Burn, Baby: Angela Zydek

A A A Comments By Megan Irwin Thursday, Sep 27 2007

As the energy force behind the year-old gay bar Burn, Angela Zydek spends her days zipping around town in her white convertible Mercedes and her nights covered in body paint to promote the downtown Phoenix club, or serving bottles of champagne in Burn's VIP cabanas. The perfect combo of party girl and business woman, Zydek runs her club smart. Instead of focusing only on the traditional gay community, she promotes weekly events — like Friday's French Kiss — that cater to everyone. And her energy is infectious. There's absolutely no way to be in a bad mood around her.

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