Members TownsendPLocke Posted June 10, 2007 Members Posted June 10, 2007 I have not been to LA pride(the carnival-not the parade)also known as Christopher Street West for many years till yesterday. Had a date with a new escort that I am mentoring and decided checking out the carnival was a fun way to see what was happening on the community. Well the Community I experienced was nothing more of a shoddy overpriced flea market than any sort of Gay Pride exhibition. And as usual-our dear gay brothers are more interested in making a buck than serving any sort of comunity needs.Booths selling $6 cups of beer and overpriced carnival food(think $6 Hot dogs)outnumbered the booths offering community support/support/info/political options. So If you want to pay $20 a person,want to see some bad to ok musical acts over lousy sound systems and be surrounded by the crassest form of low market vendors out there Then you are going to enjoy the Carnival.I will have no problem skipping it in the future. Quote
Guest Funseeker22 Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 Towny, You should have gone to the parade today. Beautiful weather, great crowd and my highlite, seeing former escort Kristian shaking his thing on the Micky`s float. Still has that great smile and fantastic body. Nobody else packaged their undies like K did. The most memorable `scort I ever spent time with. I passed the Festival site and decided to take a pass on that.Sounds like I made the right decision. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 I have to agree. The festivals/carnivals are all a waste. They are becoming more commercial and profit oriented instead of community oriented. But the parade and social aspects of Saturday night before the parade were worth it. Quote
