Traffic was INSANE, and I made the mistake of taking the Northampton exit instead of the Easthampton exit. We missed the entire parade with exception of the drum circle at the end. oops.
Pride used to be held in a field, with grass and shade and a playground. Now it's in a parking lot, with no shade and no place to sit other than in folding chairs. We stayed for a bit, then bailed to go to Look Park.
Look Park is my most favorite park in the world. When Hannah was little we used to hang out there with our HipMama friends. It was a time when I had nearly no mama friends, and I was pretty relieved to finally meet the other freaky parents. Most of us are still in touch, even though our kids are now closing in on junior high and high school. Anyhow- we used to spend a lot of time on the Look Park train when it was only $1 a ride- the kids got a kick out of screaming in the tunnel, and we mamas had time to sit for 5 minutes without chasing anyone.
Hannah, 2002
Hannah, Annabelle, Clay, and Christie
After Look Park, we headed back into town. My friend Jess had a +1 to the Chris Pureka show, but we are +4. Kind of a gigantic bummer, since I haven't seen Chris Pureka perform since '01. After a consolation trip to Bueno and a visit to the photobooth, we were off. Luckily I had Sarah Vowell and her dead presidents to keep me awake on the way home, because we were all beat. I'm the only one who made it home without napping.
To add to the collection...
5 comments:
It was so good to see you, even if only for a few minutes. We totally would have gone to Look Park with you!! (But the train is super overpriced now.)
Enzo is seeing...god?
I have no clue what he was looking at. It may have been god- that photobooth kind of reminds me of confessional.
Not true. We saw Chris Pureka in 2004. She opened for Girlyman at that dive bar in NoHo.
Really?
The Steven Tyler show?
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