"Kenny" asks in comments:
"Are you guys staying for Wimbledon?"I hate tennis. Never canvassed FLOGette's feelings on the matter, but I hate it.
Wimbledon does run from June 20 to July 3, so yeah, we'll be there at the same time. But that's not why we're going on the 18th. No sir. We're going for this:
London to go pink for a fortnightHoly shit. I'm all for equal rights and free expression and such, believe me. But a two week pinkathon drawing 250,000 people? Things might get . . . too festive.
London's gay and straight communities unite to celebrate two weeks of theatre, film, sport, comedy and art.More than 250,000 people are hoped to get involved in the 14 day extravaganza which starts on June 18 2005 and culminates in the Pride Parade on July 2.
Pride organisers have changed the format for 2005 and hope to bring a wider visibility to issues facing London's gay and lesbian communities.
Bob Geldof will be opening the parade on July 2 at noon from Park Lane before kicking off the Live8 concert at 2pm in Hyde Park.
Theatre, film, sport, comedy and art will be part of the two-week festival, as London's LGBT (lesbian/gay/bi/transgender) community unites friends and families under the Pride banner.
On the other hand, this means nobody will bat an eye if I run down to the corner store for beers wearing only my leopard skin boxers, as is my wont.
Also: Bob Geldof? I guess I just hadn't thought about it.
Also also: am I the only one weary of how the identity politics crowd always states matters as "(addressing/raising awareness of/bringing visibility to) issues facing X"? It's tiresome. Must we always be addressing various issues? Cut the shit and admit you're throwing a party.
Posted by FLOG at June 11, 2005 3:30 PMWell, at least hang around the grounds, snap some pictures, and have some strawberries with proper English cream. It's supposed to be infinitely better than the neutered stuff that now goes for cream in the states.
Posted by: Kenny at June 14, 2005 6:43 AMYou mean the clotted cream, or just plain old cream?
Posted by: FLOG at June 14, 2005 11:32 AMClotted -- that's the word. Coddling is what you do with eggs. But yes, clotted cream. Yummmm!
Posted by: Kenny at June 14, 2005 6:03 PMClotted cream, yeah. From what I hear it's another product than cream entirely. It's more like butter than cream: kind of a partial rendering with a bit more milk left in than with full butter.
You could probably approximate it at home by cutting melted butter with heavy whipping cream and then letting it set.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to it, and if I encounter some of it in a sealed package, I'll mail it to you. Ooh, imagine that envelope getting smashed!
Posted by: FLOG at June 14, 2005 6:58 PM