Those little oddities that brighten days.

I'm all in support of keeping the Pride Parade in Montrose. I believe that its a community parade that would suffer from a separation from the community. We have seen this affect when the International Festival moved from Downtown to Reliant. The latter event was not near as much fun as the original. The opposite side to that is the Houston Boat Show, an event that is tailor made for Reliant.

It's funny however watch Mrs. White struggle to pander to the Gay Community while shooting down some sacred cows:

Few events are as unique to a neighborhood as this city's best-known gay celebration, the Pride Houston Parade, is to Montrose. For nearly 30 years, that midtown neighborhood has not merely served as a place to stage the pride parade and its associated festivities; it has been the soul of Houston's gay community.

That is why the idea to relocate the event to the humdrum environs of downtown should be rejected. The board of Pride Houston also is thinking about rescheduling the parade and festival, traditionally held in late June, to September supposedly in hopes of finding cooler temperatures. As Houstonians know, September can be a scorcher.

Humdrum environs? Our "vibrant, and energetic" Downtown district?

The same district that has been "revitalized" by the DangerTrain, new bars, more bars, the Theatre District expansion, Minute Maid Park, Toyota Center, and more bars?

Humdrum?



To quote Matt Bramanti: Heh.