Without Lifting A Finger

Our second time to view the parade from ROE's. Nice venue, just outside the thick of things, but you don't always get a straight shot at the floats, bands, etc. because of the crowd at the U-turn. We ate from the happy hour menu till 6, watched a bit more (till almost 7), then took the alleys back to Park and then turned toward home. Beautiful night weather-wise. Great food. Friends. Walk. The only pics I took were some very so-so ones of the bagpipers in the alleys. *

We walked down to 2nd St. for a little while. A very local parade, lots of high school bands and big red double-decker buses (left London years ago) crammed with merrymakers. Kids scrambling in the streets and people squeezing by each other on the sidewalks. Anyway, we saw a bit and then walked to Quinn's Pub (had a window seat and could see some of the parade moving by). Eventually we were treated to some bagpipers in skirts (were they friends of the place? just playing for drinks?). I think the big drum said they were connected to the fire department. Added ambience to the place. *