Today some friends of mine got married at "the top of the hub" at the prudential center. Amazing view of Boston and surrounding area. This was my first gay wedding.

Now don't get me wrong, I already have some friends that were married in lands where gay marriage was allowed way before it was allowed in Massachusetts.

It was held at a very nice place with an amazing view of Boston and the surrounding cities (52nd story, I had to worry about popping my ears on the ride up and down). I'm very, very happy for them; they've been together for over eight years.

One of the grooms had his family attend all the way from Argentina, while the other only had friends share this occasion (but that's another story).

The family I met from Argentina were really, really nice. My friend's mother already invited me to visit Buenos Aires! I only spoke to her for a while, but she's amazing (now to get the funds to visit Argentina). I've never felt such warm-hearted welcome from people I hadn't met previously.

One of the few couples I met were a gay couple getting married next month. It turns out one of them is a visiting nurse, AND one of his current patients is a former patient of mine! Small world.

The ceremony was great, the dinner was amazing, and it was an open bar. Enough said.



In any case, the vows my friends had were very touching (and funny at times). Many hugs were exchanged and I told them that I was very happy for them.

It's a little past 3am and the flight that was supposed to land at 10pm from chicago made a safe landing.

We were allowed to board the plane sometime after 9pm, but shortly after we pushed from the gate another portion of storm came and shut down the airport. We must have been on the tarmac at least an hour. And unfortunately the direcTV stopped working because of the weather (we flew jetblue). At least I had books and music to read.

In any case, i'm finally home and wide awake. Off to attempt sleep!

So much for going home, there's some nasty weather outside and it's not getting better.

Lightning and thunder and wind and all. The plane that was supposed to take us to boston had to land in milwaukee; we may leave here sometime, but I hope we don't get stuck at the airport overnight.

So it's time to head back to boston after a fun-packed weekend of food, music festivals, and phood.

Right now i'm on the bus route 81 to jefferson park via lawrence avenue. This has certainly been an eye-opening experience: so many different cultures right next to each other. Just on this road there were mexican supermercados next to salvadorean beauty salons, next to korean bakeries, even an albanian grocery store!

It was also a nice change of pace to hear spanish being spoken with a mexican accent. It was great using words and phrases that are typically mexican and not have to explain myself.

Even the gay parts of town were a complete change from what i'm used to seeing in boston! boystown reminded me of my teenage years I spent haning out in est hollywood. People were walking about late at night, they'd say hi to you (hell they even look you in the eye, unlike the place where I live). hell, even the people on the stree in boystown were diverse: I saw people of all shapes, sizes and colors, the mexican lesbian cholas (chola is a female gangster), the gaggle of dramatic ( possibly transgendered) black kids talking up all sorts of drama. If only boston were this diverse, I would go out more.

my friend booked our stay at a bed & breakfast in the edgewater neighborhood. It was a nice place, clean, as well as hip and somewhat trendy; it wasn't too expensive, I think I paid more for the same amount of time in toronto. The neighborhood itself was a mixture of cultures, awesome restaurants as well.

will I be back to chicago? Most definitely. But not sure when.

Adios, chicago! Hasta la proxima!

No milti-day outdoor music festival would be complete without a falafel... At least in my book!

Brazilian girls!!! Thank you for introducing them to me, Joe!!

In chicago now for Lollapalooza this weekend, and I'm very excited.

this is the very first time in this city, I know that being in the city's two airports doesn't count.

Dinner tonight: soft shell crab sandwiches.

Raining in complete sunlight!

Going home now...

Middle of Lake Piseco, NY. greetings to everyone!

Huh, huh, it says "bunghole"

showing my sister along eastern massachusetts. fun times.

Just felt like taking a nonsensical picture for today. No hidden meaning or anything of that sort.

Ouch!! I filled my gas tank with $52.22.

Random bathroon graffiti @ abbey lounge, in somerville, ma.

dinner for tonight. sushi and other japanese phoods.

yummy!

Attempted to take a picture of amsterdam, ny. Heh.. Now I can say I went through amsterdam, i'll leave out the whole ny part.

On my way to new york state. Been driving for 2+hrs; still have 3hrs to go.

Happy May Fifth, everyone!

Tomorrow I have a big day, my first "weekend" since getting back from my vacation. A few months ago, my roommate's father invited me to go to ny state to the family cabin.

I'll be going to the dealer where I bought my car to get the 3,700 mile oil change @ 10am. Then i'll be embarking on an approximate 5 hour road trip to the adirondacks and hanging out (with my roommate, her husband, and her father... And frank, of course) until thursday. Just relax and enjoy wilderness.... Which is kind of funny since I normally don't handle 'wilderness' well, remember the snakes in the garden?

Five hours and I just bought new cds. Got the new portishead, two theivery corporation and one new gotan project. Gotan project cd is all tango and some hip-hop! Should make it for a nice ride through the mountains.

I promise to take pictures and eventually post them online! The sad thing is that I won't be getting much phone coverage or internet... So, if if any of you need to contact me, call my cell and leave voicemail!