Pride Week in Toronto - June 2008
Whew, what a week... it started with the kick-off Xtra! party last Thursday, over 10 days ago, at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre . It was a great way to start Pride Week, as everyone from Toronto was out that night, including all of our friends from the Toronto Pride committee, as well as the folks from Xtra! My friends from the IGLTA ( George Carrancho, Richard Brower and Bryan Herb ) were all there, as they just had a reception at Ric Tremaine's place over at Gloucester Square Inn for IGLTA members and their friends. Also at the party were Bruce McDonald of TravelGayCanada.com and John Kenyon of ProudFM.com . The IGLTA gang stayed the weekend (we had board meetings through Saturday evening)... we were entertained with a wonderful dinner at CN Tower , as well as another over-the-top dinner at the nearby Sheraton Centr e hosted by Loren Christie . We stayed nearby at the Hilton , host hotel for our 2009 IGLTA Convention in May. Well, Sunday rolled along and the IGLTA g