San Diego Pride organizers migrated mostly online, offering a day-long presentation of music, interviews and congratulatory messages from celebrities, community leaders and local elected officials. “Usually you see everyone you know and it’s such a happy day. “The crowd is different this year for sure,” she said. “We so want to support our businesses here, and support our friends - even if it’s from a distance,” said Tessaverne, who runs a mobile bar business that has been affected by the pandemic. She parked in Normal Heights and rode her bike to Rich’s San Diego, the noted Hillcrest nightclub that was doing a relatively brisk business. Quincy Tessaverne came south from Del Mar early Saturday to celebrate the event. Restaurants were able to serve lunches and dinners on patios throughout the day, with appropriate social distancing and a bottle of hand sanitizer set on most every dining table. This year, the turnout was much lower, even if the enthusiasm was not.ĭozens of businesses hung rainbow flags outside their storefronts. Shops and restaurants would be so crowded that lines for table service would stretch out the door for hours upon end, and the parties would last into the early morning. In a normal year, tens of thousands of people would jam the sidewalks along the length of the parade route all the way to Balboa Park.
“It seems like this year more than ever, we need community.”
“This is a great way to participate,” Sanchez said. The men’s life coach said it was important to him to be at the opening. Jesus Sanchez of University Heights was among them, waiting astride his bicycle for the green light to get going behind the motorcycles.
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While the women motorcyclists rolled west on University Avenue, 25 or 30 bicycle riders trailed behind as drivers slowed and honked their car horns to show their support.