Baltimore Pride Parade

Today, we were in downtown Baltimore for the bulk of the afternoon and evening. We first met with the rest of the Chesapeake Squares to set up the sound system on the pickup truck, then noodled our way to our station in Baltimore's pride parade.

Thanks to the presence of multiple umbrellas, there was no rain. It was, however, very hot and muggy. Our staging area was in full sunlight but I hid in the shade across the street. Yup, I'm a wuss.

We were in the first group of the parade, positioned 4th or 5th from the front. While this sounds prestigious, it isn't a big a deal as it sounds: the parade itself doesn't have that many groups marching (perhaps 30) and doesn't go that far, only a half-mile or so at most. In fact, once we started walking, it was all over in a little more than a half-hour.



Following the parade and dismantling our sound system, kent4str, cuyahogarvr and I met up with Mike V. to head out for dinner down in the inner harbour area. Dinner was excellent although I overdid it on the potato skins appetizer and the free pretzels & mustard... yum! Ah well... the rest of my dinner is in the fridge currently.

After dropping Mike V. off at his apartment, we stopped by the park area where we will be calling square dance demo tips tomorrow afternoon for the ongoing pride festival. My dear employer needs me to push some code updates into our non-production systems tomorrow morning but it's scheduled against the time when we're supposed to be setting up at the park! A quick test with the wireless broadband modem at the park pavillion however confirmed that I can do my office stuff from there easily. Yay for technology!

Now to rest up and hopefully get some sleep!

Baltimore Pride Parade

Today, we were in downtown Baltimore for the bulk of the afternoon and evening. We first met with the rest of the Chesapeake Squares to set up the sound system on the pickup truck, then noodled our way to our station in Baltimore's pride parade.

Thanks to the presence of multiple umbrellas, there was no rain. It was, however, very hot and muggy. Our staging area was in full sunlight but I hid in the shade across the street. Yup, I'm a wuss.

We were in the first group of the parade, positioned 4th or 5th from the front. While this sounds prestigious, it isn't a big a deal as it sounds: the parade itself doesn't have that many groups marching (perhaps 30) and doesn't go that far, only a half-mile or so at most. In fact, once we started walking, it was all over in a little more than a half-hour.



Following the parade and dismantling our sound system, kent4str, cuyahogarvr and I met up with Mike V. to head out for dinner down in the inner harbour area. Dinner was excellent although I overdid it on the potato skins appetizer and the free pretzels & mustard... yum! Ah well... the rest of my dinner is in the fridge currently.

After dropping Mike V. off at his apartment, we stopped by the park area where we will be calling square dance demo tips tomorrow afternoon for the ongoing pride festival. My dear employer needs me to push some code updates into our non-production systems tomorrow morning but it's scheduled against the time when we're supposed to be setting up at the park! A quick test with the wireless broadband modem at the park pavillion however confirmed that I can do my office stuff from there easily. Yay for technology!

Now to rest up and hopefully get some sleep!

It's Hottie Time Again!

I was snapping photos at Baltimore's pride festival today. Sadly, a lot of hot guys got away from me: they were moving too quickly, they turned away at the last minute, I couldn't focus the camera quickly enough, someone else stepped in front to block the shot, etc.. ( We'll just have to make do with these... )

It's Hottie Time Again!

I was snapping photos at Baltimore's pride festival today. Sadly, a lot of hot guys got away from me: they were moving too quickly, they turned away at the last minute, I couldn't focus the camera quickly enough, someone else stepped in front to block the shot, etc.. ( We'll just have to make do with these... )