For the last week, multi-colored flags have been going up all along 17th street and the neighborhood is bubbling with excitement. It's all for this weekend's Capital Pride parade - which winds through Dupont, and will come complete with parade floats, a wax figure of Elton John, and Bruce Vilanch as Grand Marshall. I haven't been to the parade in the past - as a local who doesn't keep track of serious events, I end up planning a simultaneous grocery day that goes nowhere - but like the High Heeled Drag Race, it's a community must. I will definitely check it out this year.
