GAY DAY & 35 YEAR REUNION

(photo courtesy barry morse)

i had a little booth at the GAY DAY FAIR in WEHO yesterday as part of THE TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION & EROTIC CITY.
i haven't been to gay day for about 20 years!.. what an experience.. it's like i don't recognize weho anymore..
actor JAMES FRANCO was there to promote something, and SHARON & KELLY OSBORNE were the grand marshals. the gals got into a shouting match with the god hates fags groups.. there seemed to be allot more of the GHF's this year, and they were allowed to be closer to the main area, which doesn't make sense to me. it's like the LAPD is looking to create a riot. in the meantime they had all these riot squad police on the ready, including 3 police buses ready to take people to jail... WTF?



i then met up with my very long-time friend ERIC HEINS. we go all the way back to grammar school, met when we were 10 years old! i took him to see my parents.. it was the sweetest 34 year reunion i've ever been to.

back in 1974 eric heins, roberto munoz & i used to walk to and from high school everyday like clockwork. one day eric made some comment that roberto didn't like and roberto shoved him into the ice plants.... it's one of those things where you had to be there to understand just how funny it was, but we laughed about this all the way home and pretty much laughed about it for the rest of that school year.

so, in honor of our past, ERIC HEINS and I went back to the street of grandridge ave just south of SCHURR HIGH SCHOOL, where i found the exact spot where eric was pushed into the iceplants.

HERE IS A RECREATION OF ERIC PUSHED IN THE ICE PLANTS~ 36 YEARS LATER!