it's raining men, hallelujah!

Last weekend was that time of year again, the time of year when you can hear a neverending strain of club music wafting in from over the Downs or see any number of scantily clad boy toys roaming the streets in their short shorts with virtually no body hair. Gay Pride weekend here in Brighton is one of the largest Pride festivals in Europe. The whole town was draped in rainbow flags while gays and breeders alike came out to celebrate the diversity of our fair city at Saturday's Pride Parade. I live right around the corner from the parade route, lucky lucky me! Saturday was the hottest day of the year so far, clocking in at 80 degrees and we were all justly slathered in sunscreen.

If you can see on the right a pub called the Great Eastern our flat is directly behind it:



On the other side of the road is St Peter's church, who rang their bells out in support:



I know it's hard with all the thousands of people in attendance but see if you can spot Millie in this photo:



The theme of this year's parade was Broadway and it was fun to spot all the different shows that were represented. Wizard of Oz, Anything Goes, Grease, The Sound of Music, Dreamgirls, Chorus Line, and of course Rocky Horror Picture Show were all there alongside gay police, fire fighters and drag queens strutting their stuff and working their mojo.



















Tomorrow Millie and I are off to London, this time to the newly resurrected Globe Theatre and we've got tickets to see The Merchant of Venice!

the british museum

My friend Sharon calls the condition afflicted to those who have spent a day in London "London legs". You wake up the next morning and your legs feel like sore rubber. You do a heck of a lot of walking in the Big Smoke and if you're trying to see as much as possible in one day at the British Museum you do even more than usual!







We covered quite a bit of ground, had a nice lunch at Ultimate Burger (FULL of pesky Americans but wonderful burgers) and then eventually made our way to Whole Foods so that I could bow at the altar and then trudged back to the coach station for our return journey home to Brighton.

The British Museum is truly incredible - and it's free! They're starting an exhibit at the end of September featuring the first emperor of China; they're even bringing over some of the legendary Terracotta Soldiers. Millie will be gone by then but I'll have to remember to make a trip back.