The Big, Gay Potluck Written by Adam Polaski Illustration by Daniel Sitts The little house on Muriel Street has hardly ever seen so much action. Cars are lined up and down the narrow residential street, a stationary parade that crowds the road and sends a clear message to the neighbors on this February night: There’s a party going on. All evening, men have been filing into Dan’s house, greeting the
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jovial host with enormous smiles, affectionate kisses on the cheek, and platters of food. Some men apologize for their store-bought laziness and others make disclaimers that they weren’t “meant to be a chef,” but Dan pooh-poohs all of the excuses and apologies, happily placing home-cooked casseroles next to an array of Wegman’s