Holidazzle

Pooteewheet, Eryn and I took Ming's advice and went downtown over the weekend to see the Holidazzle parade on Nicollet Avenue.  We'd never been before and, I can honestly say after having been once, I will never go again.  I don't mind standing outside in the cold.  I used to do it at Bockfest each year.  That was fine (although having a beer, like at Bockfest, would have been a boon).  The corner near Macy's was a perfect place to hear the tunes coming off the floats, and the temperature wasn't bad at all - sneaker temps, not snowboot temps.  And I didn't have to listen to Pooteewheet or Eryn complain, because they could stay in the skyway, warm and snuggly, and still me standing on the street below.

What I didn't enjoy was that the parade was less than a dozen floats long, and they didn't make an effort to shut down traffic, so each float was separated by several minutes of NOTHING before the next float, delayed by red lights, finally went past.  Standing in the cold watching a parade is great.  Standing in the cold watching an empty street is annoying.

But here are some pictures, taken many minutes apart.  Pinocchio!  He's friends with the Target dog.


The little kids dressed as giraffes were cute.


Eryn and Pooteewheet in the skyway.  Note the huge space around this particular member of the parade.


With music...