Orlando Pride

Just arrived back from Orlando this morning at 4 am. I think if it wasn't for the Red Bull and Mountain Dew, we would've definitely not made it. The drive down was not too bad, but once we saw the hotel we booked, it was clear that we would pay money NOT to stay there lol I'm not going to name the hotel but lets just say it wasn't in the best part of town and the fountain they had out front was green. Enough said.

Anyways, I'd have to say my first show was a great experience! The turnout was pretty good even though it rained at one point. But I got tons of positive feedback and people seemed to love the concept behind Unbound. There was 3 of us holding down the fort, so it wasn't too bad when we were bombarded lol (btw, thanks guys, you two were awesome!!!!). I always love going to pride because of all the interesting people you run into as well as the diversity (of course) that you experience. Everyone is so friendly and just out to have a great time. I also had a free raffle going on which attracted tons of people, so many that I ran out of contest slips!

As you can see from the photos, the booth turned out quite nice for us not having a previous plan lol. Set up was exhausting since it was like 90 degrees and two of us were wearing jeans! What the hell were we thinking, right?? So there was a lot of sweating and maybe some heat stroke, but thank God we had some water! I think everyone was secretly celebrating when it started raining because at least it gave us some time to breath and not suffocate to death lol. For all the people we got to meet: thank you so much for all your supporting words and encouragement.

This is just the beginning and I'm so excited for what's to come in the near future :)

In other news, I just signed up to be a vendor at Atlanta Pride, which is 2 weeks away. It'll be nice to have a local show and network in my city. Looking forward to that, so if any of you are going, come see me!!