In the name of love

[owlmoose]

Despite having lived in San Francisco for 8 years, and the Bay Area for either 22 or 13, depending on how you count it, I had never made it to the annual Gay Pride parade. (Mostly because it seems like I'm usually out of town during the last weekend of June.) So as soon as I knew I would be around this year, I was determined to check it out. I

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[first_seventhe]

Aww, we are going to be there next weekend. I've missed it. D:

(Although - is there anything in San Francisco that you very highly suggest for random tourists from the East Coast?)

[owlmoose]

Bummer! It happens every year, though -- you can always come back. :)

SF recs... there is so much to see here, you really can't go wrong. Of the touristy things, if you've never done the cable car ride, it's really worth doing, but don't get on at Powell Street with all the other tourists. The lines are much shorter if you take the California line, which starts at the end of Market Street, and it's just as fun and scenic. I also really like Cliff House and the Sutro Baths, out at the west edge of the city -- Cliff House has been remodeled, and the baths are a really cool urban ruin. It can be foggy out there, though, so it's best to go in the afternoon if you can.

Also... there's me! ;) Although I'll be out of town next weekend (7/4-7/6). But if you're here before or after and have the time and inclination to give me a buzz, totally feel free.

[first_seventhe]

We'll be there from Friday the 4th until Saturday the 12th! Actually, we are only in SF until Monday the 7th, and then we are going up to stay in a condo my mum has rented in wine country. However, if you're anywhere close to that, WE COULD TOTALLY MEET UP

[owlmoose]

I actually live in downtown SF, so it sounds like we will miss each other this time. Bummer! So you really will have to come back. ;)

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[kunstarniki]

Beautiful. I have been to a couple of Pride parades here in Atlanta and have always been made happy by the sheer happiness I have seen around me. As i mentioned to you earlier, love is rare and precious and should be cherished where ever it blooms. ;)

NB: Atlanta is an island of normalcy in the sea of repression which is Georgia, so if Pride parades are always joyful here, I do not think the outpouring of celebration you experienced in San Francisco was necessarily due to the lately enlightened attitude toward marriage equality.

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[owlmoose]

I'm sure it's always a big party, but I do think there was something in the air regarding the marriage victory. It's such a new thing, and it was such a huge win for the whole community. I really wish I had been some other year, so I had something to compare it to.

But I certainly agree about nurturing love wherever it can be found. :) And I hope the people fighting the amendment have the sense to use pictures of the families and couples I saw joyfully marching down the street yesterday. How do you deny that?

[wildejoy]

That sounds wonderful. =) If you get a chance, I'd love to see some pictures!

[owlmoose]

Definitely. :) As soon as I figure out how to download them from this new camera...