I Have A Confession To Make:
I love parades.
I just do. In a totally unironic, unhip way. My family went to a lot of parades when I was little, which might be the cause, but we also went to a lot of religious services and Disney movies, and I don't like them. I just like parades.
I have fond memories of sunsreen dripping in my eyes, passing bags of cherries and cantaloupe down a long dorky line of my extended family. I also remember my grandma and aunt yelling at the bands to "play something!" and at everyone to "throw candy!" It is probably their fault that when I find myself at a parade, I will happily beat up little children to get half-melted tootsie rolls off a blacktop.
Some parades in my near future:
http://www.doodahparade.com/ (Note: This one appears to start at my apartment!!)
http://www.stonewallcolumbus.org/events/Default.aspx (This one starts at Goodale Park, but I will be down at Bicentinial Park at that time, serving beer to the assembled masses until the parade starts!)
I just do. In a totally unironic, unhip way. My family went to a lot of parades when I was little, which might be the cause, but we also went to a lot of religious services and Disney movies, and I don't like them. I just like parades.
I have fond memories of sunsreen dripping in my eyes, passing bags of cherries and cantaloupe down a long dorky line of my extended family. I also remember my grandma and aunt yelling at the bands to "play something!" and at everyone to "throw candy!" It is probably their fault that when I find myself at a parade, I will happily beat up little children to get half-melted tootsie rolls off a blacktop.
Some parades in my near future:
http://www.doodahparade.com/ (Note: This one appears to start at my apartment!!)
http://www.stonewallcolumbus.org/events/Default.aspx (This one starts at Goodale Park, but I will be down at Bicentinial Park at that time, serving beer to the assembled masses until the parade starts!)