The Rose Parade tradition continued this year and we had several guests in for the actual parade. Unfortunately, this was probably the worst parade I have seen in a long time, if not ever. The floats were just not that spectacular (this is the consensus of most of the usual parade attendees).
I think the "Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade" should have been held in Oklahoma this year. It seemed every other float was some Oklahoma float. Oklahomans are very enthusiastic to celebrate their state Centennial in 2007. Note the overly excited band dude saluting in this picture:
My New Years evening tradition is to re watch the parade on television (just the floats, I tivo it during the day) I watch so that I can see what flowers were on each of the floats and learn any interesting tidbits. This year I was able to watch in HD (Yay, thank you, HD Tivo) but I didn't learn much, perhaps it was because I wasn't that interested (Remember, I wasn't that impressed by any of the floats) or perhaps it was because the coverage just sucked (Boo KTLA for kicking Stephanie to the curb). The only interesting thing I learned was about one of the Oklahoma floats (big surprise). One of the Oklahoma floats had James Garner, Johnny Bench, Shannon Miller and Nadia Comaneci. I didn't recognize any of these people. What an odd group to be on the same float. I mean we KNOW Nadia Comaneci wasn't from Oklahoma (I have no idea on the others) so why was she on this float? It wasn't a sports float or a Rockford Files float. Bizarre, I guess these are the only people Oklahoma could pay off to represent them. Seriously though, Nadia Comaneci is popular enough to have her own float. She is awesome!
To those that came to the parade, I hope you had a great time despite the poor floats. You are welcome to attend again and rest assured that I will not use the same seating pictures for you twice. You all did a very good job at "Maintaining the integrity of the seating chart" and for that, I thank you very much ;) The "Aisle" will also be making a comeback in 2008. I was able to use it several times and that made me oh so happy. (Come on, it's the little things folks)
Well, one more day of vacation and then I'm back to work. Going to enjoy tomorrow by going to the spa with Becca. Ahhh, right about now, the pure relaxation massage is sounding so good!!!!!
P.S. If this won't keep you out of Porterville, nothing will:
12 comments:
Nice pics, Happy New Year 2007
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kim, that is absolutely hilarious...this is going to be a once in a lifetime thing to be on something so cool LOL
Kim, thank you for your hospitality. I thought the parade went well, and I to was thinking that the hell is up with all the Oklahoma floats. Good attempt at trying to get Jose, He is one sly one.
Jose will get what is coming to him....someday.
I love OK, knock it off.
Kim, we truly enjoyed the parade and your hospitality.
Jose, WAY TO GO....
Who is Jose? All I know is CoCo (like the restaurant in Oklahoma).
APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE! kim you did an AWESOME job coordinating the New Year's Day events...the seating, the aisle...too many details to even mention!! Anyway, THANKS!! Now, if the TofR would just cooperate and give you some good floats!
:)
p.s. And kudos to Mom for those FABULOUS potatoes!! YUM!
I was not happy with the parade either. It just gave my roommate the confirmation she needed that Oklahoma is the place for her... especially when we were exiting the 110 as 1 of the gazillion OK floats was lining up the night before!
And about Nadia... I couldn't agree more. She's amazing. My question is, Why do ex-Romanian gymnastic figureheads wind up in flat, dry and sometimes bumpkin towns? (Nadia lives in Norman... not so bumpkin but still!) She and Bela (her famous Romanian coach) need to realize they deserve better!
I can't believe I missed it but there is always next year. You know you would put me in the front row! :-)
Shannon Miller is from Oklahoma (Edmond, I think), and Nadia and her husband Bart Conner own a gym in Oklahoma. That's why they were on the float.
those orange legs are enough to keep me out of porterville - i wouldn't want that to happen to me!
:)
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