The Annual Playground Gathering

Seeing each other again for the first time in a year in many cases...

Joe making his way through the crowd.  Kevin and daughter Lily playing in sand.

Kevin, Jon, Tim and others.  Joe & Kevin gossiping.  Alexandra and Tess (from New Jersey).

Tina holding Snowball with Rosanna.  Rosanna and Tina walking.  Rocky on slide.

Drew with Lily.  Drew.  Alexandra and friend.  Denzel on swing.

The Shows

Not pictured here among the shows that Eric and I saw is Trinity (a real appreciator of facial hair and someone who understands that I am a bear).  Trinity is actually a friend of Kevin and Jon's.  Her site is linked at the top of this page.

Eric kissing a mannequin.  Marilyn Monroe and Barbra Streisand impersonators in Guys As Dolls at the Post Office Cafe!

Here are Lily & Alexandra -- the protégés -- in front of their idols perhaps?  Big Boned Barbie and one of her friends look like they could be related to Alex and Lily, don't they?  Alex and Lily were lucky enough to get signed posters from them.  They saw the show twice this year and once last year.  Big Boned Barbie is a.k.a. Kandi Kane, who produced a  wonderful show and then introduced Alex and Lily to the entire audience as kids who had gay dads.  In the picture on the right is Jon and Eric betwixt three talented "ladies".

The Families/Parties

Jon and Kevin throw a party for the families.  Lily and Alex take pictures of each other.

Hope and other kids upstairs.  Elizabeth center.  Wayne & Sal of Staten Island, New York celebrate TWENTY-EIGHT years together!

Mariel and Harris of San Francisco on the left.  On the right is Joe and Eric (picture taken by Wayne Steinman).

Mariel and Harris.  A couple of dads.  Two pictures of Denzel.

Alexandra took these of Joe on the left and Jon on the right.  A San Diego dad and his son are in the middle.

The Museums & Sights

Eric's has a dear friend named Lana, whose father studied with Hans Hofmann.  In the middle and right are Joe, Jon and Kevin after touring lots of galleries.

All of the above two lines were at the Hofmann gallery.

Two people taking a stroll in nice clothes on Commercial Street.

Alexandra, Joe & Snowball.  Eric making like he's getting into his car with his matching shirt.  Eric making like he's in front of his house in right picture.

The Beach & Pool

Eric posing for Alexandra.

Eric getting some sun on one of the few warm days we had this year.  Alexandra at the pool.  Jon and another father chewing the fat.  Joe poses on the right at the beach.

Alexandra overlooking the town and the Pilgrim's Tower (the tallest granite structure on the East Coast).

Alex, Joe & Alex and Eric in front of one of the Provincetown Inn's beautiful murals.

Lily & Alex at pool.  Rocky & Lily on swing.  Lanschell, Lydia and Alexandra on swing.

Incredibly cute Doriana.  David with Helen.  Julie with Doriana on beach.

Eric and Gavin in left photos.  Barry, Helen and David on right.

Garrison and Gavin in left photographs.  David on right.

Rick Davis with William from Los Angeles.  Alex and Lily with balloons.  Dad and daughter from Colorado on right.

Lily & Alex in front of sunset.  Eric in front of sunset at Herring Cove.  Families galore on right.

Eric with Snowball.  Joe wearing Alex's hat.  Joe & Eric.  Lily & Alex at Race Point.

Lily, Snowball and Alex on lifeguard chair.  Eric and Snowball at Race Point.

The Restaurants and Family Dinners

Various families.  Garrison and Gavin in foreground.  Donald and Rachel on right.

Eric talks with kids who are posing for camera and holds Rachel on right.

Alex and Lydia.  Alex taking a break from dancing.  Rachel and her brother.

Donald and two of his kids.  Julie and Doriana.  Rocky at restaurant during the rain.

Rocky and Alex.  Kevin and Jon and then Joe on right wishing the rain would go away.

Tina on left then Tina's mother and Rosanna in middle during another rainy day.  Alex in front of one of the many stores with stained glass items (which Eric has a weakness for).

Jon and Kevin at Euro Grill.  Alex and Joe at same restaurant.  Alex and Lily at Cafe Blasé.

This picture is of Joe and Rosanna taken by Wayne Steinman.

The Shops

Joe in front of the store poses for Alex.  Eric with Snowball in middle photos.  Joe and Eric on the right.

Lily, Joe, Alex and Snowball on left.  Eric, Alex, Lily & Snowball in middle.  Joe on right at night.

A stained glass lamp Eric was drooling over.  Eric poses in two photos with a prop we found in the closet of the apartment we rented, which went well with Joe's pirate shirt.