We staked out our spot in front of Starbucks and waited for the craziness to begin. Tamara tells me that I missed seeing Cloris Leachman in Starbucks with me (guess I was too preoccupied figuring out what we all needed to order to notice); she was excited that Cloris stopped to speak to her upon exiting. The peeps at Starbucks were the bomb--so nice and friendly despite the frantic jumble of humanity. As the parade got rolling, the WILD 94.9 roving photog captured us hooting and hollering.
One highlight from the parade happened thanks to some protestors who pulled off a "die-in" in front of Gavin Newsom's car near where we were standing. Evidently aware that something was planned, Gavin had exited his ride and was glad-handing his way down the barricades. Tamara and I both shook his hand; without his actions to provide marriage equality in SF in 04, Tamara and I wouldn't have had the opportunity to get married last summer. It's nice to shake the hand of someone who played such a pivotal part in our lives.
The sun showed its face; Jackie was in heaven as T cooled her down with a Starbucks ice cube:) We all got plenty of swag from beads to lube to oodles of Whole Foods re-usable grocery sacks; we expecially loved the t's that Chipotle was tossing into the crowd.
As soon as the parade ended, we jumped back on BART and headed for IHOP to make the kids' "Ihopes" come true. We were all starving so we distracted ourselves by snapping goofy self-portraits.
We rounded out the day with a relaxing dip in the pool, followed by steak on the grill, and a partial viewing of Pink Panther 2 before driving the kids home. We had a gr8 time with them!
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