Weekend Road Trip

I spent this past weekend up in Iowa City visiting my friend Daniel.

Photo Set: Iowa City – 2007-06

Daniel was down in Indianapolis the weekend prior and invited me up to hang out. I was in dire need of getting out of town (which I realized mostly after returning back to work on Monday). It had also been a long time since I had any kind of distraction from my life and the stresses of my job, so I just went ahead and drove up there.

Saturday was a lot of fun. It started off with Iowa City’s gay pride march.

I had no idea that I would end up walking with Daniel and his friend Dustin in the parade itself.

After the rally at the Old State Capitol, a group of us ended up at a bookstore. We had discussions with the lady there about Ireland, James Joyce, and lolcats. This cute little guy was there, too.

In the evening, we ended up eating a really good pasta dinner prepared by Daniel. Afterwards, we went out, as all gay people do during gay pride.

The gay bar there in Iowa City seemed alright, but it was very crowded (due to the fact that it was gay pride weekend) and extremely hot. Daniel and I only lasted for a few minutes before we had to leave. He and I ended up at some Mexican joint where we drank some liquids and talked for a long time.

Sunday was relaxing. Daniel and I had brunch with Dustin and some other friends of theirs. I got my eggs over and hard. Afterwards, people met back at Daniel’s place for some banana pudding he made the night prior. It was delicious, but very rich.

So, eventually, I had to leave and made it back home late in the evening on Sunday, ready to face the world the next morning.

Thanks, Daniel, for a fun weekend!