max s. gerber(the latest shot)

i’ve lived in pasadena for four and a half years and have managed to always successfully avoid anything having to do with the rose parade. thankfully it’s usually over by noon, the time i drag my sorry ass out of the house to go find food. old town pasadena is always a big trash-strewn mess then, and most of the tourists have cleared out to the rose bowl and all the floats are gone. this year, though, i got talked into going to see the floats the next day. they take them all over to sierra madre blvd in eastern pasadena and charge you $10 to go take a look up close.

i guess after growing up watching the macy’s day thanksgiving parade from my neighbor’s window in new york, overlooking central park west, i arrived early at the conclusion that once you’ve seen one parade float you’ve pretty much seen ‘em all. still, at least a couple old ladies (and one kid in a shark costume) agreed to let me take snapshots of them. thanks, random strangers.

happy new year, everyone. let’s hear it for the collapsing economy!