A Celebration of Pride...

I just wanted to take a moment and thank all of the amazing people who stopped by my

booth at this year's Twin Cities Pride Festival in Minneapolis. It is always so wonderful to meet so many amazing people, and get to know some of my future sailors! Did you know that the Twin Cities pride festival is one of the oldest and largest pride festivals in the country? The Minneapolis and St Paul queer community was one of the first groups to hold a remembrance parade for the Stonewall event that happened the year earlier. Resulting in one of the first pride parades in the world, and to this day, one of the largest pride celebrations in the country. Always proud to be a Minnesota gay!

Speaking of Pride festivals, I have a schedule change to let you know about. Unfortunately I will not be participating in this years Palm Springs Pride Festival. The organizers have made a decision to focus on local businesses, and limit outside small vendors, by increasing our participation fee by more than 100%. I understand the need to focus on local businesses, but it's really hard for a small business to afford a 100% increase in fees. I feel there are better ways for me to spend $1500 dollars.

That said....

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

I will be hosting a booth at this year's Virginia Pride in Richmond! We are moving our home base to Washington DC, so this is a perfect way for me to start spreading some Nauti Daddy love around the Northeast. I will put a link below, so you can find all the details about the Virginia Pride. I hope you can stop by and say hi, it's always a pleasure to meet all of you and talk about sailing!