Yes, I made the trek to West Hollywood today to check out Pride, which was awesome, and my first Pride ever.
I decided to go by myself, and I also decided to take the Metro to WeHo from Long Beach. I ended up parking at Long Beach Memorial (nice familiar setting — I’ve shadowed doctors there), which is literally across the street from the station for the Blue Line.
The Metro is actually surprisingly nice — the trains are clean, fast, and you don’t have to wait very long to catch one. And there are some really convenient stops: Universal Studios, Staples Center, Hollywood and Highland, Union Station. And a bus+rail day pass for $3? Amazing.
I also wanted to add that I had a bad experience and a good experience coming back: the bad experience was with a taxi driver who ripped me off (I wanted to catch a movie with a friend, and I didn’t even make it to that because he was so slow); the good experience was chatting with a random cute guy (alas, he mentioned an ex-girlfriend) on the train.
The parade was great. Let’s check out the photos:
Title slide:
People lined up for the parade on Santa Monica Blvd:
Angels:
Cowboys:
Dommes:
Empresses (Second-favorite photo):
And, of course, lots and lots of eye candy (Favorite photo):
Hope you had a good weekend too!
