takin' it to the streets... halleloo!

TUESDAY APRIL 12th, 2011

on friday jimmy and i drove out to his sister yolie's house in norwalk to celebrate his dad's birthday.

he looks good, right? i hope i have that much hair when i'm 73!

clcik on any image to enlarge.

the next night i victor and i stopped by the scion installation gallery in culver city for a reception. the gift bags were already gone by the time we arrived (damn!) so we grabbed some wine and made do with the art and some people watching.

on sunday i headed to little tokyo for the cicLAvia kickoff.

just as i parked i noticed lance armstrong pulling his bike out of an suv and i got this shot.

and just outside the japanese american national museum i got a couple of mr. armstrong greeting mayor villaraigosa

which was pretty lucky since the crowd at the press conference was kind of crazy. people really do love them some lance armstrong.

also at the kickoff were several city councilmembers and actress daphne zuniga.

the crowd this time was even bigger than the first cicLAvia in october and the mood was super friendly. the beautiful weather may have had something to do with it but i think too that more and more people are ready to leave their cars and get together for some exercise and fun.

i caught up with victor f, lawrence and robert near city hall.

i totally dropped the ball on getting a bike of my own sunday but i have vowed not to let that happen at the next cicLAvia on july 10th. who's with me?

for more info on the upcoming ciclavias go to http://www.ciclavia.org/content/action-center.

after the ciclavia i made my way to the bonaventure hotel where i volunteered at the glaad media awards which promote inclusive portrayals of lgbt people and is always a fun party. this year's show was hosted by amy poehler and rashida jones.

colin farrell gave out the first award.

and there were appearances by kirsten dunst, omar epps and others including dolly parton, below.

some of the cast of modern family which tied for outstanding comedy series with...

...glee, represented here by chris colfer right, and mike o'malley center, who portray the popular characters kurt and his dad burt. the award was presented by joel mc hale, left.

outstanding reality series was project runway. shown here are the show's producers with last season's mondo guerra and michael costello.

mondo and michael just after winning their award. loving the socks.

halleloo indeed!

ru paul's drag race's shangela.

vanguard award recipient kristen chenoweth gave a moving and hilarious speech about her family and friends. love, love, love her!
on the way out i finally got my hands on a gift bag (with a big bottle of lube inside!) but skipped the post-show party. after the ciclavia, the volunteering and the show i was so ready for bed.

where i slept like a baby.

and how was your weekend?