone Else’s.  We were concerned that the newspaper would get into the hands of someone with motives other than giving you-our readers a quality newspaper that educations but also entertains.  A decision at that time that didn’t seem very sound managed to blossom into a great investment and one of the best decisions we ever made.  It wasn’t easy early on, but along the way the investment in the regional LGBT community and newspaper paid off.  It has been rule number one from day one that this newspaper never be used for personal attacks and have the highest level of integrity possible. 

Today, the February issue is still hot off the press and I must admit, I am damn proud of it and my staff.  I believe there is something for every person, every group inside.  It is our goal to reach everyone including gays, lesbians, bi-sexuals and transgendered people and that includes leather-men, drag queens, young, old, rich and poor, arts community and all the diverse people and groups that make this community so special.  After all, we are all equal and part of something bigger. 

Having said that, Pittsburgh’s Out will always be much bigger than me and so much more than one of, if not the oldest LGBT regional publication in the United States.  Can you see now?  These are the reasons why we do what we do and why this newspaper will continue to grow and success with trust, honesty and integrity.

The next time you pick up a copy, remember this.  Support the advertisers inside.  Each and every beautiful page of newsprint is designed with you in mind.  Those advertisers and the newspaper have been your supporter and contributors to our community for over 38 years.  How cool is that?   Be loyal to your hometown newspaper-a part of your community, your friend.  And never forget your Best Friend Forever…

Keep Reading…

Tony

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