Sunday, June 8, 2008

Pride Day 08'

Today Mark, my brother Ryan, myself and our friend Brian decided to go downtown for the Pride Day 2008 parade and celebration. It was a total blast! Everything from Space ship floats, the QUAC team (this is the gay and lesbian water polo team in case you didn't know), drag queens, to everyday people like you and me coming together in support of equal rights.

We started out with Mark, Ryan, Brian and I watching the parade. It was so much fun. We saw some great dancers, even better drag queens, and the best float I have ever seen...it was a space ship / UFO that actually had a person in it and moved up and down with smoke coming out the bottom. Then, we went over to the Marriott hotel on State Street to meet up with some of Ryan's friends...Lauren who works as a lawyer with my brother, her sister Tiffany, and Tiff's good friend Randy. We ended up hanging out at the hotel talking for a while and then decided to head over to Library Square for the rest of the Pride Day celebrations. It was awesome! We met some real nice people, hung out at the Barack Obama both, and pet every cute little kid or dog that Lauren could get her hands on. So, all and all it was an awesome day and a great way for all different people to come together and realize that we are all so similar and that most importantly we are all people that deserve the love and respect of each other!!!

The awesome UFO float!



The blow up Barack Obama! Obama 08' here we come!!!!




Ryan, Mark, and Brian at the parade!



Me, a QUAC member, Lauren, and Tiff


Randy, Me, Tiff, a HOT drag queen, and Lauren!

3 comments:

Heather said...

That is a pretty sweet UFO float. Nice pic.

Anonymous said...

Good times.

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