“What people do in their own homes is their business, and you can choose to love whoever you love.” -Jay Z

My window this weekend 

I woke up extra early this morning and couldn't fall back asleep. But that was okay, since I was super excited to go watch some pride stuff! I called some friends and family this morning (since I had what I rarely have - time) and then got ready for the day.

As the morning progressed, the street got busier and busier. There were balloons and floats outside of my window... to the point where the walls looked like they were all different colours. It was quite nice. My friend came over and then both headed over to a friend's to have some chocolate chip banana pancake breakfast with all the works.

Everyone just hanging outside

It was delicious. Some of the Scandinavian girls had brought some pastries and it was quite good. We had a good time talking. But since it was about time for the parade to start, my friend and I headed out to try to get a good spot to see it.

We stayed there for about two hours, joined by two other people and saw some pretty awesome stuff. It was a great parade, you could tell that there was a lot of effort being put into it. 

Fun fun fun <3

But at the same time, I'm also kind of upset because I feel like Pride has also become very corporate. There were many corporations and big businesses there who were supporting pride (and that's great, don't get me wrong) but they were also giving out a lot of promotional stuff. I don't like the idea that pride is being used to sell or advertise these companies...
But I mean I can't complain. A lot of them do sponsor and help out with events for pride, which make them possible.

After the parade, we headed down to the festival where we were hit by a surge of free condoms, lubricant and other stuff. 

Pride flag!

It was pretty intense. We walked around the whole area and I just gotta say, I don't think I've ever gotten so much stuff my whole life.

I even got a t-shirt from Uniqlo for pete's sake! 

It was great walking around, seeing stuff and experiencing how New York celebrates pride. I saw so many colours, and people just yelling Happy Pride! It was awesome.

Pride festival

They had some performers performing karaoke on one side as well as people just partying it up on the street. 

We walked around for a bit more and then headed over to Christopher Street by Stonewall Inn where we caught the end of the parade. We stood there for about three more hours and it went LONG, it was supposed to end at 6 but at 7, we were still there.

We ended up heading back home and for myself, I made some dinner, sat down and watched "Maid in Manhattan" which is an interesting... movie... but cool because the whole thing was filmed a few blocks from where I live here now!

Hahahaha

All in all, a good day to go out and do stuff as well as relaxing with a movie.

Guess this was a pretty short post actually, but don't worry, many pictures will follow!