Say it Loud, They're Gay and Proud...!

Following on with things to do that would interest Tony not a bit, today was the Gay Pride parade in New York city, and, typical of NY city, they put on one hell of a party!  Decided to join the thronging millions on 5th Avenue for the parade that kicked off under a bright, sunny sky.  There were just too many people, so some of us naughty ones were trying to sneak onto roads that the police had closed to traffic, but were not letting people onto, so we could see better.  *Trophy moment* I got shoved by a New York city police officer! Woo hoo!  They had their hands full and I don't envy their job. However, the general mood was very up and, dare I say it, gay, so I'm not sure they had to do much except crowd control.

The parade went on for several hours, with every possible group represented: gay grannies, gay pool players, HSBC bank(!), pro-gay politicians, all sorts of religious groups, gay-brarians (that's gay librarians to you)...you name it and they would have had someone dressed in bright colours, walking along 5th Avenue and waving a rainbow flag on this day.  This was the day to celebrate being same-sex orientated, particularly as NY State has just legalised same-sex marriage.  I wonder, however, if the loving atmosphere surrounding the paraders would have spread out further than a couple of blocks either side of the parade, whether the majority will pack up their costumes at the end of the day and go back to being largely conformist.  But whatever, they had a fantastic time today, and I was really lucky to have seen it.  Staggered back to the hotel after 5 hours standing in the sun getting jostled and pushed and determined that I would do no more.

My photos from the day can be seen at this Facebook Link

But then I did go out again...this time to Koreatown for dinner.  Heaven.  Dolsot bibimbap (stone pot rice) with great side dishes and an Asahi...aaaaju masshissoyo (yum!).  Called in on the Korean grocer next to the Hotel on the way home to pick up supplies, and now I'm ready to collapse.

And as I write, Tony is finally winging his way across the Pacific, so this time tomorrow he'll hopefully be here :)  Great end to a great day!