I’m in the Back Bay in Boston now for 24 fucking hours and I haven’t been invited to dinner by Greg yet!

OP he's a waiter at Club Café.

Please. He’s in Dorchester.

I am in Back Bay and on the Cape.

Dorchester? Ah, no.

Club Café? Ah, no.

OP, where are you? Come over for some coke—I mean, for a drink.

He’s helping Barbara Lynch dry out in Southie—he had no choice(!)

Check the baths in Boston.

I don’t think there are baths in Boston anymore

Does he even post here anymore as Greg?

Correct, R6.

Hello, Dottie!

[quote] Does he even post here anymore as Greg?

It would seem so, yes.

He probably does R7. I blocked him years ago and there is a bunch of gaps already in this thread.

R11, I miss you so much. The neck nuzzles. The pillow talk. Come back to me.

R7, please tell R11 that I think we can work it out if he’ll give me just one more chance.

By the way, OP, I do all my coke snorting on the Vineyard.

P-Town is strictly for crystal meth.

If I were in Back Bay tomorrow (the place is closed Monday and Tuesday), I'd be most inclined to have a meal at Barbara Lynch's B&G Oysters. It's in the South End, which is one neighborhood over from Back Bay. Same zip code as Greg, though.

B&G Oysters is so good!

Have you left Back Bay, OP? Tell us all about it.

OP, I’m in the S. End. Join my husbear and I for cocktail hour. It will start shortly, just as soon as he returns from the garden.

[quote] Join my husbear and I …

Oh, dear!

R18, where in the South End are you?

Fuck you OP for mentioning this assholes name. You know that summons him from his fucking cabinet.

SHUT THE FUCK UP GREG!

R21, what happened to us? You used to be so much fun.

You haven’t been yourself ever since Tina Turner died.

Oh, you’re missing an apostrophe. You should have written, “… this asshole’s name.”

Greg, what drink would you be offering OP? What is your favorite summer cocktail? I know it's not technically summer yet, but it's warm and summery in Philadelphia today, so my curiosity is piqued.

I myself prefer simple cocktails with only a few ingredients to (typically over-sweet) complicated concoctions but am always interested in hearing what others like.

Hello, R23! I would first like to know what OP likes.

In the summer I prefer a gin martini or a Mount Gay and tonic in the summer. However lately I’ve been enjoying vodka and grapefruit juice or sometimes a tequila with fresh lime juice.

My house drink (but I seldom have this myself) is vodka, a splash of Cointreau, some cranberry juice, fresh lemon, and fresh lime.

Thanks for asking!

Mary's parties always suck.

Oh - I also like a Negroni now and then.

Every time I think of Greg I think of high tea. And I mean that affectionately. I imagine every time someone stops by Greg's house he has high tea with all the sandwiches and scones ready and waiting.

[quote] My house drink (but I seldom have this myself) is vodka, a splash of Cointreau, some cranberry juice, fresh lemon, and fresh lime.

I have all the ingredients for this! I think I'll try it tonight.

Thanks for your reply. I like a rum and tonic in summer, too. (Zaya is my usual brand, although some people find it a little too heavy, sweet and strong of vanilla.) It's funny how rum seems to work better as a summer drink, even though it's a dark liquor, while whiskey seems more like a winter drink. To me, anyway.

"My house drink (but I seldom have this myself) is vodka, a splash of Cointreau, some cranberry juice, fresh lemon, and fresh lime."

This sounds like a Cosmopolitan. The cocktail of the 90s.

Thanks, R23/R28!

Let us know how you like that cocktail.

I agree about whiskey seeming like a winter drink. From late October until March I often have a Manhattan.

Hope you enjoy your evening!

Yes, R29, I guess it’s similar to a Cosmopolitan. I’m not certain what’s in a Cosmopolitan because it’s not my type of cocktail, but I think this is similar.

I personally try to keep things simple: a dry martini, a Manhattan, JW Black on the rocks. And the drinks I mentioned above.

[quote] Every time I think of Greg I think of high tea. And I mean that affectionately. I imagine every time someone stops by Greg's house he has high tea with all the sandwiches and scones ready and waiting.

That’s sweet, R27.

I wish I were that organized!

Shove it up your fat ass Greg

CUNT

Have all the ingredients on hand, too!

Greg your drink is exactly a Cosmo but with a bit of lemon added to the lime.

Isn't Greg a woman?

[quote] Q. Isn't Greg a woman?

A. No.

[quote] Q. and insane?

A. Quite possibly, yes.

[quote] Greg your drink is exactly a Cosmo but with a bit of lemon added to the lime.

Well, hey! Look at me—inventing the Cosmopolitan!

Though I serve mine on the rocks.

[quote] Shove it up your fat ass Greg

[quote] —CUNT

Dear CUNT,

My ass is not very fat. Is there someplace else you’d like me to shove it?

And just what am I shoving?

xx

Greg is not real.

Greg, it appears you have humiliated yourself.

He's busy, OP.

Applebee's doesn't close until 10.

[quote] Greg is not real.

Oh, dear.

[quote] Greg, it appears you have humiliated yourself.

Oh my stars.

How have I done that?

[quote] He's busy, OP. Applebee's doesn't close until 10.

Now that’s funny.

I have never set foot in an Applebee’s.

Thanks for showing off your insecurities, R43.

R46 Your attempts to be cutting are even more flavorless and dull than a pound of prunes.

[quote] Your attempts to be cutting are even more flavorless and dull than a pound of prunes.

Oh, okay, R43/R47. You clearly have a very sophisticated sense of humor. Everyone thinks so. Applebee’s and prunes. Good one!

Keep ‘em coming!

I like Greg.

But I have a feeling I don't know everything there is to know about Greg.

You mean like he's a troll with sock puppets R49?

Puking as I type.

[quote] You mean like he's a troll with sock puppets

No, I’m fairly certain that is not what R49 means.

R50 I believe so

[quote] I like Greg. But I have a feeling I don't know everything there is to know about Greg.

Hello, R49. I’m sure you don’t know everything there is to know about me. But you do know more about me than I know about you.

Now tell me what you’d like to know.

Am on my shecond Coshmo now, feeling drunk, and it's only 6:30pm (Pacific Time). Thanks, Greg!

My pleasure, R29/R34/R55!

It seems as though R42 can’t think of a response.

But I can’t say I feel even slightly humiliated.

[quote] where in the South End are you?

We are on a block more singular and unique than the priciest stretch of Union Park, and closer to New York, besides. But Siam is a close second.

Wish we were closer to B&G, but I’m sure our accountants are relieved.

There’s an excellent neighborhood bistro that makes a tasty Negroni just down the street. We should meet there and compare notes. I’m free thru Saturday, you?

Has Greg been accused of being a fat Republican lesbian yet? That’s the usual trajectory here for a poster like this.

[quote] Has Greg been accused of being a fat Republican lesbian yet? That’s the usual trajectory here for a poster like this.

Hello. I’ve been accused of being fat a good many times. I am not fat.

A Republican? Not exactly. But a racist and a homophobe — yes.

A lesbian? No. That is an indignity yet to come.

No one is named Greg anymore.

Greg is a woman.

R62 Why would a woman pretend to be a man named Greg who cooks with prunes? What's the agenda?

Greg Brady?

Greg Peck?

Greg Kinnear?

Greg Louganis?

[quote] No one is named Greg anymore.

It’s heartbreaking.

[quote] Greg is a woman.

But the very nicest kind of woman.

Boston???

Please!

If you'd like to see Greg, you will have to travel to Watertown - South Dakota.

Boston is just part of his fantasies.

R43 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[quote] Boston??? Please! If you'd like to see Greg, you will have to travel to Watertown - South Dakota. Boston is just part of his fantasies.

That’s right. R70 has figured it out. I’m in South Dakota.

Such humiliation.

R71 = another dimwit

Who said it's humiliating?

We just know you're in MAGALAND.

It's not even 6AM in South Dakota and Greg is already trolling on Datalounge.

And yet the truth is, I am in the very opposite of MAGALAND.

Thank God.

[quote] It's not even 6AM in South Dakota and Greg is already trolling on Datalounge.

I require very little sleep and have been up for hours.

I am trolling while watching the morning news.

Very little sleep?

That's common behavior in older people.

Tell us Greg, are you old?

Did you know that January Jones, Tom Brokaw, Sitting Bull, George McGovern, and L. Frank Baum, all lived here too?

Well, R78, it depends on how you define ‘old.’

I am 56.

Requiring very little sleep is not a behavior.

It is R80, people usually need to sleep 8 hours or more, some can feel fine after sleeping only seven or six and a half hours.

At 56 you're almost an eldergay by DL standards.

Have you ever had a South Dakota martini?

No Greg, I don't drink.

What makes a South Dakota Martini different from the other ones?

R81, I appreciate your sincerity, but requiring or not requiring something is not a behavior. It might lead to a behavior.

I don’t require a lot of sleep to function = Not a behavior.

So I decide to sleep four hours a night = Behavior.

I don’t require many blankets at night = Not a behavior.

So I sleep with just a light coverlet = Behavior.

We get it Greg,you behave like an old dude.

A South Dakota martini is a light draft beer garnished with a pickle.

[quote] What makes a South Dakota Martini different from the other ones?

A lot!

That’s correct, R86.

Greg is a retired dude, like most dataloungers.

Thanks for filling us in, R89.

R63

Greg, aren't you the troll who was infamous for having a huge sized asshole?

[quote] Greg, aren't you the troll who was infamous for having a huge sized asshole?

Being, perhaps.

But not having. Definitely not having.

Yes you do, I remember the threads where other dataloungers claimed you liked shoving huge XXL dildos in there, which caused you to have a very big asshole.

[quote] Yes you do, I remember the threads where other dataloungers claimed you liked shoving huge XXL dildos in there, which caused you to have a very big asshole.

Hmmm…well I can’t recall any of this, but your memory is likely better than mine.

Don't you remember your butthole being stretched to the max?

[quote] Don't you remember your butthole being stretched to the max?

Kinda?

😂😂😂 Were you too drunk and coked out to remember Greg?

[quote] Were you too drunk and coked out to remember Greg?

No, that would be highly unlikely.

Shouldn’t you be in homeroom now, R82/R94/R96/R98?

Who are you trying to fool Greg? we know your hole was stretched while you were passed out.

Still puking.

Okay, enough out of you, R101.

You sound like an adolescent.

Look who's talking 😆 R103.

Be glad I helped your troll thread get more than 100 posts before Muriel nukes it.

Okay, R104. Whatever you say.

And this isn’t my thread.

Every Greg thread is strated by yourself and Muriel knows how many sock puppets you have.

[quote] Every Greg thread is strated by yourself and Muriel knows how many sock puppets you have.

False

Muriel must know how many sock puppets I have. That would be zero.

Thanks for coming!

*Started

Yes, that's how one spells 'started'

[quote] Every Greg thread is strated by yourself

Oh, dear. The illiterates have arrived.

And I'm not even referring to the careless spelling.

I found your picture Greg :

Very mature, R112.

You are a pathetic person.

More Greg

You know he's sucking dick in the Fenway

I have Greg blocked so I don't see any of his shit but I know when there are 10 gaps between posts he's here with his pompous, narcissistic trolling.

Poor little R116, so proud of his blocking ability.

That’s right, R115.

That’s when I’m not in my basement apartment in Watertown, South Dakota.

FYI - I’m almost done my shift at Walmart, then I’ll be heading home to my basement apartment to have a Cosmo before I head out for a night of Applebee’s followed by some dick sucking in the Fenway.

But, it in meantime, I will be posting on DL.

I think we DL Bostonians should have a masked ball.

That’s a wonderful idea, R120.

Ooh. Everyone in masks and their favorite eating dress. I'm there.

I wish the next rent boy Greg hires would do his civic duty and bludgeon the old bitch with a lamp. I’m guessing an old bag like Greg has faux Tiffany lamps everywhere, and he bores visitors by prattling on about them. The hustler just got fed up listening to that cunt farting out an ill-informed opinion.

That’s disturbing, r123. Even for this place.

[quote] I wish the next rent boy Greg hires would do his civic duty and bludgeon the old bitch with a lamp. I’m guessing an old bag like Greg has faux Tiffany lamps everywhere, and he bores visitors by prattling on about them. The hustler just got fed up listening to that cunt farting out an ill-informed opinion.

R123, you are no consequence to me. But it’s clear that you think about me a lot. Do you think about me every night? Does it make you happy?

The most offensive part of your otherwise charming post is that you think I have faux Tiffany lamps everywhere. I don’t believe in faux things, so I’m afraid I do not possess any faux Tiffany lamps.

At the Cape, most of my lamps are converted whale oil lamps made of Sandwich glass. I like that they are old; I like that the glass was manufactured in Sandwich; and I like that New Bedford, MA was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in the early 1800s.

These lamps are also handsome and simple. Hi

If you are looking to bludgeon someone with a lamp, a whale oil lamp would be a good choice. They often have marble bases.

You say that I bore my visitors by prattling on about my things. False. I never talk about things I own — I find it boring. If someone asks, that’s another story, but I don’t volunteer the information.

You have a lot of opinions and ideas for someone with inferior intellect. How did you get this way? Do you act this challenged in other areas of your life?

Peace.

Poor Greg is feisty today, but R123 did troll too hard.

Yes, R123 needs to tone it down a bit.

Don't be sad Greg, there's no need to cry. DL is made for trolling.

I wouldn't say I'm sad really. Or crying.

Thank you for consoling me.

Okay, what are you doing then?

If The Practice were still on the air, and I were one of the writers or producers, I would propose an episode in which r123 is on trial for having killed a Greg-like foodologist who had existed for most people only on Instagram. Bobby Donnell would prosecute the fuck out of r123, and we'd find out he was a failed Southie sous-chef from Barbara Lynch's Menton. Maybe we could do some location shooting at the restaurant.

[quote] Okay, what are you doing then?

What am I doing?

I am watering my plants.

R131, that’s very creative of you,

[quote]Every time I think of Greg I think of high tea.

Every time I think of Greg I think of passive aggression.

[quote] Every time I think of Greg I think of passive aggression. He is the acknowledged master.

Am I really the acknowledged master?

Passive aggression? Do you even know what that means? I don’t think you do.

Would someone like to help educate R134?

Hi, Greg, sorry about all these assholes. I'm glad to hear from you, friend, and hope you are well.

What are you having for dinner tonight, Greg, and what sorts of plants do you have?

R136

R137

What the hell R138. Why am I blocked?

[quote] Hi, Greg, sorry about all these assholes. I'm glad to hear from you, friend, and hope you are well.

Hey, R136. Thank you. You know how feel about these type of people: more to be pitied than censured.

What's up with you?

Greg needs to suck my cock

Not much happening with me, Greg. Another boring evening. I just had an argument with my husband and before that did some grocery shopping. Good to hear from you, though!.

[quote] What are you having for dinner tonight, Greg, and what sorts of plants do you have?

Hi there! I am grilling some chicken thighs and serving them with tiny marble-sized boiled potatoes tossed with butter, parsley, and sea salt. And I'm making a Caesar salad.

What about you?

[quote] Greg needs to suck my cock

Who told you that, R141?

That dinner you're making sounds delicious, Greg! I'm having cheeseburgers with red wine and strawberries for dessert.

Thanks, R137/R145!

Cheeseburgers, red wine, and strawberries sounds really good, too! Enjoy!

Thanks for proving my point at r135 Greg!

[quote] Thanks for proving my point at [R135] Greg!

You're welcome, R134/R147.

It's not all that passive.

It’s fun to log out, read Greg’s replies/sock puppetry, and then log back in. Half the fun with twice the effort.

I have an endless supply of sock puppets.

Come back often!

Since this seems to be a Greg AMA, I would like to ask what Greg would like to do for a living if he couldn’t do what he is currently doing professionally. Unless he retired at 56, which changes my theory a bit.

I apologize if this has been covered already…I do not keep up with all of the posts but I enjoy a little Greg now and then. I REALLY enjoy how much he triggers some of the posters - why is everyone so upset by cod and prunes?

Did Greg go to school in “Boston” or somewhere nearby?i seem him more as a Tufts guy, or maybe Simmons or Stonehill.

Hello, Mr. Tits.

Just what is your theory?

[quote] I REALLY enjoy how much he triggers some of the posters.

You and I have that in common. It is great fun to touch so many little nerves, just by being a nice guy.

I've said it before and will say it again but I thoroughly enjoy threads with Greg. I can't understand why some people are so triggered. He has never been anything but a nice guy.

[quote] I've said it before and will say it again but I thoroughly enjoy threads with Greg. I can't understand why some people are so triggered. He has never been anything but a nice guy.

Mwah, R155! 😘

Who is this Mr. Tits? Is that Instagram or Onlyfans?

I believe Mr. Tits is also known as Dutchie.

[quote]I've said it before and will say it again but I thoroughly enjoy threads with Greg. I can't understand why some people are so triggered. He has never been anything but a nice guy.

Mostly true. There was that time he made fun of my turquoise Fiestaware.

Come on, R159. Turquoise Fiestaware? You can’t bait me like that.

First, Greg, know that I have been one of your biggest supporters since you appeared last year (or at least, since I noticed you last year). Also, I spent most of the '80s catering, and I'm familiar with nearly all the food you make. And I love it. I have no idea why people pick on you. It makes no sense to me.

But then, I like Tim O'Tay, and others whom the DL at large appear to wish to destroy. It took me a while, but eventually I figured out that people come here to hate. #1 purpose: to Datalounge is to hate.

You know what I hate? White dishes. I just have never liked them. My first set of adult dishes were clear—something from Italy. I love Italian food more than any other, always have, so the dishes seemed like a no-brainer. But they were kind of boring.

So I bought some from Metlox Colorstax. Fiesta had yet to return to the market (Bloomingdale's brought them back in 1986). And then some Apilco from Williams-Sonoma. Had to have SOME white dishes, right? But they were boring. And then Fiesta came back, and in the '90s, I bought a set in Turquoise.

[bold]It turns out more foods look good on turquoise than on any color but white. Very complimentary with red, orange, green, brown.[/bold] I don't like the other Fiesta colors as much. Maybe dark blue. Corollary to all of this: I've never wanted to be [italic]elegante[/italic], so Fiesta and Colorstax always suited me stylewise, too.

Anyway, that's my dish story. You've shared so much with us. I thought I should share a little with you.

Oh, postscript: if I had it to do over, I would purchase a set of Vecchio Ginori porcelain dinnerware. It really is beautiful. And I love the way it feels in my hand.

I like Greg more now that I know he's 56.

Incidentally, while back there to see my pahtnuh on the Noth Shawr in April, I'd wanted to visit "The City" to see Back Bay, the South End, and supposedly crunchy granola, Lezbie Jamaica Plain, but once again, didn't have time, as we were too busy mating like elder weasels and eating at Kowloon in Saugus (a total campfest with grotesquely inauthentic "Oriental" cuisine and extra large, girly cocktails) and Nightshade Noodle Bar ($ublime) in beautiful, exclusive, tony downtown Lynn.

Greg, aside from being invited to dinner by you, what does one do in Back Bay as a tourist? Any highlights to mention? Will be returning in October to permanently extract my man from the Bay State. We won't be dinning at any of alcoholic tyrant Barbara Lynch's overpriced establishments.

Suck my cock Greg

[quote] Suck my cock Greg

What’s the magic word?

R162, Back Bay is great for tourists. I will create an itinerary for you s as I’d the mister. How many days will you be there?

Why do you like me more now that you know I’m 56?

Kowloon on Route One! So funny. I haven’t been there in years.

^edited: I will create an itinerary for you and the mister.

^ he bites…be careful

“what does one do in Back Bay as a tourist?”

There’s a swan boat—if you’re under 10 years old. Does that count?

Heh r168, when we moved back to Boston (where I had grown up) in the 90s, I insisted to my now-husband that we HAD to go on the swan boats, which I remembered with great fondness. Oh my goodness, five minutes in I was ready to cut a bitch, any bitch, to escape the tedium.

The swan boats are for children.

Memories are best…left where they were!

R167 Does Greg bite cock? 😂

[quote] Does Greg bite cock? 😂

Only if asked nicely.

R170 no shit Greg

R174, please give it a rest.

OP is Mark Sassu?

[quote] OP is Mark Sassu?

I wouldn’t give him that much credit.

@Greg02116, Will be in the Salem arear (as my pahtnuh calls it - he adds the intrusive 'R') for two weeks in October liquidating his MASSetts before moving him back to CA for married, domestic bliss. Have seen every square inch of the North Shore/Essex county, VT, NH, PTown, and S. Maine. Plan to spend two days for Acadia NP for leaf peeping, a day trip to see the mansions of Newport, RI, and maybe a tacky bus trip to Foxwoods so I can finally say I've been to Connecticut. Also one or two days in Boston proper. Have seen parts of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, but not Back Bay, The Fenway, or the South End. Any suggestions for seeing those neighborhoods? Not extremely expensive restaurants?

It will be weird not having to fly back there 3-4 times a year and him flying out here 4-5 times a year. We've been doing this for 4.5 years. Am embarrassed not to have seen much of Boston. I guess it's small, but would like to see all the nooks and crannies.

Just remember - Greg is FAT!

I doubt Greg, or any of us, needed that much info R162… navelgazing posts aren’t where it’s at on DL

That’s right, R179, I’m SO fat.

r180, I'll post whatever I want to post -- and that's not up to you. Have been here since 1998. Don't try to tell me "where it's at on DL". So, fuck off, go die in a grease fire, and get off my lawn.

Looks like Defacto had an extremely lonely Memorial Day weekend. Sad.

R182 Older than the hills…I think I ran into him once; he was a saber-tooth tiger at the La Brea Tar Pits museum.

Bitch?

R164

[quote] Bitch?

[bold] WRONG [/bold]

^^^^^

You must prefer the word slut then.

[quote] You must prefer the word slut then.

Yes, that's better.