Pridefest is an annual GLBT festival (of the many Milwaukee summer festivals) and was held June 6-8, 2008 at the
Henry Maier Festival Park along the lake in downtown Milwaukee. Tondalia, her son, and I met up at the festival in the middle
of the day. Later in the afternoon I had to volunteer at a booth and sadly the giant thunderstorm (complete with tornado warning)
and downpour put a bit of a damper on the event, but it was certainly an adventure!
Later that evening Daniel and I visited our friend Beth and got to see her amazing octagonal barn near Cedarburg. |
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Tondalia poses at the fountain
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It was still early in the day, but Martine Locke was
performing on one of the side stages, it was an entertaining show.
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Pride flags and the US Bank building
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Equal opportunity in belly dancing!
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A neat quilt/afghan in pride colors
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Hmmm...I bet if you own a fry stand you could just put up different flags for each festival and have a
very diverse summer
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Even the sewer grates got a bit festive, I like the nice "No Dumping, Drains to Lake Michigan" but it is a bit small
especially if I'm dumping something big I'm afraid I might not see the little fish but it's better than nothing and
raises awareness
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In the late afternoon all the nice rainbow boas and everything else was soaked!
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While there were a lot of people in the dance pavillion and they were screaming with delight at the weather and/or music, I thought
a tornado might like to tear down a big sheet metal structure much more than the main admission gate/merchandise brick structure
where I weathered the storm. Also less danger of having to dance...
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I guess this is an all weather golf cart
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After all that it was nice to visit Daniel's friend Beth's house for a great dinner and tour of her great property. Here are
remnants of chips and salsa/guac.
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The quiche was also very yummy
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The furnishings included some great antiques
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Lets hope these are drool-proof antiques...
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Coffee bag window shades!
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Note the clock wasn't exactly on time
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The cow says moo...even on the refrigerator - now IN the refrigerator the cow doesn't say much...
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This was an entertaining interpretation of "pipe dream"
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More antiques (and a bit spooky)
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Beth's daughter Charlotte
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This was evidently an antique blackface doll
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This is the house's pet cemetery
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This pet hasn't died yet, but it's tough to tell really
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Foooooood!
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Beth and Charlotte
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Beth kindly making even more great guac!
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Beth has an octagonal barn on her property and keeps her horses there - it's really neat
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Hay is for...horses
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In a way this is also for the hay...
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Downstairs level of the barn (where the horses have stalls)
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Note to self...horses don't like flash photography (after this they freaked out for a second) but luckily that's why we have
wooden fences...
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Pretty horse
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An octagonal barn
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Beth's non-octagonal house
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