west20th Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Good point. Maybe they need to move the Pride Parade to downtown and have just a Montrose Weird Parade. Not just gays but the whole tattooed, gay, hippie, homeless, eccentric Montrose persona. Kind of like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 Good point. Maybe they need to move the Pride Parade to downtown and have just a Montrose Weird Parade. Not just gays but the whole tattooed, gay, hippie, homeless, eccentric Montrose persona. Kind of like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnmcbarnacle Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 That would have been the Westheimer Art Festival when they closed the streets. They killed the funk-factor when they moved it and renamed it the Bayou City Art Festival.Sure, they still do the Westheimer Street Fest, I suppose, but it's not the same with the streets open to traffic. Oh, the days of freak watching. Gone. I miss the art fest. That was insane fun at the time. I'd hate to see the parade move downtown. The downtown parades are so sterile. I like that the pride parade takes place where people actually live and can walk from their homes to go see. I walk to the parade every year. I can't see driving downtown to stand at the corner of Rusk and Fannin to watch the BP float go by. And I bet the cops wouldn't turn a blind eye to the open container law downtown either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 And I bet the cops wouldn't turn a blind eye to the open container law downtown either....i'll take that bet. they are getting complaints about the downtown clubs again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 i'll take that bet. they are getting complaints about the downtown clubs again.OT, but was listening to local news on KUHF today and they were interviewing someone from County, who said explicitly that for 4th of July weekend, the new DWI snares with blood draw warrants would be out in downtown/midtown, westheimer/hillcroft area, washington ave, and clear lake. And somewhere on highway 6 but I didn't catch what part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Great parade and great night of dancing afterwards!! Back to recovering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 We had a blast. My friends (a gay fella, a lesbian, and a straight woman all in med school) that came down from Boston had a great time.We started the day with 4-5 hours in my sister's pool drinking and playing water basketball. Then we hit up some tex-mex and margaritas. Spent two hours walking the curve area and checking out the shops. Decided to stop at Poison Girl for some good beer and pinball. Loved the place and the great tunes being played. We all agreed that the parade here is 1,000,000 times better than Boston's. Boston has about 3 floats. That's it. We have it good here with the street party, street vendors, tailgating, and outdoor venues along the route. By the time the parade was over, we were beat and just went home so that we could wake up early and hit the pool again before heading to Asiatown for a nice dim-son lunch.Also, did anyone else find Peter Brown's group hilarious? I swear to God it looked like he hired street tranies to carry his banner. At first we thought he wasn't even there... and then we realized he was dancing on a float full of trannies and go-go boys passing out flowers while bouncing around to Lady GaGa! Annise was TOTALLY outdone by Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I completely forgot about the parade and ended up in the middle of it as it was ending!!! I was so mad I could have spit bullets. What a mess down Westheimer! It took me over an hour to get from Studemont to SOBE! Needless to say, I drank a lot when I finally got inside! It was worth it....got a number! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 me and 3 of my friends (all straight) went. We really had a good time, there was a really good party atmosphere where i was. I guess the people on the float had Straightdar cause they didn't throw me hardly anything.. = [ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Matt Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 A great time was had by all. And, as I have to point out every year at this time, by definition ALL chaps are Assless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I was a little disappointed in the parade. After the 45th float (and I use the term float loosely) going by of someone running for political office I called it a night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 How was the street after? Or in the morning? This was from a couple years ago, and it took a while for it to be tidied up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 How was the street after? Or in the morning? This was from a couple years ago, and it took a while for it to be tidied up: pride does not extend to cleanlines. it is absolutely disgusting that people cannot clean up after themselves. I guess we can blame this stuff on attendees who drive back out to suburbia after they are done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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