Getting My Freak On... well

Getting My Freak On...

well sorta.....I just watched a bunch of freaks.
Sunday, I went to the Westheimer Street Festival.
It's located in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston and it's TONS of fun.

I haven't been in 3 years because it was moved to a different location due to the volume of people that attended.

Montrose is the most unique neighborhood in Houston. With its large number of restaurants, gift shops, re-sale shops, clubs and art galleries Montrose is the place to live. In 1973 a group of merchants and residents decided to organize a festival that would promote local artists and at the same time bring people into the neighborhood to enjoy the many restaurants and gift shops. The event grew to a mile long festival with over 200,000 in attendance in the fall of 1999.

It was the success of this event that became its own un-doing. In 1999 the city decided that the number of those attending was far more then the neighborhood could hold. After a hearing was held by a judge appointed by the city, the festival was forced to move to Allen Parkway.

3 years and 6 festivals later we have learned that Houstonians want the festival back in Montrose. After 10,000 signatures and 15,000 e-mails the board of the Westheimer Street Festival has decided to bring the festival back to Montrose.

Anyhoo, I LOVE this event! I love hanging out with all different types of people, especially weird people. I respect vast differences in people.
I love this street festival because you get people from every walk of life. This weekend is also to celebrate (Gay)Pride, so there are a LOT of hot gay guys. Which, being hetero, I find depressing. However, that's just me being selfish. I'm sure gay guys appreciate the hot variety of other gay guys.

I think it must have been close to 100 degrees out there. We were sweaty, dehydrated and exhausted by the end of it. Therefore, after we left the festival, we decided to visit the Musee' D'Orsay exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, enjoying air-conditioned works of art.
Thank GOD for a/c!

Posted by De at July 1, 2003 03:49 PM