Castro Street Fair 2010

As I organize all my pics from Stompede I see that I never posted any from this year's Castro Street Fair. As usual, Hardly Strictly was deep in the fog of Golden Gate Park and the Castro Street Fair was almost too warm in the clear skies and Indian summer sunshine.


After leaving my bag at the boot check (can we take moment for how awesome it is that Sundance Saloon hosts a boot check?) I met up first with PeeDee, and then enjoyed an afternoon stroll of the fair with Old Friend and new Alert Reader Michael Smith.

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I LOVE the Castro Street Fair—it's like a ginormous garden party where I get to see all my friends, many of whom I see rarely and maybe only at this event. Then after an hour or two of mingling, I get to dance outside with my buddies until the sun sets.
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My two favorite take-away photos of the day are these:

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I love that line dancing photo if only for this detail, which I turned into a "caption this" contest on Facebook:


A full disclaimer was necessary though as these two are actually friends and were only singing the lyrics of the line dance song, albeit animatedly, at each other. I also learned that they shared an ex and the knowing onlooker might think they had finally gone at each other. Rest assured, there is nothing but love and dancing (same thing) going on here.

However, the candid was priceless, and garnered such captions as:

• "Move over bacon...here comes something meatier"
• "And ANOTHER thing I don't like about you..."
• "I've been BEYOND nice until now... GET THE DAMNED STEP RIGHT OR I SWEAR I'LL KICK YOU IN THE... [pant, pant, pant... sigh] ...ahem... SO... 5, 6, 7, 8 and STEP..."
• "Yes my birthday's tomorrow but I'm still younger than you."
• "Miracle Whip and mayonnaise are NOT the same thing!"
• "I don't care what it looks like, there's no way Wilson is kissing a woman in his profile!"
• "Step on my toe one more time Missy and then we're going to do some real two-stepping."
• "If you don't stop back-leading..."
• "‎"I told you before we left the house to wear your flats at the fair and keep your boots just for dancing. Now suffer in silence!""
• ‎"Just because I'm wearing a squirrel t-shirt doesn't mean I want to put your nuts in my mouth!"
• "Wonder Woman could TOTALLY kick Buffy's ass!"
• "Jexzbel!"
• ‎"Oh Healll NO! Ah' Did NOT learn't this dance for you to come in and stand all up front of THIS while ever'one was cruisin' Me! Step OFF the flo'...."
• ‎"Listen Missy, if you don't know the lyrics to the song...it's 'can't read my, can't read my, can't read my poker face!'"

First Runner Up: "Pull my finger"

and Winner: "And that, Majorie, just so you will know—and your children will someday know—is the night...the lights...went out...in GEORGIA!"