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UT's 3rd Annaul "Pride Weekend Bender!"

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He sure did.

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I actually brought two yesterday. :rollin
 
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We counted three.

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Which banana do you want a picture of?
 
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Oh we've gone bananas / for BIC Banana ink crayons / You'll learn to write a lot of ways: "Today I'm going to teach you how to draw with BIC Banana Ink Crayons. See what smooth lines the BIC Banana Ink Crayons make! Oh ho ho! They also make fat lines! See what bright colors BIC Banana Ink Crayons make! [Snorts and huffs] Haw haw haw haw hee hee [fart sounds] hoo hoo hoo hee hee hee! There's so much to learn about coloring and drawing with BIC Banana Ink Crayons at school! After all, I should know! I'm the BIC Banana!" [excitable pansy laughter, fade to black].
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Anyhoo, something felt underwhelming about this year's parade compared to last--maybe because there wasn't a Riefenstahl-scaled M.A.C. cosmetics float. (Closest thing to that might have been the CTV float--but that's the problem: it's CTV.)

Boy, I'd love if Tori Spelling was one of the paraders. And I'd love it even more if Mary Jo Eustace broke in and turned it into a parade-route-long catfight, hair-pulling, claws, screeching and all...
 
I took more than 100 pics over the weekend, but my free Flickr account is near its monthly limit, so I can only show a small selection. Enjoy.

Saturday afternoon

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Saturday's Dyke March was the 11th annual. Although much smaller than Sunday's main Pride Parade, the Dyke March had a nice vibe. I think it gets better every year.

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Hamilton905 and boyfriend

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Babel (right) and his friend, GianMarco

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Darkstar, SimplyDan, Interchange42, and AoD

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TonyDetroit (SSP), Heckles, and FutureMayor

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Babel and Craig (screen name?)

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Darkstar and SimplyDan

Saturday night

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Identify the forumers! From a rooftop at Sherbourne and Richmond

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Gratuitous skyline shot (always playing with the camera's night setting - the result of which was that most of my Sunday pics were also taken with the night setting)

Sunday afternoon

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This year we wandered down along Park Rd. and Rosedale Valley Rd. which is where the floats line up for the parade (contingents without floats assemble on Bloor, east of Church. Above, the banana float representing Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

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Definitely one of the cutest in the parade

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Motorola had one of the nicest looking set of participants.

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The labour contingent brings up the rear in this year's parade. The Steelworkers are always present, and this year marching along with them was Brandon Hughey (white shirt), one of the US war resisters.

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Gerard Kennedy and Scott Brison

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Participants in our Pride Parade come from places as far away as Tennessee. =)

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On a rooftop at Yonge & Wellesley

Sunday night

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Checking out the scene on Church (from the 15th floor)

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Church St., north of Isabella

Until next year!
 
Thanks for the pics, BuildTO. Looks like a good time... a straight square like me definitely wouldn't have fit in. Babel's looking especially cool... the chillin' look.

Start a photobucket account and post some more!
 
Nice to have met everyone. Hopefully we can meet up again soon and chat a little more!
 
I look totally demented in the second photo. Half a glass of light beer, a camera pointed at me, and I'm away ...
 
Here's some of my shots from the weekend...

From the Saturday meet at the Artful Doger:

BuildTO and BuildingBabel.
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gboykovekin who rode his bike down from Mount Albert, Ontario and then rode all the way back!
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Leaving the Artful Dodger and heading to the 519. simplyDan, BuildingBabel, Interchange42, FutureMayor, BuildTO, Heckles and Craig (from SSP).
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gboykovekin's banana. This won't be the only time we see his "banana" this weekend.
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Saturday evening at the 519 Beer Garden:

Heckles and simplyDan.
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FutureMayor plotting how he can entice Pride to move to Port Credit for next year's festivities.
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Interchange42
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BuildTO
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A bad quality picture from The Village on Saturday.
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A few pics from the five minutes I saw of the parade on Sunday:

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A few more pics from The Village:

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Pics from a Sunday afternoon/evening party 15 floors above Church St:

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And some familiar faces again...simplyDan, BuildTO, FutureMayor, Heckles.
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BuildTO, FutureMayor, simplyDan.
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A balcony wanting attention.
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simplyDan, FutureMayor, BuildTO
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gboykovekin
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Heckles
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Interchange42
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Just some fag trying out the ergonomic chair.
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Oh my, what's this???
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Is that really an Urban Toronto member down there...taking...off...all...his...clothes?
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Banana 2.0
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Mr. Roger's Gaybourhood
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A parting balcony shot with simplyDan's watch, gboykovekin, Interchange42 and Heckles.
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Later Sunday evening, a pic from the balcony of a small party I attended at the Courtyard Marriott at Yonge & Wood:

Yonge Street already back to normal.
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And that's Pride 2006!
 

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