Out & About San Diego with Jim Frimmer, Your Realtor in Mission Valley — 36th Annual San Diego Pride Parade and Festival July 17-18, 2010

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San Diego's annual LGBT Pride Parade and Festival began 36 years ago as a small protest parade. Today it is one of the premier LGBT Pride events in California, and is also the fifth largest LGBT Pride event in America (behind San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago).

The parade starts at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday and is scheduled to end at 1:00 p.m. Plan on it going a little longer; it always does. There are usually over 180 parade entries, including colorful floats, singing and dancing contingents, and, of course, politicians waving at the crowds and seeking what increasingly is becoming a large and powerful minority vote.

After the parade, which usually attracts about 150,000 people, join about 50,000 of them in beautiful Balboa Park for the two-day Pride Festival. Doors open for the Festival at noon on Saturday and stay open until 10:00 p.m. On Sunday, times are 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

More than a hundred vendor booths sell everything from food and drink to jewelry to pictures to home furnishings to cars and even real estate. There are many music events and dance floors encompassing a wide range of music and dance, as well as various free health clinics.

If you come to the Parade and Festival and decide that you'd like to move to San Diego, please contact me and I'll help you find your dream home. If you're looking for something special in our many gay-friendly neighborhoods, I can recommend the following:

• Hillcrest, the heartbeat of LGBT San Diego
• Azalea Park, a neighborhood that fell out of favor until LGBT people moved in and revitalized it fifteen years ago
• Balboa Park
• Banker's Hill
• Downtown San Diego
• Golden Hill
• Kensington
• Mission Valley, where there are 39 great condominium complexes
• North Park
• South Park
• University Heights

For more news and a complete schedule of events at the Pride Festival, click on San Diego Pride.

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I'm available 24/7, so feel free to contact me by phone or email.

Jim Frimmer, Realtor
Century 21 Award Mission Valley
California DRE License #01458572
619-729-5701
jimfrimmer@century21award.com
Mission Valley Condos Information

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