I had a great time at Seattle's pride parade this year. I marched with UW's QFS (Queer Faculty and Staff) group. I took pictures of people along the way and for once really felt connected. The 'audience' really seemed to grove on someone in the parade taking their picture instead of the usual other way around. I got some amazing shots of smiling/happy/friendly faces. Two shots even made it into my 5-star collection.

I plan to do this again next year. The only thing I think I'll do differently is to organize a post-parade dinner. The way the parade kind of petered out as the car went one way and the walkers went a dozen other ways left me just kind of lost. I wandered around the festival but didn't find any of the people I'd marched with. There was no closure, as it were.