How long are you in Montreal??

WoW, what a great weekend.

I was spoiled musically, as I was bartending doing everything on the floor @ O'Grady's all weekend.... I have enough crazy stories for a novel by the end of this weekend.

All of you that played, especially LadyBass, Chiclet, Matt Gracie, and Dekoze saved my sanity as I popped out on the fire escape or the roof to dance my ass of when i needed a refresher from the insanity. (especially after I got jumped @ the door)

It was good seeing so many of you on the patio, and I did my best to get as many of you in as possible all weekend. After Dekoze treated me to some morning madness @ zone I happily returned the favour by getting the poor guy inside for some much needed rest and food before his set... and in return he absolutely killed it as usual.... (how does he do this week after week???)

All in all, a fantastic weekend, in which I also managed to squeeze in Todd Terry @ System and Saeed @ Boa after I finished work @ 4am before Deko tore up the zone (and my dress-shoes which fell apart dancing).


Rob

i also had an awsome pride! i spend a lot of saturday and saturday night making my costume for the parade and working on the OCAD float. i dont know how to post pics? but i looked like a crazy red furry cave woman! it was awsome, i had so much fun! i cant wait to do it again next year. did anyone see the polar ice float? DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!

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It was the ice cubes, wasn't it? (please tell me that you didn't get evicted)

The ice cubes, plus a few other things. I just had a plumber in today to finish the last of the repairs.

And no eviction, just a stern warning...

I think I consumed more beer and martinis on this four day weekend than in any previous MONTH this year...ummmmm...at least my eyes were open for that pic though

I wrote a blurb in the other thread on PrideBall. Mucho Gracias for Mark Oliver, Sarah and Chiclet's sets that kept me happy on sat. night...the main DJ, Barry Harris, was rather boring. Deko-ze et al. were throwin' down some fun tunes on the streets over the weekend...I was walking by one stage singing along to PVD's "Time of our Lives" as the crowd was going *insane*

All in all, a very fun weekend...Pride is one party that cannot be duplicated anywhere in this city...gay, straight, young, old, families, etc. all partying it up on the streets together and having a great time...this city really comes together sometimes...I love it!

It was nice to have seen several TAs and familiar club faces throughout the weekend...Chris, Marc, Sarah, Craig, Nick, Mike, Scott, Dan, Jay, Eric, etc...Sarah, I forget your friend's name from sat. night (I asked her 3 times...and I shamefully forgot...I'm amazed that I remembered my own name at that point though, lol).

starsearcher...I'd like to see the parade become more exciting (I've skipped the last two out of boredom), but my neighbour just came back from Tel Aviv...she said that Pride over there was no more exciting than our own...I think we still have the 2nd largest event in the world, to my knowledge? Over a million people come into the city and millions more is poured into our economy as a result, usually with very little disturbance.

Really the only thing I can compare it to here is the Montreal Jazz Fest in terms of size...that's another city that really knows how to shut down even more of their downtown core and throw a great party

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Originally posted by Skipper How long are you in Montreal??

well im there temporarily right now and im coming back on thursday...

but after this im gona go in july-august for good.

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^^ oh, okay...because I will be visiting soon, but not before you come back to TO.

Err... Sorry. It's taken me this long to recover.

First off, Sarah. I find it funny that you are boldly telling me you broke the "Ya gotta French Kiss girls in order to pla Pride Ball" rule BEFORE ya get paid. Hmmmm. I say eithert get those lips puckered or we might find you in breech of contract. :-)

I know it has been said before, but Deko-ze absolutely rocked every time I saw him on the weekend (and he seemed to be everywhere!)

Props to Chiclet, Sarah and Mark Oliver for giving me something to celebrate at Pride Ball. HOly Fuck! If anyone had told me what I was getting into when I signed on for that gig, I would be in Montreal myself.

Last thing. Pride Week and the Parade are all volunteer run. I and my friends can provide the infastructure and the forum, but in order to keep it fresh and amazing, we rely on people to come up with the awesome floats, volunteer to make the event fabulous (we really needed some people this year to help us decorate the street and stages, but nobody came forward, so you all got the same stages I designed last year - again. Sorry about that), and donate to the Toonie Drive so we can pay for it all.

If I was any more fucking proud, I'd be dead right now.

Err. Happy Pride.

Chris