Gay Seniors Crash My Wedding!
Not really. 😀
Seppo and I got married at Madison’s at the Lake Merritt Hotel last year.
I randomly stumbled upon an article entitled, “Closets are for clothes, not for seniors” which outlines a new LGBT retirement community in Oakland, slated to open in the fall of this year. In the same hotel we got married in. Awesome!
Hoping to “revolutionize senior housing,†three openly gay housing specialists announced today the opening this fall of one of the country’s first urban independent-living communities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) seniors—in the historic landmarked Lake Merritt Hotel.
The project, Barbary Lane Communities at Lake Merritt, takes its name from the address of the lively community in the book “Tales of the City†by San Francisco novelist Armistead Maupin.
I think it is fantastic. Seppo and I support our LGBT community and friends wholeheartedly. When we got married, we specifically questioned the person who did our ceremony to ensure that she wouldn’t object to performing gay marriages. So I meet this news with welcome and a touch of bemusement. According to the website, we’ll be able to go to the restaurant (renamed Madrigal’s Terrace Room) for lunch and Sunday brunch! Brunch with the seniors!
I’m looking forward to it. 😀
I read about this the other day but didn’t put two and two together. For some reason I thought there was a different Lake Merritt Hotel (this was before I read the additional details about the naming, obviously). I loved the Tales from the City books (and show)!