Now this was a day.

Last night, Fosco was flipping channels past his local news (the always amateurish KSBW Action News 8 serving Monterey, Salinas and Santa Cruz) when he caught their report on the national Marriage Equality rallies. The anchorette noted that 1000 people showed up in both Monterey and Salinas (surprising, as both cities are relatively conservative for this area). But the best part is when she said that an estimated 100 million people protested nationwide.

Of course, this number is absurdly wrong. As much as I would love for it to be true, that would mean that one third of the US population rallied in favor of gay marriage. I'm going to have to be skeptical of that figure.

But, even if this number was inflated, Saturday's rallies were still remarkable. This is like nothing I've seen in my lifetime. Here is the front page of last night's NYTimes:

If you're like Fosco, you still want to bask in the glow from yesterday's rallies. Here are some ways for you to do that:

• Towelroad's Photo Album of rallies across the country.
  
• Gawker's report on the best signs at the NYC rally.
  
• SFGate's story on the SF rally.
  
• A moving story of the Indianapolis rally (almost Fosco's home state).
  
• The story of the Santa Cruz rally. Highlight: "One man marching quietly along with his partner had penned a simple message on his sign: 'I am worthy of marriage.'" You can see that sign and read Mere's report here.
  
• Andrew Sullivan posted reports from all over the country. Start here.

This is the kind of day that fills you with hope.