Montrose1100 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Well, is anyone going? I know I am. Last time I went I met my (now) ex, because the South Beach float threw some scandalous under-wear at me, and everyone dared me to change into them right then and there. We also had a water balloon sling shot... and we got JR's real good. Oh drunk people... But this time, If I post photos of pretty girls dancing, Don't mistake them for guys again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Well, is anyone going? I know I am. Last time I went I met my (now) ex, because the South Beach float threw some scandalous under-wear at me, and everyone dared me to change into them right then and there.So you were completely naked at some point while changing? Outside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 OK, I'll be the voice of negativism here. Until the parade is moved to the fall, I won't be back. I get that this is Pride month and we have the "largest nighttime parade," but standing for hours in a sweaty, humid June night is just silly when we could have a fantastic daytime parade in the late fall. And while we are on the subject, has our parade finally reached the point where we don't let every Tom, Dick, and Harry with a truck and a sign participate? I think it is time to emphasize quality over quantity.OK, flame away gurls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayshoota Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I am going. (or I should say will attempt to go, sometimes the pre-pride parties are more fun and we never leave.) I agree it is the heat/humidity is a real drag (no pun intended!) but that is what beer is for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 First time I'll miss in a few years - friend's birthday party the same night - though the party is in Montrose, and so maybe I can catch some of the tail end of the festivities. In past years, we've met at Poison Girl and gone back and forth between the bar and the street, which makes the heat and length issue not as big of a problem for me (and I like that there are more and more participants in the parade every year). Hope those who go have a great time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 I am going. (or I should say will attempt to go, sometimes the pre-pride parties are more fun and we never leave.) I agree it is the heat/humidity is a real drag (no pun intended!) but that is what beer is for!But its fun to walk around and look at all the gay people.So you were completely naked at some point while changing? Outside?No, I got down to my britches and decided it was a bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 But its fun to walk around and look at all the gay people. You can also do that at any A&F store or Catholic church. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arisegundo Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 How well-attended is the actual festival? I mean the heat was bad enough to force the parade to night time but an eight-hour street fest in the blistering heat is just fine?I'm picturing puddles of pancake makeup in the street here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Well, is anyone going? I know I am. Last time I went I met my (now) ex, because the South Beach float threw some scandalous under-wear at me, and everyone dared me to change into them right then and there. We also had a water balloon sling shot... and we got JR's real good. Oh drunk people...But this time, If I post photos of pretty girls dancing, Don't mistake them for guys again. I think I am gonna sit it out this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayshoota Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 (edited) Here are a few pics, my camera died soon after we got there. As you can tell, I don't think it would have mattered with my camera skills (or lack thereof) and it being night! It actually wasn't too hot and everybody was in a good mood. This was only my second time to go and I was impressed at how family oriented it was and a nice mix of people and families. Rice Group Cheveron Shell Bp Chase WellsFargo For you str8 guys Pre-Party we went to at DUO And because this is The HAIF, on the way to the parade... Edited June 29, 2008 by jayshoota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 And with that post, jayshoota becomes the latest winner of the HAIF Summer Post Card Contest. Your prize: PM me your mailing address and I'll get your prize in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 (edited) Here are some of my photos: Edited June 29, 2008 by Montrose1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 Then I slipped on someone's spilled drink, landed on a styrofoam cooler, (smashed it) and there was ice and water everywhere on the bed of the truck. Then I fell again, and split my chin open, so I had to go home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Then I slipped on someone's spilled drink, landed on a styrofoam cooler, (smashed it) and there was ice and water everywhere on the bed of the truck. Then I fell again, and split my chin open, so I had to go home.Awww. You ok? Sounds painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 That lady looked like Paris Hilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I'm stunned at Big Oil's presence. That's just weird. When I used to live on the parade route, the only sponsors were bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 (edited) I'm stunned at Big Oil's presence. That's just weird. When I used to live on the parade route, the only sponsors were bars.Hmmm... Stunned that big oil was there? Or that there were so many (oil and other) corporations?It was the same old line up of floats, since I've been going on and off over the past 10 years:Politicians (watch out who you support, not all are as they seem, per Ray Hill)HPDHFDChurchGay BarCorporation X (e.g Southwest, CO)The Pride BandChurchCorporation Y (BP, Shell, etc)Lesbian BarChurchClear Lake Lesbian Bar (WHAT?!?!!) ...With some actual good entries sprinkled in (AIDS Foundation Houston, American Veterans for Equal Rights, Equal marriage, and other entries that deal more directly with gay rights issues than just bars, corporations, and church organizations.)Trash bins courtesy ID personal lubricant. That was a nice touch. What message is really being sent?When these parades started out, I have been told the gay/straight ratio was 80/20. Now it seems like it is the reverse. I had to run into the Specs on Westheimer, about an hour before the whole thing started, and it was mostly straight people in there. Which is good. Hopefully, there will be a day when there will be no need for these type of events.EDIT: HDP, HFD are obviously good entries as well. My main point is that the whole parade seems overly commercialized. Starbucks? Bud Light? Anyway... much more progress needs to be made on the big issues: equal employment, equal housing, legal protections for families (civil unions/marriage), open military service, etc. Corps, churches, and gay bars were/are the low hanging fruit, not to trivialize too much work that has been done in corporations... Edited June 30, 2008 by BryanS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 Awww. You ok? Sounds painful.I was too drunk to notice... I just had blood all over me and all my friends decided it was time for me to go home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Hmmm... Stunned that big oil was there? Or that there were so many (oil and other) corporations?It was the same old line up of floats, since I've been going on and off over the past 10 years:Politicians (watch out who you support, not all are as they seem, per Ray Hill)HPDHFDChurchGay BarCorporation X (e.g Southwest, CO)The Pride BandChurchCorporation Y (BP, Shell, etc)Lesbian BarChurchClear Lake Lesbian Bar (WHAT?!?!!) ...With some actual good entries sprinkled in (AIDS Foundation Houston, American Veterans for Equal Rights, Equal marriage, and other entries that deal more directly with gay rights issues than just bars, corporations, and church organizations.)Trash bins courtesy ID personal lubricant. That was a nice touch. What message is really being sent?When these parades started out, I have been told the gay/straight ratio was 80/20. Now it seems like it is the reverse. I had to run into the Specs on Westheimer, about an hour before the whole thing started, and it was mostly straight people in there. Which is good. Hopefully, there will be a day when there will be no need for these type of events.EDIT: HDP, HFD are obviously good entries as well. My main point is that the whole parade seems overly commercialized. Starbucks? Bud Light? Anyway... much more progress needs to be made on the big issues: equal employment, equal housing, legal protections for families (civil unions/marriage), open military service, etc. Corps, churches, and gay bars were/are the low hanging fruit, not to trivialize too much work that has been done in corporations...I think you kind of missed the point of the corporate entries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Hmmm... Stunned that big oil was there? Or that there were so many (oil and other) corporations?I saw Big Oil in the pictures. I don't know what other corporations were there. I'm stunned that big companies are using the pride parade as marketing. It used to be really sleazy and far from respectable.When these parades started out, I have been told the gay/straight ratio was 80/20. Now it seems like it is the reverse. I had to run into the Specs on Westheimer, about an hour before the whole thing started, and it was mostly straight people in there. Which is good. Hopefully, there will be a day when there will be no need for these type of events.Wow, you must have that new Garmin gaydar. I can't walk into Specs and tell the gay/straight ratio that easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 you must have that new Garmin gaydar. Are you sure it wasn't a TomTom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 (edited) Happy to announce there was again a lack of protesters this year. However there were four women in a circle with cheesy cardboard signs damning us to hell covering their faces in the staging area. Guess they were covering their faces so they wouldn't turn into a pillar of salt. Edited June 30, 2008 by west20th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnote Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Happy to announce there was again a lack of protesters this year. However there were four women in a circle with cheesy cardboard signs damning us to hell covering their faces in the staging area. Guess they were covering their faces so they wouldn't turn into a pillar of salt.They do the same think at Mardi Gras in N.O. Not a big deal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arisegundo Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 (edited) I had a lot of fun, but I missed the actual parade! I kept running into groups of friends and had ducked into SoBe by the time the floats starting rolling. All the families with kids warmed my heart. It was a decent balance between sanitized corporate fest and Sodom-on-the-Bayou, I think. Edited June 30, 2008 by arisegundo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I thought it was next weekend and instead went to see Wanted and Wall*E (both awesome), this irritates me as this is the 2nd time I've missed it. I was there for the drinking, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I missed it too. I guess I will try next year, although honestly I didn't really plan on making it this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 (edited) So, for all of you that attended, what did you think of our dragon? I thought it was pretty impressive but you can't get the full effect while you are underneath and in the middle of it. Edited June 30, 2008 by west20th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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