The Parade

Here are my thoughts from the recent Christmas Parade (and Bert's first parade EVER!)

The good:
standing under the twinkling lights downtown
being in the front so we could see everything
having a member of REM as the Grand Marshal
high school bands that remember they're in high school
free Starbucks tall Peppermint Hot Chocolate

The bad:
the city worker who stood right in front of me and got in everyone's way
high school bands where the flag girls dance like strippers on their flag poles
high school student "nailed" to a cross with a faux bloody face on a church float
people pushing against me
cold feet

So besides the fact that parts of the recent parade felt like outtakes from Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ," it was a fun evening. And there's nothing better than free Starbucks.