Almost 24 hours in NYC: I went very last minute from Washington DC to NYC. Took the train leaving DC last Sat. at 8:45 pm and arrived at Penn Station at 12:30 am Sunday night. I ended up not participating in the circuit party thing. It wasn't for me. Now that I saw some of these posts, regarding Nokia/Loveland, I don't feel so bad not going. Instead, I went to my favorite 24 hr. Korean BarBQ restaurant in Midtown. Then I went to visit a very famous club back in the 80's that was revived called the Pyramid. They had a Michael Jackson tribute that evening. Unfortunately, they already closed when I got there at 4:30 am. I then went to this place called the West Side Club. The queue to get in snaked around the foyer area of this club. This club featured a sauna that was broken. It also had a non-existent steam room. It was a trip to also see some DC guys at the club as well. Many guys had the "look but don't touch" posture. Then it was daylight. I went to my favorite Russian cafe, the Veselka for breakfast. The highlight of my day was seeing the parade from Midtown close to the Empire State Building. I never saw so many Cuban flags and Cubanos represented in the parade, as if Stonewall also equated for them, the liberation of travel together with gay rights and hopefully one day, marriage. I also went to the festival in Greenwich Village, which was quite good, also featuring some unknown singers, all for free. The day was warm to hot. The sky was clear. All in all, I had a wonderful time. At 5ish pm that Sun. it was time to depart NYC Penn Station for the train ride home to DC, arriving back at 8:55 pm. I did not get to dance. But I did get to enjoy a pleasant stay roaming the city. 24 hours later, I felt like a zombie, also in major recovery mode but with good memories of Pride NYC.