Super Fag: Fly Boy Adventures!

Happy Pride!! (Also sorry it's taken a few days to get to the blogging, had to take some time to rest up after the weekend.)

We began pretty early on Saturday with a walk to 7eleven for some beers, which were cracked at noon. We then headed out; the streets were already buzzing, people all over the place but things were mostly still chilled. We went into a bar called the Pilsner with a new friend, called Wes, to watch the soccer match between the USA and Gyana (i don't think that's how you spell it, i'm almost certain there's an 'h' in there somewhere but oh well). I started getting pretty into it, so it was pretty disappointing when the US lost in overtime. We hung around had some beers then headed home to stock up. Next we were off to Dolores Park, just near Castro in the Mission District. It was so packed with people, some wearing little clothes or very strange clothes and the sun was really warm. This is important because the weather for last few days has been pretty miserable. Overcast and cold but apparently every year it clears up magically for Pride and this year was no-ho exception. We sat in the park for a while then headed back to Wes's house and sat around and rested up a bit.

Later on we headed out to Castro. We walked out the door just in time to watch the 'Dykes on Bikes' roaring past. By this time the streets around the Castro were fenced off and the streets were packed. There were four or five (details are a little hazy) stages with DJs and the like. We danced a bit and jumped around in the street. There were people looking down on it all from their windows in the apartments on the street and the bars were packed. It got dark and while we were dancing in this massive crowd. Then we headed to Wes's apartment then to a friend of his' place where a whole bunch of people had gathered, some girls from England who were in SF for one night, i don't really know how they ended up at this house party but i had a great debate with this guy about Donatello being/not being the gay Ninja Turtle, think about it. The night got late and mmm a little messy... But we all got out alright and headed home, eventually.

Sunday was a little later starting, but it started with bagels which is always good. Shamefully I slept through the actual parade and all the rousing political speeches, oops. But managed to get down to the Civic Centre where all the action was happening. The Backstreet Boys played like a twenty minute set and there were other performers and a number of stages. Also an awesome Bratwurst hotdog stand. The Civic centre was packed with people and stalls and Market street was buzzing all the way back to the Castro. We didn't hang around for too long though, being kind of wiped out from Saturday. We headed home and had a little snooze and eventually went out to a couple of bars and had some good chats with some guys from Chicago and some locals. On the way home Castro was lined with queues for bars and clubs and pizza. Oh, i've developed a pizza obsession, it's like $3 for this epic slice and it's so good!!!

So that was the weekend or at least an overview. Quite a bit happened that it's hard to recall all the minor details, hehe, sorry. But a lot of fun was had and we were all very proud... i guess.

Monday was very chilled out and Tuesday (today) the same. I did start looking at travel details for getting to Seattle and places to stay and stuff, super excited.

I noticed i'd been mentioning books a lot so i thought i should mention in the last week i've read a couple of books, generously leant to me by Geo, our host. Tales of the City and More Tales of the City. The first two books in a series of seven about a bunch of people living in San Francisco in the seventies. Really good and definately page turners, also it's kool to be reading about a place and then to like go there or be sitting in a park when you're reading about characters sitting in that park. Anyway they were really good, i don't think i'll read anymore of the series, i like how the first two ended and i shouldn't spend money on books i can't carry around, ah!

That's all for now, oh except. I didn't take my camera out on the weekend. Sad right? So here is a photo of the Castro. Imagine it's full of weird and excited people... Thanks!

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