Locals among Best of the Bears
Popular online bear hangout The Complete Bear has announced the winners of its publicly-voted 鈥�2010 Best of the Bears鈥� competition, with a smattering of locals taking out prizes in amongst the big American bear events.
The Star Observer鈥檚 publisher Scott Abrahams took out the coveted Bear of the Year award, while the furry trio from Sydney podcast Bears in the City walked away with the Best Bear Blog/Podcast honour – a testament to the loyal international audience the show has amassed over the past four years.
DJ George Roussos, popular amongst Sydney and Melbourne clubbers, was named Best Bear Perfomer, while Victoria鈥檚 Grampians Retreat was crowned Best Bear Accommodation, proving bears still like to have fun in the woods.
Further afield from Australia, it seems that many voters had strong ties to the US bear community, with Boston鈥檚 The Alley named Best Bear Bar – just two votes ahead of the Laird Hotel – and Provincetown Bear Week awarded Best Bear Run.
Best Bear Website went to Bearbook.com, and porn lovers awarded BearFilms, BearCity and Jim 鈥楪agbear鈥� Growwl the best porn site, best video and best porn star gongs respectively.
Porn star and actor Joe Mannettii was named Best Bear Fundraiser, while barber Cameron at Louie鈥檚 on the iconic Castro St in San Francisco took out the prize for Best Bear Business.
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Congratulations, Scott!
A big hand to all the nominees and the people who support our communities including those with and without titles or nominations. We are all in this together, and we all have value. I am happy to see a diverse cross section of individuals being recognized for their contributions – including our friends from “down under!”
Happy New Year, and I hope to meet the Australian “Bear team” this year! You are looking grrrrreat! Keep up the good work!
Much Love,
Joe Mannetti