We survived a 4-HOUR Pride Parade! Highlights from the LONGEST parade in the world?
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- My grandson and I attended this year's San Francisco Pride Parade and stayed for the entire four hours! It's the longest pride parade I've ever been to.
This was my grandson's first pride parade and my first time at San Francisco Pride. This was a fun bucket list trip for both of us.
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Mason is so beautiful, I wish I could be his age🥰 thank you Mason and Steve for taking us with you 🏳️🌈
Wouldn’t it be fun to go back and do it again at his age? Especially knowing what we know now lol! Thanks Thomas! 🏳️🌈😄👍
I have been to the San Francisco PRIDE Parade once, it was Big Fun, but you really needed to pack a lunch for that one! So glad you had the chance to share this together, what a wonderful memory this makes. 🏳️🌈 Paul
Hi Paul, that’s awesome that you’ve been there too! And yes, we definitely should’ve packed a lunch lol! 🏳️🌈😆👍
Thank so much for taking me along. I used to enjoy going to the local St. Petersburg Pride parade and festival...when I still could - miss those days, but ;live high on the hog with my friend Steve!
Thanks for coming along William. They are a lot of fun, both in person and on CZcams! 😄👍
That was fun to watch. Yes, as long as I can remember the Pride Parade in SF was 4 hours starting at 10:30 am. What you captured seemed less wild and crazy than the 80's and 90's. But back then people arrived from all over the US to join the celebration. Since many Cities now have their own Pride Parades I'm guessing folks celebrate closer to home. Glad you and Mason had a fun time. Geez, hiking 10 miles in SF with so many hills! I remember taking friends and we spent the day doing about 4-5 miles and were tired.
Thanks for sharing that ER. Let’s fun to hear about the history and I think you are absolutely right about that. And I almost died on a couple of those very hilly walks lol. I will be sharing some of those walks in upcoming videos. Lots of huffing and puffing on my part! 😩😆👍
Hope you had a wonderful time together. It looked pretty cool! Like you said, "a lot of firsts for Mason!" Stay safe! ☘️
PS I loved Mason wrapped in the Pride Flag!
lol he was definitely loving that flag. I think he might start sleeping with it wrapped around him! 🏳️🌈😄👍
I ❤❤❤❤ Billy Porter!!! I love the parade videos, too (and of course you and Mason). Oh, and the tribute to Harvey Milk! Thank you!
Me too Sharon! Glad you enjoyed it! 😄👍
Hi Steve just glad you guys Enjoy the parade and thanks again for your wonderful video ❤🌈
Thank you, Tom 🏳️🌈😄👍
Kudos and Bravo, Steve! Your videography was w/o a doubt the best SF Pride footage I've found on YT. The vibrant color and clear close-up images are stellar and show off your skills and camera's quality. Happy you could share the trip with Mason and thrilling to see him draped in his big Pride flag. Happy Pride to you both!
Hi Dan, that is so nice of you to say that. Thank you. 🏳️🌈😄👍
Wow what an amazing day! Felt like I was there without having to stand for 4 hours 😆
So glad y’all experienced it together! ❤🌈
lol, I know, right? It was definitely a fun and special day to remember. 🏳️🌈😄👍
Awesome video. Thank for sharing this with us. Seeing all the love for the LGBTQ community just brings me joy. 🌈🌈❤️❤️☺️☺️
Thanks for coming along Jody. It really is a day full of joy. 🏳️🌈😄👍
Glad you all had a good time. Funny how that parade hasn't changed much over the years. Thanks for showing us around. Take care.
That’s interesting to know. Thanks, Maria. 😄👍
Thank you Steve and Mansion for taking us along your parade for pride month, l hope you had fun together.
Thanks, Syreeta, we sure did! 😄👍
What a great day for you to share with Mason Steve!!! Thanks for taking us along 🏳️🌈 Joan
Thanks for coming along Joan! 😄🏳️🌈👍
So happy to see you and Mason hanging out and making memories. He is such a beautiful person, as are you,Steve!✌️❤️🙏🏼
Thanks Gypsy and we sure made a lot of those! 😄👍
nice memorable time in San Fransisco, fun watching the Pride Parade 🌈♥️ luv this
Glad you enjoyed it cath! 😄👍
Wow Steve!! That looked like a lot of fun! Thanks for taking us along.❤🏳️🌈
It sure was. Thanks for coming along with us Susan. 😄👍
Glad you all had a great time at the parade.... Safe travels.... Reid.
Thanks Reid 👍
Awesome parade, love it. Happy Pride 🏳️🌈
Thanks, Denise and happy pride 🏳️🌈😄👍
What an amazing Experience memorable moment for you both
Absolutely loved this video!! Thank you so much for sharing!
And good job doing all that walking for me lol.
And love love love the hair Mason!!!!!!❤❤
So glad you enjoyed it d and thanks! 🏳️🌈😄👍
That was sooooo much walking, but well worth it. We need to visit one day. Great video guys!
Thanks, John and I hope you get to! 😄👍
Great weather for the parade this year. I live in SF and used to go every year since 1978, and sometimes it can get windy 0r foggy or too hot. Now I watch on TV. Hope you had a good visit.
Hi Andy, that’s awesome that you’ve been going since 1978! We do get very lucky and had beautiful weather for the entire weekend! 🏳️🌈😄👍
Mr. Steve, thanks for sharing this amazing video. I loved the Pride Parade ❤🎉 Beautiful floats, and people. Tell Mason I love the hair color. Greetings from your friend in the great Peach 🍑 State of Georgia 🍑
Thanks so much, Janice! 😄👍
WOW, Good job on the editing. Looks like you both had fun. Happy Pride!!!
Happy pride, David. And yes, I was happy with myself that I was able to edit four hours down to about 15 minutes a parade lol! 😆👍
Welcome to the "City That Knows How" Steve and Mason...so excited for you!😊🌈🌻🌼
Thanks, Catherine! 😄👍
I love everything about this video Steve and Mason. What a special memorable trip 🏳️🌈
That’s nice to hear Esliet! 🏳️🌈😄👍
Hi Steve. I went to that parade once about 30 years ago. I said the same thing. It went on forever. It's a great experience to go.
That’s neat to know that you went too and that it hasn’t changed since way back then lol! 😆👍
Hi Steve and Mason that’s so neat you guys could do this together !!! Looks like fun❤
Thanks, Jackie, it was! 😄👍
Well worth the four hours you’ll always remember
I agree Danette 😄👍
Another amazing post! Happy Pride! So pleased to see you well and having a blast! ❤
Thanks so much Diane! 😄👍
I love Mason's hair! Next year I expect to see you both in the parade! That would be so fun for the both of you. Such memories. If my daughter or Granddaughters are in the parade I would be with them. Imagine me hobbling along with my cane. Thank you for sharing this with us Steve.
I like the way you think Debbie! 😄👍
Wow, so that's what 2024 Pride looks like in SF. It seems so much calmer like. Decades later lol. I had just turned 24 before the Pride parade there in 1981, and it was wild and out of control (but not in a violent way) and was near the City Hall building (if memory serves me correctly) where so many people were there, lots of topless women, hardly clad men and most of the music floats had lots of main stream singers, mega Disco of course. My 1st experience with friends, one whom moved to SF from Norfolk then and the other whom flew from Va. Beach to be there. I flew from LA and missed my returning flight the next day or so after parade over sleeping from being so very tired. I'm sure you two were, lots of walking and four hours? Wow! Hope your grandson enjoyed it with you. He looked happy about it.
Hi kb, thanks so much for sharing that awesome personal memory with us. that’s really what I was expecting. I was surprised that it was so tame and so corporate and even though it was a lot of fun it was probably the most boring of all the pride parades I’ve been to over the years. It’s funny how things can change over time. I love hearing stories like yours from the past! And you remember correctly. We were near the start of the parade at the Embarcadero, but the parade ends at the Civic Center and that’s where they have the huge festival. 🏳️🌈😄👍
wow! That was Fantastic to watch !
And you guys took buses and subway!! I would be so lost trying to take public transportation.
As I recall S.F. is a tough place to drive and park your car!
We definitely got kind of lost at times, but that was also part of the fun. Driving and parking would have been even more of a nightmare, so I just left my car in the hotel parking the entire stay, and we walked or took public transportation, the rest of the time. Thanks for watching W! 😄👍
Thanks for covering SF Pride. I haven't been to one in quite a while. My first was in 1973 when it was more of a demonstration than a parade. Either way, it was always a joyous occasion. Back then, it was the largest in the world, even outsizing New York and Toronto. It's been a while and it's good to see it's still quite festive. Thanks again.
That’s awesome to hear. Thank you for sharing your memories with us and Dixie. 😄👍
Looks like a lot of fun! I lived in SF for 30 years and went to all the Pride parade celebrations. You have to come back for the Castro St. Fair in October!
Hi Ray, thanks for sharing your memories with us and thanks for the heads up. I will add that to my calendar. 🏳️🌈👍
Hope you had a great time, I really enjoyed your video ❤
Thank you so much Monika, we really did! 😄👍
Hi Steve...the parade looked like fun ....fours hours is a long time .... Mason is a blonde...is he having more fun ...have a great week ..take care.... Deborah 🇨🇦
lol I think he is having more fun now as a blond! 😆👍
Hello!! 4 hours...long day for sure...thanks for the video Steve
Thanks, Lisa 👍
Steve please take you and Mason out for a Wonderful Dinner? Happy 4th to you and Mason!!
Hi Sho, I thought about you when we were up there and trying to find vegan restaurants. We were shocked how difficult it was happy fourth to you too. 🎇😄👍
That looked like fun! I love that the furries showed up too, haha
lol there were so many Furrys there almost became a furry pride parade! 😳😆🏳️🌈👍
Happy Pride ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Thanks, Rocky 😄👍
Good morning Steve
Good morning Martha 👋
How fun..
Congratulations. Almost 4 hours wow. You both have a lot of stamina..
Thanks, Charles 😄👍
Excellent video.
I watch them on my tv on CZcams.🏳️🌈❤️😊🎉😍
Thanks Kelly! 😄👍
@steveinpalmspringsca No problem, my friend. 😊
Lived in the Bay Area for 35 years, never went to the San Francisco pride parade. I may go one year, but now I’m in Florida also known as hell in more ways than one.
Hi Kristen, lol that nickname sounds about right! 😂😩👍
@@theretiredlifewithsteve yeah I got that as a kid
Hi Steve and Mason! 👋🌞
Good morning Linda 👋
Grandchildren are Fun....
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Glad you enjoyed Pride in the city...we decided to watch the parade from of living room and avoid the crowds this year. Next time you are up for Pride, head to the Castro after the parade...the party continues.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for the heads up do! 😄🏳️🌈👍
Got to march ages ago at this parade as part of the SFran Public Library contingent. It was long too. We didn't step off until over two hours after it started. I was there also as a participant of the American Library Association annual conference where we had a GLBT group within the association.
That’s awesome John. Thanks for sharing those memories with us. 😄🏳️🌈👍
Suffice to say completed two bucket list to go to an ALA annual conference and to see a large gay pride parade. Never imagined I'd get to walk in one. Tricky because of the cable car tracks.
The question is....Did you go to the festival after the parade?? Even if I have friends and people I know in it, I just can't do it anymore. Too many people, too close, it feels a bit unsafe because you are so crowded. Maybe it's thinned out some since Covid, but it is always an incredibly fun time, everyone, for the most part, is happy, having a great time, friendly and welcoming. It is, for sure, something everyone should experience at least once. So many people fought so hard for their right to be accepted, to be out and be real, it is absolutely a celebration for so many.
Hi Derek, you said it beautifully. Unfortunately, by the end of the parade, I was on the verge of diarrhea and we had to get back to the hotel as fast as possible. Very bad timing. 😳😲😩
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goodmorning steve
Good morning James 👋
You have a great relationship with your grandson i wish i could be so close to my nieces and nephews they dont seem to like me very much
Sorry to hear that Scott. 🙁
Scott and I used to do a lot of pride stuff in our younger years. But as we're getting older a quiet day at home is more enjoyable lol.
Oh and now it means a long drive to Tampa, Orlando, St Petersburg or Gainesville for pride stuff.
Hi Todd, thanks for sharing those memories with us. I agree with you. It gets more difficult to go to these things each year. But I enjoy representing the old gays whenever possible lol! 😄🏳️🌈👍
In the past, some of the parades were 5 hours and over
Omg that is crazy. Thanks for sharing that with us Spencer. 😳😲😆
Steve.. I wish I knew you were going to the parade, I was there also, we could have connected and watched the parade together
Hi Spencer, I mentioned that I was going to the parade in a couple of my past videos. Sorry you missed my announcement that would’ve been fun. Maybe next time! 😄🏳️🌈👍
@@theretiredlifewithsteve I must have missed that, well, glad you two had fun
What a blast Steve how far are you from San fran
It took us eight hours to get there. I think it’s about 500 miles away.
Whats with the guy putting his shorts on at 3:46
It been shorter since 2020 use to be 6 hours before
Omg, that’s crazy! Thanks for sharing that with us! 😳😲😆
Did mason change his hair color? Just noticed he got his ears pierced? Looks like they had a pretty good crowd.
Yes, he died his hair blonde for the summer. In the video, it looks a little bit more on the red side, though. His ears have been pierced for years, but maybe the angle of the camera highlighted the piercings. And yes, it was a huge crowd. The estimate that there was close to 1 million people there. We were just in one very, very tiny little section at the start of the parade. 🏳️🌈😄👍
What a wonderful parade! I would love it from the comfort of a lawn chair.
lol I know, right? 🎇😄👍
WTF!! 3:48
Hi guys
Hi Beth 👋
Steve, Did you guys go to Civic Center after the parade? Were you able to even walk around there ? I know what it's like, lol, did you go to the Castro?
Yes, it was insane and we did go to the Castro. I will be sharing a video of our walk around the Castro soon. 😄👍
Steve... Did you see the SF police in drag?
Hi Spencer, I filmed the entire parade, but they were all going by so fast that I didn’t catch that. I probably captured it on film, but I didn’t notice it when I was editing. So many fun moments. They were pointing that out. 😳😄👍
It looks like an enjoyable experience for both of you?
It sure was Chad! 😄👍
Looks like fun we have something like that in Sydney I haven’t been it yet but niece went this year she isn’t gay she married a man last December I will go to it at some point because it’s fun
I’ve heard that the one in Sydney is huge and very popular. I hope you get to attend the next one, Stephen! 😄👍