Tuesday, September 27, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO LOVE PARADE & FOLSOM STREET FAIR
This past weekend, San Francisco was a mess of events, parades, street fairs, parties, and people in every kind and color of costume. My brother Wade and his girlfriend Deb joined us from Denver for the 2-day marathon of activites.
On Saturday, in addition to the Love Parade, San Francisco hosted a 50,000-person-strong anti-war march - part of a worldwide protest that day. Many of the marchers kept right on marching into the Civic Center, which was where the Love Parade ended in a gigantic rave with over 200 DJs at 24 different float/sound stages. Meanwhile, just over the hill, the 33rd Annual San Francisco Blues Festival was going strong as well. Saturday night, every club was packed and alive with music and revelry, and PacBell park was sold out, with 40,000 people attending the Green Day concert (a local band).
I couldn't say it any better, so here' a link to Mark Morford's column, reflecting on the weekend's activities, in the San Francisco Chronicle.
With so much going on Saturday, we (Wade, Deb, Jay, me and several of our friends) went to the second annual San Francisco Love Parade. The Love Parade started several years ago in Berlin, where it draws over a million people each year. It has since spread to many other countries, and last year San Francisco was the location of the first U.S. Love Parade.
Using the universal language of music as both cause and expression, LoveParade is world famous not only for its eccentrically dressed revelers dancing alongside floats, but also for its celebration of diversity, promotion of tolerance, and fostering of community. Since 2000, the Loveparade concept has been exported around the world, to Austria, Chile, England, Israel, Mexico, South Africa, and the United States. All Parades share the same motto: to create an international web and platform for electronic dance music, with each city lending its own flavor. - SF Love Parade Web Site
Sunday's Folsom Street Fair has similar themes of love and tolerance, but with a bit of a sting to it. It's the world's largest leather/fetishwear festival. Attracting 300,000 - 500,000 people from around the world each year, the event raises millions of dollars for local and national charities.
View my pics of the Love Parade.
(39 photos)
View my pics of Folsom Street.
(9 photos - WARNING: 2 contain nudity)
On Saturday, in addition to the Love Parade, San Francisco hosted a 50,000-person-strong anti-war march - part of a worldwide protest that day. Many of the marchers kept right on marching into the Civic Center, which was where the Love Parade ended in a gigantic rave with over 200 DJs at 24 different float/sound stages. Meanwhile, just over the hill, the 33rd Annual San Francisco Blues Festival was going strong as well. Saturday night, every club was packed and alive with music and revelry, and PacBell park was sold out, with 40,000 people attending the Green Day concert (a local band).
I couldn't say it any better, so here' a link to Mark Morford's column, reflecting on the weekend's activities, in the San Francisco Chronicle.With so much going on Saturday, we (Wade, Deb, Jay, me and several of our friends) went to the second annual San Francisco Love Parade. The Love Parade started several years ago in Berlin, where it draws over a million people each year. It has since spread to many other countries, and last year San Francisco was the location of the first U.S. Love Parade.
Using the universal language of music as both cause and expression, LoveParade is world famous not only for its eccentrically dressed revelers dancing alongside floats, but also for its celebration of diversity, promotion of tolerance, and fostering of community. Since 2000, the Loveparade concept has been exported around the world, to Austria, Chile, England, Israel, Mexico, South Africa, and the United States. All Parades share the same motto: to create an international web and platform for electronic dance music, with each city lending its own flavor. - SF Love Parade Web Site
Sunday's Folsom Street Fair has similar themes of love and tolerance, but with a bit of a sting to it. It's the world's largest leather/fetishwear festival. Attracting 300,000 - 500,000 people from around the world each year, the event raises millions of dollars for local and national charities.View my pics of the Love Parade.
(39 photos)
View my pics of Folsom Street.
(9 photos - WARNING: 2 contain nudity)
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After viewing the Love Parade pictures, my first thought was "Wow, I really need to move to a city where underwear is an acceptable outfit! Life would be so much easier if I only had to worry about two clean pieces of clothing a day!"
Then I saw the second set of pictures and thought, "huh, why even bother with the underwear!"
Then I saw the second set of pictures and thought, "huh, why even bother with the underwear!"
Wasn't the love parade brilliant! We finished a 3 week tour of California in San Fran... the best way to end an amazing trip!
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