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Pride after-party: Church Street on a Sunday (oh, the irony)

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well, I haven't posted here for quite some time (been busy) but I did make it out to the Pride events this past Sunday. Sorry, no pics of the parade itself, but I did check out the after-parade celebrations on Church St.

anyway, hope you enjoy the photos!


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blurry, but interesting
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the obligatory crowd shot complete with Spire going up in the distance. Basically, the street was set up with various stage areas, DJ booths and dance areas, and other points of interest. The bars along Church also added to the atmosphere
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here's a DJ booth set up at the corner of Church and Wellesley
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I hung around here for a bit
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you can't please everybody
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people enjoying the beats... mostly house and trance
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good god...
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looking west up Wellesley with University College in the distance
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making my way behind the DJ booth
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hey mr. DJ...
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some people really get into it
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the DJ again... and a tattooed friend
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this pic is so "Toronto" to me
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a pano? sure, why not!
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the super-soakers were out in full force
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our first casualty... she could hardly stand (I'm guessing self-inflicted)
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a fine day to go shopping for pet food
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so I made my way back around because there was no way to pass through the crowd on the other side. One last woooooooooo!
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moving along... the nude-beach queens: Miss Wreck Beach of Vancouver and Miss Hanlon's Point of Toronto (hmm... I thought it was spelled "Hanlan")
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Church Street and surroundings
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did you know that purple is the the gay-pride colour?
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a gay angel
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colourful cuban music to compliment the colourful surroundings
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almost as far north as Bloor
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starting to head back down to Carlton
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this guy was probably in the parade earlier in the day
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I managed to find a decent elevated perspective. This is looking south down Church
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looking north on Church
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it's starting to get dark...
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and therefore blurry
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glad to see my bike still there!
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hey, there's that girl again from before. Unfortunately I missed the shot, but she was getting creative with that bike parking thing...
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this club opened its sliding doors and people started dancing out front, basically creating a secondary dance floor
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the bars were getting noticably busier. The city extends last call to 4am during big events (should be standard, in my opinion)
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hey, that's Spenny from "Kenny vs. Spenny"
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a girl with a snake... (oh, the wit!)
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another dance area
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another casualty... this one doesn't look self-inflicted
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Carlton St. going about its regular business
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the main dance area was near Church and Carlton
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here's where I put the camera away and say goodnight.



thanks for checking out the thread!
 
Re: Pride after-party: Church Street on a Sunday (oh, the ir

Cool pics...but I think that 'girl' has 2 snakes. :D
 
Re: Pride after-party: Church Street on a Sunday (oh, the ir

Awesome pics, seaqueue! Thanks for posting.
 
Re: Pride after-party: Church Street on a Sunday (oh, the ir

Great job!
 
Re: Pride after-party: Church Street on a Sunday (oh, the ir

Great spread of shots! Thanks!
 
Re: Pride after-party: Church Street on a Sunday (oh, the ir

Did you get her face... my oh my.

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Re: Pride after-party: Church Street on a Sunday (oh, the ir

thanks guys!



Darkstar416 -- thanks for posting a link to those photos... very enjoyable.

thx1038 -- no, unfortunately I didn't. But, needless to say, she was stunning.
 
Re: Pride after-party: Church Street on a Sunday (oh, the ir

I didn't get dyed purple for the parade, but I do it every year during frosh week. All in good fun, though it takes weeks to fullly come off, and burns your skin in some of your more sensitive areas. Youch!!!!
 
Re: Pride after-party: Church Street on a Sunday (oh, the ir

I get the same look from picking mulberries, which I will be doing this weekend.
 

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