Oh sure, filth is still an integral part of Pride, and sweathogs and pisspigs are welcome to roam free all month long, but at least the pavement can look marginally presentable. Help pick up trash, wipe away detritus, and clear away clutter. With a month's worth of Pride ahead of us, the time is ripe for a little scrub-down and cleanup on Capitol Hill, and Pridefest is very responsibly taking the lead on giving the streets a little spit-shine. That is not the reaction we want guests to have when they visit the gayborhood. 'What a dump,' Bette Davis famously said, later imitated by Elizabeth Taylor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
