Most of the vehicles were trucks of one sort or another, many of them were work vehicles, and most of the passengers appeared to be Latino. What was it?
It was an evanescent parade of honking vehicles surrounding San Francisco’s City Hall for a brief period yesterday.
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Well it’s still there on the 2008 Italian Heritage Parade website:
“We’re pleased to announce, the 2008 Parade Grand Marshal will be Tommy Lasorda!”
But alas, it was not to be. The whole thing is ably explained by North Beach Examiner Tony Long here and here. Perhaps Tommy will be invited back next year?
Now, on with the show. It’s called Columbus Day, or Indigenous People’s Day, or Italian Heritage Day, or Día de la Raza, or Discovery Day or even Día de la Resistencia Indígena. Take your pick.
Popular San Francisco Supervisor and soon-to-be Assembly Member Tom Ammiano. Click to expand:
Ivy League lawyer / U.C. Berkeley-grad Gerardo Sandoval hot on the campaign to become a judge, despite the hostility displayed by the local Establishment, which feels offended by the very idea of an election. Oh well.
Supervisor Ross “the Boss” Mirkarimi:
Miss San Francisco 2008 Reny Lupo:
Of course, Birra Peroni was nella casa:
As was the Boudin Bakery alligator wrestler. That’s real bread, people.
What’s this? Hundreds of Falun Gong! They looked to be the largest entry in the parade by far.
Hey look, it’s the wholly unrelated New Tang Dynasty Televsion (NTDTV):
O.K., here we are, back to the parade:
So that’s it.
Here’s to you, Tommy Lasorda/ Our county turns it lonely eyes to you…
See you next year?
Lots of people marched down 24th Street and held a candlelight vigil last night in San Francisco’s Mission District. The motivation for this quiet parade of over 300? All the recent violence in the area, and particularly the shootings over the past two weeks.
People started gathering at 24th and Treat at 6:30 PM last night in front of the Mission Educational Projects building. Click to expand:
Supervisor Tom Ammiano and Police Commissioner David Campos were both on the scene.
San Francisco’s Festival of Sail started yesterday - read all about it.
Movie star The Bounty in front of Alcatraz, as seen from the Crissy Field Overlook in the Presidio. Click to expand:
The Coast Guard’s Eagle, just after passing under the Golden Gate Bridge. Lot’s of great photos here, from Telstar Logistics. Can you spot the baggywrinkle?
A different view of the Eagle, next to the Alpha Tower of the Bay Bridge as witnessed by Petty Officer Sherri Eng:
Lots of people came out to see the SS Jeremiah O’Brien slowly chug along:
See you at the Festival of Sail!
It’s on! Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, July 22, 2008, you should come on down to San Francisco’s waterfront and check out all the old school ships. You’ll be able to see 32 Tall Ships sail through the Golden Gate starting at around noon. You can get good views from the Presidio and Fort Mason.
Look out for the Nazi-built war prize USCGC Eagle (you can’t miss it, it’s huge).
tall ship Pallada, via Towse’s photostream in front of Treasure Island
Don’t miss the Pirate Academy!
There will be three Festival of Sail villages at:
AT&T Park (Green Village),
Ferry Building (International Sail Village), and
Pier 43-1/2 (Marine Educational Village).
Purchase Boarding Passes online for one of three villages, which will feature several vessels and other maritime-history highlights ($10 to $20). Board the Red and White Fleet Water Taxi to connect between the three villages. Book online ($16) for a full day pass.
See you there!
There seemed to be quite a few Gayglers (gay Googlers) in the crowd during Pride 2008 last weekend. They weren’t too hard to spot, what with their official T-shirts, as in years past.
What will be the next “-oogler” coinage to take off? Noogler, Loogler, or Xoogler?
Online, you might notice a similar rainbow theme, depending on what you search for.
The streets of San Francisco were hopping yesterday what with the final day of Pride 2008.
See a slideshow of photos here and read all about it here.
Pride parade on Market Street with the Ferry Building in the background. Click to expand:
This fellow hung out at an intersection with his home-made bloodied crucifix for a good long while:
Perhaps he wouldn’t be too receptive to this mathematical identity: “Christian + Gay = O.K.”
And just when you think the whole world has gone gay, along comes a person who displayed heterosexual pride. His simple message: “I Love My Girlfriend.”
How sweet. See you next year.
The San Francisco Dyke March had a huge turnout yesterday, as per usual. This was the scene as the crowd headed to Dolores Park in the Mission district, where every girl cried for one reason or another, per Tony. Click to enlarge:
Much-discussed this year was the case of Venice Brown, Terrain Dandridge, Patreese Johnson, Renata Hill and Dwayne Buckle.
A full account of the 2008 Dyke Festival and Parade is here. See you next year.
Is this in character for these anime personae?
Costume contest winners My Neighbor Totoro and Catbus
Not sure what to make of this:
The parade ended up looking like this. See you next year!
