Saturday, March 20, 2010
St Patrick's Day Parade 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010 | Original Musings by
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St Patrick's Day in Kansas City. You never know what you're going to get. This year, I was pleased it fell on spring break week, so we were able to head to the parade.
It was cold. Toe numbing cold.
A's biggest concern was seeing the Dancing Cobras (and similar groups) and the Irish Step Dance girls (especially important considering she's only days away from doing her own Irish Step routine at a school assembly).
We found a spot near the end, across from Streetside Records. Despite the fact we only got there 10 minutes before the start of the parade, we got curb seating (yay mom for bringing the camp chair). Unfortunately, we had to wait about 45 min before we even saw the start of the parade. By then, we were already discussing what we were going to eat at Eden Alley before I had to go back to work!
The boys on the balcony of the apartments about 30 yards to the North of us kept us amused until the parade got there. The best exchange of the day was, "Mama? Are those people drunk?" Of course there was nothing left to say but "yes, dear. remember, moderation is key, otherwise you'll look and sound like that." Her response was a simple, "Oh." Maybe you had to have been there, but let's chalk it up to an opportunity for a life lesson ;)
The boys on the balcony of the apartments about 30 yards to the North of us kept us amused until the parade got there. The best exchange of the day was, "Mama? Are those people drunk?" Of course there was nothing left to say but "yes, dear. remember, moderation is key, otherwise you'll look and sound like that." Her response was a simple, "Oh." Maybe you had to have been there, but let's chalk it up to an opportunity for a life lesson ;)
After about 45 min of parade and no end in sight, we packed up and headed off to lunch.
Overall, another year, another parade, and one more notch in our tradition of parade watching.
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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ~~~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I like running because it's a challenge. If you run hard, there's the pain----and you've got to work your way through the pain. You know, lately it seems all you hear is 'Don't overdo it' and 'Don't push yourself.' Well, I think that's a lot of bull. If you push the human body, it will respond." ~~~Bob Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers general manager, NHL Hall of Famer. (Will-Weber's "Voices From the Midpack" chapter.)
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Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly. ~~~Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
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