My First NY Pride…

In my friend group Pride events are a pretty typical conversation piece (well amongst my gay friends any way lol). So you can imagine my chagrin when my friends wanted to plan a trip to New York for world pride only minutes after returning from Miami pride. The level headed version of myself said “HELL NO!” While the adventurous free-spirited me said “LETS GET IT!”

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic really forced me to lean into my wants and desires with an open mind. Meaning I say yes to A LOT MORE. And don’t get me wrong, I MAKE MISTAKES ON THE DAILY but i’m learning to love doing so. As Beyoncé says “i’m NOT afraid of making mistakes they make you who you are.”

So mistake or not my friends and I booked an airbnb and went off to New York for yet another pride. And my first EVER New York PRIDE!

We had an AMAZING time! Of course it wasn’t all uphill—we were kicked out of our Airbnb for reasons that are STILL unbeknownst to us. Our friend Eric lost his phone in an Uber, luckily we were able to retrieve it. We overbooked, over spent, and over exerted ourselves (it wouldn’t have been an adventure if we didn’t get into some form of mischief). #sirnicholasadventures

However, thanks to our go with the flow friend group we were able to make the best out of a topsy-turvy weekend. And we have memories/stories to last a life time!