Last night, at the last minute N and the Snake called and we jumped in the car and got there right when Hermes was rolling – the first of three parades. We had a good time hanging on our corner with all our friends – right across from the apartment that S and I used to live in 11 years ago when we moved here for those 11 months. I caught a blinky jester – the prize catch – and later B came over from a block over and said that W had wanted the blinky and one was thrown and it fell and broke on the ground and N was trying to salvage it, little batteries and all, and that just touched my heart. But apparently J caught a big bag full of blinkies and everyone got one. But soft spot for N gathering the little batteries on the ground. Sigh. <\/p>\n
Got up this morning slowly and got ready for a day of parades, L and I went to the gym and got off to a good start and then worked our way to the Milan for cocktails at 10:15 AM – we went to our spot and met all our friends out there except N and the Snake who opted out – and then the parades rolled. S’s parade was second in the line up and I had made a big sign for him out of pink construction paper and cut out Victoria Secret models and taped them all over so that he would not miss me. He was on a float that had a statuesque woman in a short red dress – perfect. <\/p>\n
Unmasked, he threw plungers decorated with feathers and beads and two big plastic bags filled with nothing but red beads for me. The float went by so quickly that I had to run to keep up and he seemed frantic tried to get through his beads and throw as much as he possibly could. The day was ideal – about 78 degrees, sun shining – so much for the 100% chance of rain prediction. B & D & J came over from Colliseum the block over where W was hanging out. D said “W doesn’t like parades” – and I had to laugh. Thought he might like them this year but guess he hasn’t developed a taste yet. Miss him. <\/p>\n
Endymion was cancelled as the big storm that was hitting Dallas is on its way here right now with black skies covering the entire area. It’s now going to roll tomorrow after Bacchus so it will be back to back uber parades tomorrow night. P arrived this morning but haven’t seen him yet – will check in with him later. He wants to be PC and I’m certainly not PC at the moment. I’m PU. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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