Category Archives: Street Fairs
Hayward Xmas Dog Parade (Who Knew?)
July 2011 Santa Cruz and Gilroy Garden Bear Weekend
Alameda County Fair
Castro Street Fair
Folsom 2010
Oakland Pride
How often do you get to see the likes of Chaka Khan and Martha Wash for $5!? I’m so glad we went. My daughter and I took BART to 19th Street in Oakland. She overheard some guys say “follow the bear”. I met a few friends there and ran into a bunch of people I knew. I’m glad I didn’t bring my dog, because the music too loud for me. I can only imagine how hard it would have been for him.
Dore/Up Your Alley 20100725
Pride Week 2010
Videos and pictures – One of the videos is from the Dyke March gathering after which I first heard, then saw Wanda Sykes and her wife. Wanda was amused by a completely naked man with a genital piercing so behind her sunglasses and with her short dreads, I saw her pull out her camera and take a shot of him. I’m glad their twins were not there!
I can’t believe that a 19 year old kid was shot and killed at the Pink Party. A few others were injured. I left relatively early that evening and I had quite a week with six days of staying in the city with various friends visiting from London, Berlin and Philadelphia. My friend Gene hung out with me a lot and he put me up for a night when two unmentionably flaky people from the Sacramento area left me high and dry at 1am after begging me to wait for them. I knew all the hotels would be booked this weekend of all weekends, so I had the prospect f sleeping on my office floor, which fortunately did not have to manifest.
I met a lot of nice men and women and came into town with my daughter and her two friends and my Yorkie on Sunday, but I didn’t stay too late as the week caught up with me. I was just getting over losing my voice the week before, but I got a lot of walking in and I had most of my energy back.
More Point Isabel and Berkeley’s Live Oak Street Fair
Video and pictures of Monte, Aaron and me: