Saturday, January 5, 2013

New Years 2013

In Pasadena, all our New Year's rituals revolve around the Rose Parade.  In Seattle, it was about staying warm and getting a good view of the Space Needle.

I think this was the first Rose Parade I've missed in more than two decades.   I'm not a big parade fan.  But the Rose Parade is different.   I like the whole build up to the parade and game -- the street decorations, bleachers, visitors from the Midwest, RVs, float building, driving the parade route and then walking to the parade on New Years Day.   We were called to the great Pacific Northwest for a wedding and missed the home festivities this year.    Seattle was fun and spectacular in its own right.   Just quite a bit different around New Years.     

5 comments:

Petrea Burchard said...

Coldy coldy! But very pretty.

Adele said...

Looks like a nice place to visit, if you're forced to leave Pasadena!

John Evans said...

The Rose Parade -- with that backdrop of the San Gabriels -- is part of the Southern California that I miss. Hiking in those mountains is wonderful about now.

Cafe Pasadena said...

You were missed along the parade route.
So what is the big NY celebration event in Seattle?

Michael Coppess said...

Thanks CP! I understand that on parade day there was a hole along Sierra Madre where I normally stand. But, a good friend's NY day wedding took us to the cold wet PNW.