Posted on 09/02/2010 9:36:07 AM PDT by Amerikan_Samurai
(10-03) 17:19 PDT San Francisco -- Thousands of people dressed in neon wigs, sparkly butterfly wings, tutus - or occasionally nothing at all - and danced, hula hooped and hugged their way down San Francisco's Market Street on Saturday for the city's sixth annual celebration of love.
Based on Berlin's Love Parade, San Francisco's LoveFest was renamed this year to LovEvolution to avoid legal action from the promoters of the Love Festival in Los Angeles who had trademarked their name. But potential lawsuits - or the dire economy or the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - didn't appear to be on anybody's mind.
"It's people coming together, having fun, dancing their asses off and just forgetting the world's troubles for a day," said Sterling Alexander, who danced wearing silver devil horns affixed to his bald head and red, feathery wings.
Also celebrating were several people dressed as hot dogs, a man in a furry pink outfit walking on stilts, a girl giving out free hugs and bare-chested men offering free kisses.
The event shut down Market Street between Second Street and Civic Center and was expected to draw 10,000 revelers. Shoppers and tourists on the busy thoroughfare looked downright perplexed, several stopped to ask what the 20-plus floats blaring electronic music as scantily clad people gyrated on them were all about. The naked man covered in gold body paint and carrying a red bow and arrow proved particularly worthy of double-takes.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/04/BAP51A0RQC.DTL#ixzz0yOGFKO98
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its amazing how beautiful places have been completely ruined by the animals/pagans....
Well, Golden Gate Park and the Marina area are still very pretty.
Gay folk always seem to establish large colonies by the water. I wonder why they do that?
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Oh man, now I am sorry that I asked.
Guess this is what is meant by San Fransicko values.
LOL!
That’s not love. Has nothing to do with love. That’s why it’s confusing.
Take heart, though. That you’re confused by this means you have some wisdom and discernment. That’s a good thing! :D
Although...it’s a shame how many people don’t. :(
SF is the hippy town that never grew up. This should be an eye-opener for those of you born after the 60s and the end of the hippy movement. This kind of stuff was pretty common in those days.
The rest of us grew up and moved on. SF remains rooted in the 60s.
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Yes. San Francisco has a large homosexual population.
Like a bio-hazard suit and a case of disinfectant?
It seems to me that LOVE asks to be expressed in a more sedate, dignified manner. LUST, on the other hand, has always demanded a spotlight.
As well as forgetting about the possibility of developing full-blown AIDS.
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