Sunday, March 19, 2006

St. Patrick's Day parade

Evan and I went over to South Boston for the annual St. Patrick's Day parade today. It was cold (there were even a few snow flurries) but fun. They had plenty of bands. Here are some pics, video to follow!

Porch Party

Designer look

Granny with pimp hat
That hat is just pimpalicious.

Paradegoers

In the spirit

Sullivan's Pub doormen
The doormen at Sullivan's Pub, right behind our parade-viewing spot on Dorchester Street.

Characters
I just had to get a pic with this dude. I was laughing at his friend, who was telling his girlfriend to steal my camera!

Classic quote
Classic.

An officer and a horseman

Go girls

Ducky
Duck boat!

St. Patrick himself
The prettiest float had St. Patrick himself.

Cruiser

Colonials

It wouldn't be a parade without . . .

Musketeers
Evan got some better shots of them shooting the muskets.

Fife & drum

Boston tradition

Festive

Color guard

Pipes & drums

Drumline

The Academy

Firefighters

Yeeeeeeeeah!!!!
This guy was revving up the crowd.

Pride
I like this one.

Blowin'

Star Wars brigade
The Star Wars brigade. There were about 20 or 30 of them.

Tartans

Irish cowgirl

Unionized

NYPD drummers

Big drum blur

NYPD Pipers

Elvis has left the building

ROTC step dancers

Elementary school marching band
This elementary school marching band was the cutest.

Boston Baked Bean

Baked Bean backup band
The Boston Baked Bean and his backup band!

Friendly sons

Detour!
One of the friendly sons of St. Patrick and several firefighters made a detour to Sullivan's Pub.

Shamrock

Somebody please!
This guy's costume was something else!

2 comments:

Ben said...

Nice pics! I'm not sure how festive most of those Bostonians appear, but Evan informs me that people in the Northeast aren't as miserable in Winter as I assume they must be.

Speaking of Evan, one of those doormen (the one on the right) looks a lot like his Dad.

Phlip said...

Thanks, it was pretty festive, especially considering the temperature. And of course we enjoy talking about how miserable it is here in the winter. :P

Yeah, that guy does look like Evan's Dad. [At least the pics that I've seen.]