Heading on over to the parade:

 

The po-po making sure people are safe for the show show:

 

Gentlemen, this is why you hear my people say "don't wear saggy jeans":

 

Bar One's holding pen patio was filled to capacity:

 

Obligatory:

 

RIP Metzenbaum:

 

Wait for it, wait for it...

 

I thought I'd grabbed a good spot near Soldiers and Sailors Monument - it wasn't as good as this guy's!

 

It's a ZEPPELIN!!!

 

Okay, parade people:

 

Memo to Mayor Jackson, when in a parade please don't surround  yourself with tall people:

 

City Council president Sweeney... hopefully not making inappropriate comments to any of the lasses! :roll:

 

The bagpipe troupe of the CPD:

 

The mounted police - where's my favorite gal from years past? http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/stpats/stpats25.jpg

 

The evolution of soldier?

 

Firefighting bagpipers, errr... bagpiping firefighters?  :?

 

JDD are you in there?

 

 

 

I can't tell if that kid is enjoying his time in the fire truck or not:

 

It's LOLLY!!!

 

The Pirate Queen of Ireland (no comments from the peanut gallery, please):

 

Apparently alcohol consumption gives some girls superhuman strength:

 

Feet of Flames wannabes! :lol:

 

Crowd shot:

 

Padua Franciscan's band came in all the way from Parma:

 

Off to take a breather, here's how lower Euclid looks at the moment:

 

And into the Arcade for the obligatory shot:

 

I cut through the National City HQ, which was eerily empty, and headed down East 9th. Lo and behold, a vision appeared... STOP THAT TRUCK!!!! :drunk:

 

The Marines had an impromptu recruiting station set up. So they're targeting drunk underagers for their talent pool? Oyyy...

 

Shake yer groove thang, shake your groove thing yeah yeah:

 

LeBron's band geeks:

 

Like I said - superhuman strength:

 

Plenty of people sticking it out:

 

Blair Warner wannabe The Brunswick Old Fashioned Days Queen. Someone should tell girlfriend that a proper Queen cradles her scepter (or bouquet) in her arm, she doesn't carry it in her hand :roll:

 

I don't know what the h#ll this thing is but I WANT one!!!

 

Folks taking advantage of the balconies at the Embassy Suites:

 

The girls... and boys... are dancing on the floor:

 

Obligatory rocket ship car:

 

One of those Cleveland things I didn't grow up with - as soon as people saw this guy, they started yelling whatever "Ghoul" gibberish seemed appropriate (something about "get him chicken soup!") :wtf:

 

Warrensville's band:

 

And it's STILL going:

 

Irish Setter club:

 

Read the signs:

 

As much as I adore feather boas, I just can't fathom buying one off a cart vendor - I mean, suppose someone yakked in their proximity?

 

Still going up, and next year the residents will be in stumbling (or crawling) distance:

 

Murphy and his nice human (forgot her name) signing off:

 

 

Nice.  I love "the ghoul" picture!  Are more coming?

Awesome photos!

Festive!

ow, my head.

Captions to come later:

 

Mayday, you rock!

Okay, if you want to know what you're seeing, I added the captions :-)

Very fun!

Looks like a good time!  That Judge Tim Gilligan sign is hilarious!!!

Bar One looks cool... and thanks for the photos of hot girls

 

for those of us who are ignorant... can you elaborate on that building under construction?

Blair Warner wannabe The Brunswick Old Fashioned Days Queen. Someone should tell girlfriend that a proper Queen cradles her scepter (or bouquet) in her arm, she doesn't carry it in her hand :roll:

 

You would know a thing or to about how to be a proper queen. :lol: Looks like  a great time. I need to visit...and soon!

Bar One looks cool... and thanks for the photos of hot girls

 

for those of us who are ignorant... can you elaborate on that building under construction?

 

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,2525.0.html

I am within 5 feet of the edge of the "shake your groove thang" photo... you missed!

Very nice.  St. Patricks day looks to be fun in Cleveland!

Cleveland's parade is amazing. I first saw it on a visit in 1979, and was taken completely by surprise by the enthusiasm and the size of the crowds. It seems to me that they even had some pretty elaborate floats back then.

 

On the way back to Lakewood, the Rapid cars had the fareboxes covered and they were so jammed that my BF and I were unable to get to the door at our stop at W117th. We rode all the way to the airport and then got off the train on the return trip.

^ rob i have local irish friends whose whole families just get hotel rooms downtown. it's craziness and one big party.

 

so a glowing glbc truck, unicycle thingy and a rocket ship? oh boy what a thread. you sure captured the spirit of the parade mayday, wow. however, you really gotta buckle up and learn your ghoul !!!

 

you sure captured the spirit of the parade mayday, wow. however, you really gotta buckle up and learn your ghoul !!!

 

Yean MayDay, Scratch Glass and Climb walls!  LOL

Do Columbus and Cincinnati have parades as well?

Do Columbus and Cincinnati have parades as well?

 

 

I don't know about Cbus, but Cincinnati does as well.

Just in case anyone was wondering:

 

RIGHT:

 

WRONG:

 

 

 

Excellent thread to capture the parade.  Love the Great Lakes truck pic...and random pics of girls with short skirts and socks pulled up to their knees didn't hurt either

Yes, Columbus has a St. Patty's Parade.

Only a "true Queen" would catch that MayDay!  Good eyes!

nice pics and it does not look as debauchery filled as the one year I went (my god the vomit and peeing everywhere, the mothers juggling an infant, beer and a cigarette in a bar,come on!). I generally have bad luck with the day and have about given up completely trying to get out an enjoy it.  This year I had a little green O'Bama (get it, as if he's Irish!) pin on. We were quietly sipping our Guinness and minding our own business when an older man makes a point to come talk to us. I thought it a little odd.  His first mistake was to point to where I live and say who the H would live down here?...something about city being essentially a dump.  I realize I could go off on this person, but instead used it as an educational moment to point out what a good experience it had been. Then he talked about the area over the years and some of the info was kind of cool, so I rolled with it.  Then staring at my Obama pin replied "too bad, all the blacks live in the city, we need to get it back" (insert looks of horror) Hair raises on spouses neck, we look up to see a sea of beefy compadres with him, all looking at us. We turn away, sickened and wrapping things up to leave. The next thing you know a young punk comes up from his crowd, interjects himself and starts going off on us about liberals ruining the country as we sat there in stunned silence having never said a word about politics. He went on to say how all people deserve to die/starve if they cannot care for or support themselves etc. So my spouse says, "so you are a Social Darwinist?" of course this guy had no clue what that meant so he got more agitated. We had no idea what instigated this attack other than a one inch o'bama pin.  Finally he went too far with his horrible theories about the less fortunate. I tried to stay silent but I hit boiling point as I work with people born with disabilities.  I told him so, and that he needed to get away from me immediately . Oddly I think he took it better from me than from my more muscle bound spouse. Needless to say, we got the heck out of there.We moved on to another place,with more depressing observations.  I am not sure what rock these people crawled out from under but I gotta cut my losses and stay in I think. Am I just unlucky/a nut magnet or too picky about the behavior of fellow man?

Queens participating in future parades must first undergo a mandatory course in Regal Bearing and Demeanor, taught by none other than MayDay. :-)

Am I just unlucky/a nut magnet or too picky about the behavior of fellow man?

 

You must be a magnet for nuts and bad service industry workers- you seem to run into more of both then anyone I know.  But I don't think there is any problem being picky about the behavior of our fellow man.

Queens participating in future parades must first undergo a mandatory course in Regal Bearing and Demeanor, taught by none other than MayDay. :-)

 

I second that!

Am I just unlucky/a nut magnet or too picky about the behavior of fellow man?

 

You must be a magnet for nuts and bad service industry workers- you seem to run into more of both then anyone I know.  But I don't think there is any problem being picky about the behavior of our fellow man.

 

actually I have mostly really good experiences with service folks-the stories just are not as interesting! But yes,the nuts I am a magnet for nuts-esp politically motivated ones.

Ms. Peabody, girlfriend, you're a better person than I am!

Looks like great fun...I was ready to go to Atlanta's St. Patrick's Day Parade until it was cancelled due to the torando damage.  These look fantastic though...and make me yearn to be back North.

Am I just unlucky/a nut magnet or too picky about the behavior of fellow man?

 

You must be a magnet for nuts and bad service industry workers- you seem to run into more of both then anyone I know.  But I don't think there is any problem being picky about the behavior of our fellow man.

 

actually I have mostly really good experiences with service folks-the stories just are not as interesting! But yes,the nuts I am a magnet for nuts-esp politically motivated ones.

 

I seem to run into the plain old, outright crazy ones often myself.  I guess it's luck of the draw.

Captions to come later:

 

Mayday, you rock!

 

How did you make the picture B & W except for the Great Lakes portion?  Is that a PhotoShop trick?

I don't know what you're talking about. That's exactly what I saw :-D :drunk:

 

(Just kidding, yes that's a Photoshop trick - I just selected the area of Burning River Pale Ale, inverted the selection and hit "Desaturate". Voila!)

they need to pay you for that free ad!

On my screen, the Eliot Ness is the only colorized portion of the picture.

they need to pay you for that free ad!

 

Honey, they need to pay me for:

1. The free ad.

2. The free ad via my avatar.

3. The new converts I've introduced to GLBC (specifically Burning River and Christmas Ale)

4. The multitudes of people I've brought into GLBC at forum meets.

5. The eventual liver transplant surgery I'll need (thank God it's made of Irish-German cast iron but still...)

6. The eventual spine surgery I'll need from toting a recycling cart full of Burning River bottles to the curb every Friday.

7. When technology advances enough and I become part cyborg, this is what I'll end up seeing St. Patrick's Day, 2048:

 

 

^terminate with extreme prejudice?

That's a cool trick, thanks.

 

 

 

LMAO

 

Simply genius.

they need to pay you for that free ad!

 

Honey, they need to pay me for:

1. The free ad.

2. The free ad via my avatar.

3. The new converts I've introduced to GLBC (specifically Burning River and Christmas Ale)

4. The multitudes of people I've brought into GLBC at forum meets.

5. The eventual liver transplant surgery I'll need (thank God it's made of Irish-German cast iron but still...)

6. The eventual spine surgery I'll need from toting a recycling cart full of Burning River bottles to the curb every Friday.

7. When technology advances enough and I become part cyborg, this is what I'll end up seeing St. Patrick's Day, 2048:

 

 

 

You have some skills, Mayday!  Awesome!

MayDay.  I'm actually at a loss for words regarding you, so I'll just say a prayer and light a candle.