One more photo from Night of 1,000 Gowns—a happy shot of the youngest attendee.  How fabulous that he got to dress in royal finery and go to a drag ball! Reminds me of myself when I was his age, braces and all.  I loved the thrill of donning a costume for Halloween, school plays, church…

Golly gosh, if my pals back home could see me now, nobnobbin’ with the crème de la crème at the annual Night of 1,000 Gowns. Held, of all places, at the Times Square Marriot Hotel, the surreal bash inducts the new rulers of the Imperial Court of New York before a crowd of decked-out countesses,…