Expectations vs Reality

Have you seen (500)Days of Summer?
If you haven't, stop reading now and come back when you have.
Just kidding.
Sort of.

Anyway, in (500)Days they use a split-screen montage when Tom goes to a party at Summer's house. One of the screens is Tom's expectations about the event: warm greetings, intimate conversation, vigorous making out, the works. The other side is the reality of the situation: awkward hellos, weird conversation, being bored.

Brighton made me feel like Tom.

Brighton is a beach town that boasts a happy (and gay, actually) disposition towards life. It has a famous pier, it has the Royal Pavilion, where Prince Regent (George IV) went to party with his besties, it has tons of little local shops, it has a beach - to go with its famous pier - and best of all, it's on the English Channel, the least threatening of all the channels.

Take a look at the pictures after the jump to see the reality spectrum (and also to feel better about your current reality):

Royal Pavilion 

Alyssa Stone and Jenna Ketchmark