Mom and I stayed home today. We could have gone to the annual pancake breakfast put on by the police department. It will benefit Meals on Wheels this year. That's really good, but Mom didn't feel up to going out this morning, and I'm not a fan of pancakes or sausage. I ended up surprising Mom with homemade bread pudding with a holiday dash of red, white and blue sugar sprinkles, topped by whipped cream. Yummmm!
After breakfast, we watched Channel 7's coverage of the 113th annual parade in Huntington Beach. This year the theme was "United We Stand" for the largest parade West of the Mississippi (according to their mayor, among others). Estimated attendance this year was over five hundred thousand, so regardless of the actual size ranking, it's a huge affair. Yet this parade definitely has a small town feel. It's not the Rose Parade, but instead more of a family party celebration before, during and after the parade. That Minnesota marching band could just as easily been marching in the parade in Crosby. The floats were colorful, the equestrian covered the gamut from miniature horses to therapy horses, the band's played lots of patriotic music, and the big crowd just had fun. Huntington Beach sure can do a great event.
Later we watched that All American pastime, as the Dodgers held on to beat the Diamondbacks 4-3, followed by the fireworks at Dodger Stadium. Of course I could already see the fireworks outside even before it got dark around 8:30. It was typical semi-professional 360 show, meaning you could see the sky rockets going off no matter which way you faced. Oh, and the ground Safe and Same explosions were pretty colorful too, not to mention legal.
Clayton Kershaw, Kenley Jansen, Corey Weaver and rookie phenom Cody Ballinger have been named to the National League All Star team for the game to be held next Tuesday July 11. That's pretty good representation for the Dodgers, who are arguably the best team in baseball headed into the All Star break. Houston fans might not agree, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. There is a big push to vote Justin Turner in to the final spot to be announced on Thursday --it would only be fair, since he should have been named to the team to start with. We'll see what happens...
I don't know how soon I'll get to sleep tonight. I'm normally an early-to-bed early-to-rise person, but the fireworks are still going strong out there. I'm switching back and forth between the Capital Fourth and Macy's shows. I'll probably end up falling asleep to the sounds of explosions all around me.
Before I head off to sleep, I just wanted to wish our northern neighbors a belated Happy Canada Day. This is their sesquicentennial anniversary. On July 1, 1867, Canada became a nation, part of the British Commonwealth, although it would be another century before we would see the maple leaf flag.
Happy Independence Day, everyone!!!
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