Post AdPpYASWyPSTBhOYi0 by glightly@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AdPpY4VV6SGijAjqVM by glightly@mastodon.social
2024-01-01T21:54:53Z
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Growing up in the area, there were years where we'd bring our whole family up to the curbside of the #RoseParade and camp out for a day or two ahead of time. Just floats, bands, equestrians.It's a little weird to see them going for the Super Bowl type-spectacle now. I'm both impressed & disgusted.Esp with Honda as a sponsor, we get really auto-oriented BS in the beginning. #HappyNewYear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-yGuuBi47E
(DIR) Post #AdPpY6QbxbXugaSyA4 by bmacDonald94@hostux.social
2024-01-01T22:03:39Z
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@glightly I grew up here too. I recall being turned off as a child because it was getting noisier and more crowded. Even a past mayor of Pasadena in the family and I turned away.
(DIR) Post #AdPpY6mwcZPVnqunyK by glightly@mastodon.social
2024-01-01T22:04:50Z
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The Rose Parade, while now broadcast worldwide, started as a local tradition of (mostly wealthy) Easterners celebrating now living in the West, thumbing their nose at folks back East by having a floral celebration in the middle of winter.It started with horse-drawn carts decorated with roses and other flowers.The floral element can always be pulled into a direction about the Earth, but the parade's roots as the conspicuous consumption of wealthy folks #RoseParade
(DIR) Post #AdPpY7NSQocLd5zxsu by glightly@mastodon.social
2024-01-01T22:05:52Z
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@bmacDonald94 Yeah, I didn't go to anything past 1980, I think. And the Doo Dah Parade was much more my speed but even that's been harassed out of its original form, it seems.
(DIR) Post #AdPpY8CVN1S0BPsjS4 by bmacDonald94@hostux.social
2024-01-01T22:08:55Z
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@glightly ~ I hear that. I gave up on it before I was drafted in 1969. Pretty old guy or a successful collector of years, I haven't figured that one out yet.
(DIR) Post #AdPpY93KCdhYpEaumW by glightly@mastodon.social
2024-01-01T22:11:11Z
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@bmacDonald94 You survived all that and that is success in itself. I only know of Old Pasadena from occasional stories from others (my family has roots in LA in general, but not deep roots in Pasadena). I wish I'd been able to see it, yet am grateful for what I was able to experience.
(DIR) Post #AdPpY9xKqOVLcwne5I by bmacDonald94@hostux.social
2024-01-01T22:13:30Z
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@glightly ~ To me Pasadena and Glendale will always be gems of LA. Those stately homes craftsman and even Sears. Well maintained. luckily exceptions and not rules
(DIR) Post #AdPpYASWyPSTBhOYi0 by glightly@mastodon.social
2024-01-01T22:09:45Z
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makes holding a show that starts with people performing inside automobiles not far from its roots, I guess.I keep wishing the Rose Parade would show some climate leadership and go completely retro: Human- and animal-powered vehicles only. US-grown flowers applied by local workers. I honestly think they have enough clout with corporate types they could probably create some pressure to do that.It would be a nice example (though still waste because we no one *needs* this).
(DIR) Post #AdPpYAfICxfNpHMkbI by glightly@mastodon.social
2024-01-01T22:16:42Z
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@bmacDonald94 I always dreamed of living in a Craftsman bungalow. It was just "normal" for our area. By the time I was in HS, I realized my generation would be the first to do worse than our parents (as a generalization). Right-wing libertarians, Reagan, et al ensured that. It was sad realizing I'd never be able to afford a house, much less a Craftsman.