PRIDE is always fun, and I remain forever grateful that my mother took me and my sister to PRIDE regularly when we were children here in SF. It is a great celebration, and there is powerful sense of community and JOY that has always made a positive impression on me!
A favorite side benefit of being a local who loved local celebrations is that there is carryover from the Carnaval celebrations just a few weeks before: our friends and neighbors had already been practicing for months and have fantastic costumes, and so joining in on the fun and sharing joy with another local community makes perfect sense!