by Staff of Gay List Daily

Here are a few reasons to get out of the house, well except for the “house tour” but that’s totally different.

Oh no, another weekend is fast approaching and if you don’t make plans quick you’ll be on the fast train to boredom. And by fast train, we mean yet another Friday in front of the TV watching that episode of The Price Is Right your TiVo secretly recorded.

Or worse yet, you could be commiserating with those friends who never leave the house over a rousing game of Jenga. Maybe they’ll tell you that fascinating story about their visit to the antique doll museum again. No worries, we’ve got your back. Here are a few reasons to get out of the house, well except for the “house tour” but that’s totally different. Enjoy.

Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble: Free Champagne Tasting

Friday, October 10, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Wine is fine and liquor is quicker, but the champagne is the name of the game this time. And Brut, the hot spot below Hotel Palomar, has fizzy glasses of goodness ready to effervesce that stressful workweek right out of your mind. Just remember that it’s impolite to double fist those tiny tasting glasses. Plus, too much champagne too quickly, and you might explode like that kid who drank soda while eating pop rocks.

Brut; www.brutdallas.com

Let’s Get Ready To Rumba: So You Think You Can Dance Tour 2008

Friday, October 10, 7:30 p.m.

Rhythm, music, grace and toned asses in tight dance pants? Sold! Waltz over to Nokia Theater to see all your TV faves live on stage squatting, thrusting, popping and locking. Just remember to take it easy in your audience-participation-excitement-dance. You don’t want to end up flat on your back reeking of Icy Hot like last time.

Tickets: $35 - $55; Nokia Theater; www.nokialivedfw.com

Home Sweet Homo: Oak Cliff Home Tour

Saturday & Sunday, October 11 & 12, Noon to 6:00 p.m.

Okay, we admit that we have total obsessive-compulsive housey disorder. Like an interior junkie chasing the designer dragon, we’ve spent many a weekend just touring open houses to see what people have done with their places. And now the fine enablers over at the Old Oak Cliff Conservation League are presenting a dozen homes (built 1912 -1954) to tour and explore. We might just O.O.D. (overdose on dwelling).

Tickets: $20; See website for ticket locations in Oak Cliff -- www.ooccl.com

Plastic Payoff: Joan Rivers Live

Monday, October 13, 8:00 p.m.

Celebrities fear her, drag queens want to be her, and we just plain LOVE her. The sharp-witted comedy icon Joan Rivers in bringing schticky back to Dallas in partnership with the boys from the Turtle Creek Chorale. Expect an evening of zingers like only Joan can dish. Just hope it’s not directed toward your outfit choice!

Tickets: $30 - $80; Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center; (877) SING-TCC; www.turtlecreek.org

Holy Hand Jobs: W Dallas – Victory 4:59 Happy Hour

Tuesday, October 14, 4:59 – 6:59 p.m.

You know what makes happy hour even happier, dare we say gayer? Hand and arm massages from the fine folks at Bliss Spa. Plus you can enjoy $8 W signature cocktails, $6 well drinks and half-off noshes. The cocktail value is relative, but the effects of a good hand massage are indisputable.

The Living Room at W Dallas – Victory; www.whotels.com/dallas

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