Late in the day

I was going to post something this morning but then I realized that most of the people who follow the blog were already on their way over. Well, maybe not most, but many. (If you did the read the blog this morning but did not come over, drop a comment and tell me how much you missed it.) (Boy, that's sure asking for it, isn't it?)

Today started wonderfully with the expected mimosas and Kona coffee. What was not expected was the terrific turnout: Sunny-V showed up firsts, followed closely by Otis's pal Kris-10 (no relation to Gary Seven). In close succession we were joined by Rhymes-with-Theresa and her pal Ja Nell; Rhymes-with-Gloria and her pal Other Jay; Melvin and Melvin Junior; Dar-Dar Binks with a delegation from the Italian embassy, comprising Frankie and Nicky; and Lady Di. We made with the mimosas and klatched with the cawfee, got sweet with Hawaiian rolls and cross with croissants, and generally made a lot of joyful noise.

At the appointed time, we made the stroll down the hill, except for Kris-10, whose foot hurt. We picked up the K-men (JKK, CK, and AK) along the way. We got an acceptable spot right on the corner of Phinney and were there in plenty of time to see the first naked bicyclists whiz by. Soapy joined us shortly after the marching began.The parade was a good one: the weather cooperated, the costumes were great, the crowd was cool, and the energy was mostly positive. Highlights included the bicycling bumblebee chasing and kissing his running girl-flower (RwT's favorite); our tutu-ed security officer (Di's favorite); the giant anime-ish robots (Soapy's favorite); the Green Men (my favorite); and her ex-husband naked on a bike (Otis's favorite). (Hopefully someone will send me any pics captured of these guys or anything else you want to share.)

After the parade, Dar-Dar and her ragazzi went to the fair; the rest of us slogged back up the hill, losing the K-men and the Melvins along the way (not to anime robots, but to other engagements). We were rewarded with more mimosas, Otis's pasta salad, and, for Soapy at least, three or four creme-filled doughnuts. And we got to meet Snickers, Other Jay's little beagle-basset hound-something-or-other dog who was a real sweetheart.

Some of us went over to Cap Hill to purchase items from the Wheylona Emigration Thrift Store and the rest scattered to rollerblading and ball games and Ganesh knows what else.

Here are some pics from today, click for bigger:

Otis

Vic

Melvins

RwG and Other Jay

RwT and Ja Nell (back turned)

K-men


Frankie and Nicky


Shutterbug Di


Dar-Dar

Not pictured:

Walaka (Duh!)
Krist-10
Soapy
Snickers

Lots more stuff coming up, but I'll save it for the next post. Just keep next Friday, June 24, free for The Name of the Game is Goodbye Wheylona Party and keep Saturday, July 2 free for the Bar-B-Q up at the Putnam Resort in LFP!

And Johnbai, I wasn't meaning to lead you around on so many wild goose chases today. Sorry, man.