Our pack had a great time last weekend at Atlanta Pride. Friday, Cuddles, my Owner, and I drove down
to Poet’s place to have dinner with his family.
We missed the fun at the Atlanta Eagle Friday night (Sir was tending bar),
but we didn’t mind very much because the home-cooked meal was superlative.
Saturday morning began with me and my omega having some
sexy-fun-puppy time – starting the day off right. Unfortunately, my Owner and Poet had some
costuming work to get done before next month’s steampunk convention, so they weren’t
able to make it to Pride. (And friends Max and Jake couldn't make it down this year b/c they just bought a house.) So Cuddles and
I drove alone the rest of the way into Atlanta and met-up with our Alpha. Sir Loki took us to the Boy Next Door clothing
store so we could find Cuddles some sexy jeans – which we did. While there, we also got to watch a gay porn star
try on underwear. Saturday afternoon, the
pack gathered at Sir’s place for burgers and booze and bad movies. It was a fun, laid-back evening.
Sunday was parade day. It was
raining Sunday morning… but cleared-up by noon and stayed nice. Yay!
Bishop and Hunter met me, Cuddles, and Sir at his place and we drove
over to the nearest Marta to catch the train – a much better plan than driving
into downtown and trying to park like we did last year, which almost caused Shdwkitten
to kill me and Bishop out of frustration.
Still, it was not without its difficulty since it took Sir’s four
puppies like ten minutes to buy Marta passes from the machine. He now better understood Kitten's frustration.
We took the train to the staging area and got suited-up. I was super-super happy to be wearing my Lycra
bodysuit and rubber pup hood out in public, and I borrowed a really great
rubber harness from Sir. Cuddles was
shirtless and rocking his new, sexy jeans and leather pup hood. Hunter had on his Dalmatian zantai under his
leather pants and pack vest, and Bishop was wearing his vest, tail, and booty
shorts. Sir looked amazing in his leather
pants and harness… leading three puppies behind him on-leash. He was one seriously
hot, muscly alpha dog. Woof! I was impressed that he was able to hold all
three leashes for me, Cuddles, and Hunter (while Bishop remained free to fetch
water for us).
The parade was great fun. We passed the Shakespeare Tavern (a place I've loved for many years) and the beautiful Fox Theater. We moved along at a more steady pace this year, so there was a lot less stopping than last year, but every time we did stop I dropped to my knees which inspired a lot of photo ops. Last year I was the only pup on all fours, but this year my three pack-mates joined me. *wags*
I think our pack looked great and really rocked it!
We had quite a lot of people shoot photos of us or with us – both in the
parade and later in the park. I admit I
love posing for photos. (“Puppy” is
another name for “attention whore.”) If
anybody has/finds any photos of us, please send me a copy/link:
pupemrys@gmail.com . If I get any good ones, I'll share them on here.
While I have no photos, 11 Alive once again caught us on camera passing by. The link below is
part 8 of their video. At 7 min. 45 seconds
in, the Southeast Leather Contingent arrives, beginning with the Atlanta Eagle’s
float. Right about 9 minutes in you’ll
see two great-looking pups dancing on the back of the Eagle’s float. I don’t know who they were, but they looked fantastic. Immediately after that you see us walking in front of the Onyx
group. Sir is untangling our leashes so that he can send Cuddles back to
fetch my bag from the Panther’s float.
They cut away to a bear they were interviewing, and then cut back to Sir
smoking a cigar leading three of his puppies (Hunter, me and Bishop) past
the TV camera. Next, you’ll see the
Panthers’ Halloween-themed float.
If you watch the blue cooler at the base of the Jack-n-the-box, you can
see Cuddles retrieving my bag from off the float (at about 10min. 15 sec. mark). And then
you can see our pack's boy Isaac riding shirtless on the back of Panther float
(wearing a yamaka and flagging yellow).
We had a great time this year (even through I did miss my Owner). Happy Pride, everybody. Looking forward to doing it again next year.
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