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Best place for me to catch the Gay Pride festivities?

I'm a straight 31 year old female who's new to town. I want to go enjoy the Pride parade this weekend but really have no idea what to do / where to go. I will be riding solo as my boyfriend has already had enough of the big crows after the Hop Scotch, FolkLife, and Fremont Fair debaucheries back to back.

Can you guys/gals please give me some advice on any places you think I could post up for the day to watch the parade maybe whilst enjoying some refreshing cocktails. I'm not driving, I'm cool on jamming from QA to Cap Hill on teh (cool) bus, so no parking issues.

Any advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated! :D See you there!

SurleyYourMom asked in Pride Week Q&A about 1 year ago | Report
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    SYM - welcome; nice timing!

    As far as drinks, do what friends & I often did at Pride: BYOFlask.

    If you're looking for a sweeping view of the parade:
    The upper balcony/mezzanine of Westlake Mall/Center isn't bad, but kinda far away.
    also: The starbucks at 4th and Pine should be jammed packed, but would make an interesting, more up-close, viewing booth.

    The Dahlia Lounge or Lola (both 4th and virginia, both owned by Tom Douglas) might be ok places to drink and view.
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    The Two Bells tavern/bar/grill on Bell & 4th might be the very best bet.

    There's more than sunday's parade: friday at Cal anderson park there's Prom Dress Rugby; 1pm sat the Wildrose hosts a block party; there's a Dyke March at Seattle Central CC at 5pm saturday; and Julia's gay pride block party happens all weekend. See www.seattlepride.org and click 'events'.

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    Welcome to town! For starters, you don't want to go to Capitol Hill if you want to see the parade. It's downtown, and there's a map here.

    I can't think of a good place to watch the parade from a restaurant; the crowds lining the route would seem to prevent that and I don't recall any balcony seating anywhere along 4th.

    One option is to watch the parade while sipping a refreshing cup of coffee, then heading to Seattle Center where everything is happening post-parade. There's some info here on public Pride events.

     

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