Chinese New Year Parade

This is the pic that Mommy sent out for Chinese New Year.

Since the grownups took so long eating their pizza, we were late getting to the CNY Parade. Mommy decided it would be best to go to the end of the parade route cuz it was closer. She figured we could walk the parade route in reverse and catch up with Uncle Bill & Aunt Terry who were at Union Square watching the parade at the corner of Geary & Stockton. Well, Mom's great idea took us straight into the heart of Chinatown. We were swallowed up in the masses. We literally got stuck in the crowd cuz some greedy inconsiderate store owner thought it would be smart to hawk eggrolls & soft drinks on the street. We got pinned up against the card table they had blocking the path. Good thing there wasn't any sort of emergency. Daddy & Uncle Jody were sorely tempted to knock the table down. I got even by passing my cold onto lots of unsuspecting victims - Muuuhhhaaahhhaa. The spectators in Chinatown were easily 4-5 rows deep from the street. We couldn't see bumpkiss. Even Daddy, who's over 6-foot tall, couldn't really see anything. So, we headed back up to Grant Avenue where it was more breathable and started walking towards Downtown catching glimpses of the parade down the cross streets. We eventually got to Post Street where the sidewalks were much wider. We watch the parade a little from there before crossing the street to Geary Street and heading towards Union Square. We got to see a few dragons & lion dancers, the rainbow cheerleaders & marching band (very special San Franciscans), very tall people with funny masks (My mom says there were walking on stilts/poles. I don't believer her. I didn't see any poles.), Taiko drummers, & pageant floats. The parade ended with lots of firecrackers and a really cool gold dragon that was lit up with colorful lights. The firecrackers didn't bother me much cuz I was getting pretty tired by then, but Daddy covered my ears anyway. Isn't he a good daddy? After the parade, we met up with Uncle Bill & Aunt Terry and a bunch of their friends. After some gabbing on the street corner, we eventually headed back to the train which took us back to the car. Eventhough the 'Rents & Uncle Jody pigged out on pizza, we met up with everyone for dim sum (another interesting food I can't wait to try) in Daly City. I was really tuckered out by then. I pretty much slept through the train ride, late dinner, and the entire drive home. It was a good day.