Kitchen Table Talk: Episode 38

At the table this week we talk strategies to fight off winter doldrums, the big BeefDip Bear Week in Mexico next month, PrEP on demand regime and hanging out with GayPHX.com

DAILY MEME: Good insurance against the winter blues is a renewed commitment to social connection

* Avoid isolation by getting out - movie, or dinner, take a walk.

* Inviting friends or family over for dinner, movie or card night.

* Go to meetings or gatherings, a craft class, club events.

* Get out to the gym in the evenings.

GayPHX.com Podcast and streaming radio station

* I recently sat for an hour long interview for the GayPHX Podcast about GrowingOlderGay.

* Community spotlight, local businesses, personalities and groups.

* Calendar of events at venues.

* Podcast and streaming radio station, social media.

Sexual Health: PrEP 2-1-1 – The On Demand Option

PrEP 2-1-1 is strategically taking Truvada around the times when you have sex, instead of every day.

* PrEP 2-1-1 is good for when you can plan ahead for sex and/or are having sex less frequently. If you’re having sex once a week or less, then PrEP 2-1-1 may be easier to use (and less expensive) than daily PrEP.

* PrEP 2-1-1 requires more attentiveness to timing the doses of Truvada.

* Following the numbers (2-1-1), take two pills together 24 to 2 hours before anticipated sex, take one pill 24 hours after the first two, and then take one more pill 24 hours after that. Take your doses as close to the same time each day as possible.

* If you have sex more than once over more than one day, take two daily doses after the last time you had sex.

* Only Truvada has been studied as 2-1-1, so do not use this dosing strategy with Descovy.

* See your provider to see if PrEP 2-1-1 is an option for you.

* Thank you to San Francisco AIDS foundation for this information.

Puerto Vallarta BeefDip Bear Week 2026 – Jan 25 to Feb 1 -

BeefDip Bear Week is one of the most attended and longest running leather & bear events in the world. It is held in Puerto Vallarta every year between the last weekend of January and the first weekend of February.

* Full week of pool and dance parties around Puerto Vallarta.

* Daytime excursions, play parties, cinner events, and a cruise.

* Bears, bears, bears.

* Your BeefDip Dog Tag includes ALL of the official club/night parties and ALL of the official day/pool parties.

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