“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!

“Life is an experiment in which you may fail or succeed. Explore more, expect least.” ― Santosh Kalw

I dress fashionably now.

I woke up pretty early today. Seven am early and I couldn't go back to sleep. It was a mixture of the weather just being so hot and sticky and the sun shining in so hard. It was a bit brutal. So I gave up on trying to get some relaxation and sleep and got up and got ready for the day. I got dressed, made myself some dumplings for breakfast, called my mom, finally watched the Game of Thrones episode I missed last week (Since I was so busy every night this week, jeeze) and after all that, it was only about 10:30. I took a break, lied in bed for a bit and then fell straight to asleep. 

My mind wasn't too tired, but, by god, my body was.

I only woke up at 2 and realized how damn tired I was.

I made a flower pin 

I went out for a walk down the street before heading over to my friend's place and walked over toa break guys) but I caught the tail wind of a few events, made myself my own felt flower, talked to some ladies who made their own hats and everything. It was quite nice! I'm just sad because I was talking to the lady and she actually told me that the event wasn't that well organized since no one wanted to advertise about their event. It made me kind of sad because it was such a great positive event for kids and adults to learn more about flowers.
Madison Square Garden, where they had this very cute Botanist event with flowers. I had apparently missed everything (I didn't even know it was happening, give me

Bread dress.

I kept walking down and walked all the way down to Chelsea market where I just walked around for a bit and saw a really cool exhibit where people had combined their love of food for their love of fashion.

Oh my god, it was perfect. There were dresses and other things that were made OF FOOD. YES. EVERTHING.
BAGEL DRESSES, POPCORN DRESSES, VEGETABLE PANTSUITS,

The market itself was a bit underwhelming, since they had mostly restaurants with very overpriced foods and clothing stores with so much over priced stuff... It was a bit consumeristic for my liking.

I still love St. Lawrence market more. 

Chelsea Market

But it was a very nice market, it had a very old feel with low ceilings, brick walls and crooked floors. It was nice to walk through.

After I was done, I walked over to the metro and hopped on the train to Bedford, where I was to meet some friends to go out to a #Pride event!

I got off, and was going to walk around, but I was so hot and sweaty that I ended up going to a Pizza shop, Joe's and grabbed a delicious, much needed pizza slice. I can see why Joe's is so popular.

I went over to my friend's very early and started watching these videos and this visual album from Todrick Hall and man I gotta say, it was pretty good. Good hip hop, good music, good vibe and just great visuals. I really did love it. And it was done to include the Orlando shooting as well. It was amazing. I listened to it for a solid hour.

With friends! :) 

Afterwards, we and a few more people headed over to Ides Rooftop bar in Brooklyn. There was a huge line up.

I wasn't sure if that was the line up so I asked the security guard if it was the queue for the Posture Pride event we had signed up for and he said "yes, but go talk to the lady over there." I headed over to what looked like the organizer there and asked if it was the line, she said "yes, just come around here and wait here." She pointed right beside the door where there were only 3 people lined up to go upstairs... I got my whole possy to completely bypass the queue.

I've never skipped the whole queue before... It felt good. 

Super cool outside
the bar! 

We headed upstairs on the elevator and went up to their rooftop bar which was packed with a bunch of people! It was super cool, there were two DJ's playing all night and they were both really good! Playing fun music. 

I pulled everyone outside to sit and enjoy the weather and check out the view. 

As soon as we walked around, a table actually got up and left, so with our good timing, we sat down grabbed the menu, cried at the price of the drinks and then grabbed some drinks to enjoy. We sat there and talked for a while, another friend joined us, left and then we chilled for a little while longer. 

Before we left, I went to the washroom, which is completely gender neutral, with walls that go from ceiling to floor and doors that lock. It was pretty awesome. 

While in this line up, I complimented someone and said i liked their otufit, and in return, she gave me a wedding ring. 

Don't worry, not a real one, she was up here in New York for an engagement party and had three wedding rings on her finger.. she gave me one.

It was cool. 

We walked back to my friend's house, and AS PER TRADITION, we grabbed some crappy (not real) Chinese food, ate and drank on her rooftop.

It was a good night. 

I finally got to subway back to New York at night, and I gotta say, there were a lot of people on the train! I even ended up running into a friend. 

#PublicTransitLife, just meant to be.