Parades, parades and more parades! A different one every day this weekend, each for its own reason and each attracting its own participants and onlookers (although none of them were exclusive, so there's a VENN diagram somewhere to show that some folks might have been to all three)!. Referenced in order of the size of participants, largest to smallest ...
This past Friday saw the Blackhawks parade and rally downtown -- a celebration for millions (plural) that went off without a hitch (it helps when you had a very recent celebration to reflect on so that you could implement lessons learned [go hawks!]). Well -- one hitch, but a man with two loaded guns acting funny near the route was arrested before anything could happen.
Today saw the Pride parade -- a street party for nearly a million (estimates seem to always vary, but recent community friendly news stories and beautiful weather surely didn't keep people away -- and the sights [underwear-only seemed to be the dress code for most] and sounds [there's supposedly no public drinking allowed, but being drunk in public seemed de rigueur] signified a 'hood full of party people indeed).
And Saturday was apparently the annual Hunger Walk -- an activity for thousands to raise money and awareness for the local food bank. Would that its numbers matched the other two when it comes to participants or media coverage or general awareness or money spent/raised. Just something to think about ...
AMAZING--PHOTOS FROM THE BLACKHAWKS PARADE:
http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2013/6/28/4474764/blackhawks-parade-2013-pictures
FABULOUS--AS FEATURED AT THE PRIDE PARADE:
http://www.themarinfoundation.org/imsorry/
FRUSTRATING--COULD HAVE USED THE SAME MEDIA COVERAGE/PARTICIPATION:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/video/#!/news/local/Chicagoans-Step-Up-for-Hunger/213712261
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