Reese's World: 06/01/2007

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Always on the phone...

Always on the phone..., originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

Rainbows in sonoma

Rainbows in sonoma, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

Sonoma

Sonoma, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

My citycarshare and I heading up to sonoma

My citycarshare and I heading up to sonoma, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

Friday, June 29, 2007

Pride 2007! Mark Leno contingent

i came up with the t-shirt design, as per the front and back looks below:

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Brian and the leftovers...

Brian and the leftovers..., originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

Olive garden

Olive garden, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

from the latest newsletter of the san francisco aids foundation

My own girlie man

My own girlie man, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

Monday, June 25, 2007

from the PFLAG contingent in yesterday's parade:
Shirley Olivo said her son came out as gay when he was 23. He is now 37. "When he told me, we cried, we hugged. I didn't know what to do. But I told him I didn't want to see him on any floats in San Francisco. Now here I am."

Sunday, June 24, 2007

great day for pride, and great turnout for Team Leno with 100+ people in our fashionable blue shirts. more pictures to come. i was actually way too busy to take any flickr photos

Line dancing for pride

Line dancing for pride, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Lime pride

Lime pride, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

my little club which i serve on the board and as newsletter editor is having a big week here in san francisco. the alice b. toklas lgbt democratic club is hosting its annual pride breakfast tomorrow morning as it does every year with local elected officials. last year we had a first in hosting a gubernatorial candidate at our breakfast. this year, we have a major national first as Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards, joins us for breakfast. there's a good article here about the significance of this. for most years in the past, even our friendly presidential candidates distanced themselves from actual gay pride events, but the times-they-are-a-changin' and shows that we are becoming more accepted and sought after. and shows a great deal of courage and strength from the Edwards campaign.

as an aside, i'm actually going to miss it. as i am in charge of putting together my boss's pride parade contingent and want to make sure everything goes smoothly, i'm going to be preparing that all morning and won't have time to stop by the breakfast as i usually do. but, it's ok, i'm excited for the club, and our community, as a whole.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

How many Reeses?

How many Reeses?, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

Pride

Pride, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

City Hall displaying pieces of the aids memorial quilt and the pride flag

City Hall displaying pieces of the aids memorial quilt and the pride flag, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Dog park

Dog park, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

--Reese

What's in your office?

What's in your office?, originally uploaded by Reeses World.

really freaky bear attack in a national park in utah. fyi

Monday, June 18, 2007

documentary fever:

had a terrific time last week. got tickets to see the new documentary film by michael moore, sicko, at a special screening with the mayor, his staff, other local politicos, and michael moore himself. and then afterwards mr. moore did a q&a with the audience. it was fun and incredibly informative. jessie and justin came along and we had a really great time.

then last night i finally got around to rewatching the times of harvey milk. now i had seen this movie before, but actually seen it before i moved here to san francisco years ago. so while watching it back then was interesting from a gay perspective, it was all the more interesting now from a san francisco perspective. i knew many of the people in the movie from a personal frame now, understood the issues a lot more involved in city politics, and felt a stronger connection to the people involved. additionally, everybody i know now looked so young then! of course.

anyway, been a really useful week of documentary productions. i hope 'sicko' goes on to be as important and wide-spread as al gore's environmental movie, inconvenient truth, did, because it clearly shows the terrible state of affairs we have in this country with utilizing health 'insurance' rather than 'health care'