Mermaid Parade 2008

Here is Frida on top of 50 Rockefeller Plaza.  

June 21 we took a madcap trip to New York to see the Mermaid Parade on Coney Island.  

The journey started with an overnight bus trip arriving at Penn Station 8 AM Saturday morning.  After breakfast at the Tick Tock diner, we took a friend to see some sights-Rockefeller Plaza, Times Square, Staten Island Ferry before taking the long subway journey to Coney Island.

The parade is a magnificent affair; a bohemian fantasy of glitter and paint, sweat, blood and beers.  And we could not have asked for a better day.  It was sunny, 27˚C, blue skies and no humidity.

When the parade ended,  the boardwalk became a heaving sea of humanity.  We dove in for awhile and all too soon, it was time to go back to Manhattan to catch the bus home.

John Barrowman at CBC

What a treat!  To promote the new CBC television series "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?",  the 10 Maria finalists, Simon Lee, Gavin Crawford and  "genetically perfect" John Barrowman made a lunchtime appearance at CBC Toronto's Barbara Frum atrium.  

I managed to grab a couple of pics and an autograph and learned that John will be in our Pride Day parade.  Doctor Who and Torchwood fans rejoice.  Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-oo!

 

WSFF Jun 10-15

Frida snapped this picture of me Sunday in between thunderstorms.

I took holidays from my day job to work for the Worldwide Short Film Festival.  It was physically exhausting working on average a 12 hour day with no dinner breaks, 5 hours sleep but always worth the effort. Reunited with old friends, worked with some fantastic volunteers and was party to a friend's most embarrassing festival moment ever ( to which I will only taunt you).

Seeing how I was working,  I saw very few films.  My favourites were "I Am Bob"- a comedy starring Bob Geldof, German drama "Sommersontag"and "Wishbone and the Machine"-a captivating film of kinetic sculptor Arthur Ganson.

A New Adventure

Yesterday, I did it.  I booked a trip to India.

Frida and I celebrated with a coffee at the Dark Horse Espresso Bar