What to do this weekend - need to escape gay pride rally.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

. . . not that there's anything wrong with that. . .



Yea, every year the City of Long Beach likes to suck up (no pun) to the gay voters and indulge them (again, no pun) by hosting a "Pride Parade". Unfortunately, this thing runs RIGHT down Ocean Boulevard outside my front door and causes quite a stir for the entire afternooon.

Now normally I'm a pretty open-minded guy but I simply can't deal with having to have peoples' sexuality (regardless of what kind it is) rammed down my throat (still again, no pun) for hours on end. So to avoid the unpleasantness of being hit on by drag queens on my way to/from the garage or seeing dudes goin' "Brokeback Mountain" on each other in my alley until all this silliness subsides, I'm lookin' to get out of town for Saturday - something I generally don't do simply because of traffic.

Normally I just stay in on Saturday, do some work around the place, work on the P-cars or otherwise stay local. Not this time.

So what's goin' on Saturday? Anything worth doing/checking out?

[Jeff Higgins]

Throw your wife or girlfriend down on the front lawn and show 'em how it's really done. That'll keep them away...

[928ram]

Stage a straight pride parade.

[RickM]

I didn't see Johnny Cakes mentioned anywhere in your post....???

[Racerbvd]

Hold your own Straight Pride & Big Boobs Pride March Make sure everyone one is holding a Playboy too!!

[Z-man]

Stay in and match a movie. I heard Brokeback Mountain was pretty good. Some other movies that you can rent/watch:
The Birdcage
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Some Like it Hot
- Any Barbara Streisand movie

Yeah, that should work...

'Course if your DVD player is broken, just put on a good Elton John album. Soothes the soul.... not that there's anything wrong with THAT...

-Z-man.

PS: I've had little sleep and lots of aggravation & stress due to work these past couple of days...can ya tell!??

[Porsche-O-Phile]

I feel yer pain bro. Same here. Been sick to boot. Finally winning that battle at least. . .

[scottmandue]

Is this what used to be the "canaval" thing that slowly de-evolved into a gay pride parade?

Let's see... you could head south to Huntington beach brewery, although parking is expensive and hard to find if it is a sunny day.

Redondo beach is nice, drive over to San Pedro, take 1st street (or 9th street) up to western and make a left, continue on until you hit 25th and make a right, drive for about ten miles up the coast until you hit Redondo, there is a big underground parking lot right at the Pier, lots of stuff to do or see there.

or continue up PCH to Manhattan brewery.

[Mulhollanddose]

How often do you get to walk out your front door with nothing but leather chaps and nipple rings, and be accepted?...Carpe diem, I say!

[Eric 951]

Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
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So what's goin' on Saturday? Anything worth doing/checking out? [/B]

I hear there is a gay pride parade going on in Long Beach.

[scottmandue]

You could walk down to Hooters on Pine

[singpilot]

Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
Throw your wife or girlfriend down on the front lawn and show 'em how it's really done. That'll keep them away...

I gotta admit... even reading this in MidTown Manhattan made me spew Bagel crumbs I laughed so hard.


Yep, that's the ticket.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

I do rather like that idea. . . Not sure the wife would go for it, but what the hey. . . it's worth a shot I guess.

[kang]

What would you be doing if there were no gay pride parade? Figure out what that would be, and do it anyways.

[Racerbvd]

What ever you do, don't put any Village People CDs on. Why do they have to have a parade any way, isn't that like a hate crime against straight people??

[M.D. Holloway]

You can fly into DFW. I will pick you up and you can help me clean my garage - it's better than any ol bull dyke or fancy pants looking for insurance reform!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

You provide beer and a plane ticket and I'm there!

[nostatic]

Tribute to Le Mans at CA Speedway. Come do parade laps at lunch. Stay to watch the enduro race (3:30pm to 7:30pm).

http://porscheownersclub.org/events/EventCalendar/SE39-Info.html

[Wrecked944]

Am I missing something? If you miss the entire Gay Pride Parade, then won't you also miss the Lipstick Lesbian float????????

[KFC911]

No offense Mike, but you're avoiding the gay pride parade and going to visit LUBEMASTER instead