Eileen’s travelogue

Scantily-clad lad?

Scantily-clad lad?

Not an uncommon style along the San Francisco Pride parade route.

Taste the rainbow

Taste the rainbow

The rainbow flag was popularized as a symbol of diversity and gay pride by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978.

Celebrate Pride

Celebrate Pride

Dance music, hula hoops and 1.2 million of your closest friends.

Pride Participants

Pride Participants

Some estimates put this year's participants at 1.2 million.

San Francisco Pride Parade: A rookie’s experience

Story written 12 July 2008

Over a million people turned up in San Francisco for this year's Pride Celebration.

Pride Parade

Pride Parade

Schokolade ...german for chocolate

Schokolade ...german for chocolate

At Schoggi, across from the famous Yerba Buena Center, the artisan Swiss chocolates look too beautiful to eat...but, it would be more than a shame to let that stop you. There is no match to this imported Swiss chocolate.

Beauty

Beauty

San Francisco Pride Festivities

My Street

My Street

Aztec dancers perform in front of the Mission and 24th BART station in San Francisco. On weekends, the stations enntrance to the station is a full of performers, hawkers, and people watchers.

Los colores de Balmy

Los colores de Balmy

Down Balmy Ave in the Mission District of San Francisco, every surface - be it a door, flower pot, or fence - is a canvas for beautiful artwork.

Eileen Roche

Eileen Roche has been a member since 6 January 2008 and goes by jaxziq.

Currently in San Francisco.

Subscriber since April 2008!

I am a traveler, photographer, writer, educator, runner ... and a California girl at heart.

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You can also find Eileen at eileenmarieroche.blogspot.com.